For guests seeking a great location to everything they want, the Powell Hotel sits just off Market Street at the place where the historic cable cars turn around to ferry visitors to practically any spot in this mystical City by the Bay. What's more, guests can stroll two blocks to the Sony Metreon Entertainment Center and the high-end shops of Union Square, where they will surely feel their credit cards burning.
Occupying a building from 1908, the Powell retains its 20-foot ceiling in the lobby festooned with plush, blue-and-gold chairs and oversized high-backed benches. Concierges help guests with getting tourist information, arranging business services, and bagging hard-to-get dinner reservations and theater tickets. Workout buffs can use fitness facilities at two nearby hotels. In the lobby, guests can nosh Krispy Kreme doughnuts, yogurt, fresh fruit, pastries, muffins, bagels, and espresso drinks for breakfast and soups, panini sandwiches, and salads for lunch in the Café Powell. Although the Powell doesn't have its own dinner restaurant, guests can find every dining option to satisfy their culinary desires; after all, this is San Francisco.
Meanwhile, guest rooms include gourmet coffee, sitting areas, oversized work desks, 25-inch TVs, expanded cable, pay movies and dial-up Internet access. The rooms feature original features, including 10-foot ceilings, steam radiators and transoms. Decor includes antique-style furnishings, stucco walls and earth-toned fabrics.
Without a doubt, mystical San Francisco is like no other city. Just ask Tony Bennett. Downtown's many rooftop gardens delights visitors with that certain ambience only found here. Four blocks from the Powell, guests can sit in the rooftop garden at the Crocker Galleria, sip cocktails and gaze at the gorgeous skyline. Ditto for the rooftop garden at 343 Samsome Street, seven blocks from the Powell.
