Palace Hotel - Luxury Collection

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Details are available at the front desk. Tours begin in the lobby.  Complimentary City Guides tours detail the hotel's colorful role in creating San Francisco's colorful history.

Expert Tip. Minibars are stocked upon request. Bathrooms include marble vanities, massage showerheads, terrycloth bathrobes, telephones and weight scales. Flat-panel televisions are equipped with cable connections, while MP3 players, CD players and DVD players are available upon request. High-speed Internet access is available for a fee. Beds feature plush-top mattresses, luxury 300-thread-count Frette Italian linens and down duvets. The hotel's 552 guestrooms boast 14-foot ceilings and mahogany furniture.

Guestrooms. Beauty treatments are performed at a poolside cabana and two converted guestrooms function as spa treatment rooms. The spa houses a eucalyptus sauna and a spa tub. The light-infused atrium pool features gleaming white tiles with blue accents. A pool-view fitness facility was renovated in 2007 and features wood flooring and a complete range of workout equipment. Wireless Internet access is available in public areas for a fee. A weekday business center offers full services. Events are also accommodated in 22 smaller rooms. The Palace Hotel offers 53,000 square feet of function space that includes three dramatically designed ballrooms. Pied Piper Bar is the home of the famed Maxfield Parrish Pied Piper of Hamilton mural. Maxfield's Restaurant serves California cuisine while Kyo-ya Japanese restaurant prepares specialties such as Zen-inspired kaiseki dinners. The Garden Court hosts weekend Palace Jazz brunches and prepares à la carte lunches Monday through Saturday. Today, the historic atrium-style Garden Court boasts a soaring stained-glass dome and Austrian-crystal chandeliers. In 1875, William Ralston's dream of opening a property that would surpass Europe's finest lodgings became reality.
Hotel Features. Convenient BART system trains stop directly in front of the hotel. , at the intersection of Market and New Montgomery streets. The Palace, A Luxury Collection Hotel is centrally located in downtown San Francisco, Calif.