S.F. HOTELS OFFER SHOP-TILL-YOU-DROP RATES.Byline: Daily News Coit Tower Coit Tower was built atop Telegraph Hill in 1933 at the bequest of Lillie Hitchcock Coit to beautify the City of San Francisco. Lillie bequeathed one-third of her estate to the City of San Francisco "to be expended in an appropriate manner for the purpose of adding to the beauty of . The Golden Gate Bridge Golden Gate Bridge, across the Golden Gate from San Francisco to Marin Co., W Calif.; built 1933–37. Its overall length is 9,266 ft (2,824 m); its main span across the strait, 4,200 ft (1,280 m), is one of the longest bridges in the world. Joseph B. . Fisherman's Wharf Fisherman's Wharf may refer to:
And the shopping is never better than in the month or so before Christmas, when many hotels and inns roll out the red carpet with special discounted lodgings and packages offered in conjunction with major department stores This is a list of department stores. In the case of department store groups the location of the flagship store is given. This list does not include large specialist stores, which sometimes resemble department stores. or local theaters. ``San Francisco is a shopper's paradise,'' said Helen Chang, head of the city's Convention and Visitors Bureau. ``People come into the city every year just to do their Christmas shopping because there are just some stores you can't find anywhere else - and you certainly can't find so close together.'' Nov. 29 through Dec. 24, the Crocker Galleria will provide free cable car shuttles between the Post Street side of the shopping center shopping center, a concentration of retail, service, and entertainment enterprises designed to serve the surrounding region. The modern shopping center differs from its antecedents—bazaars and marketplaces—in that the shops are usually amalgamated into and Union Square. Here are some special hotel packages geared toward Christmas shoppers: ANA Hotel San Francisco offers a ``Holiday Shopper's Package'' through Dec. 30 that includes a room for $159 a night, a $25 gift certificate for Macy's department store, free gift wrap and hotel delivery, continental breakfast for two and free cable car shuttle between the Crocker Galleria and Union Square. Information: (800) 262-4683. The Carlton Hotel Carlton Hotel can refer to:
Grand Hyatt San Francisco offers a Holiday Shopping Package Dec. 15-Jan. 6 (excluding Dec. 31) in conjunction with Macy's Union Square and the San Francisco Ballet San Francisco Ballet, or SFB, is a San Francisco, USA based ballet company, founded in 1933 as part of San Francisco Opera Ballet. The company is currently based in the War Memorial Opera House, where it is directed by Helgi Tomasson. . For $169 per night, guests get lodgings, valet parking valet parking n. Parking arrangements provided by a commercial establishment, such as a restaurant, whereby patrons leave their cars at the entrance and attendants park and retrieve them. Noun 1. , a coupon booklet good for a variety of free items, six private workshops at Macy's on such things as gift wrapping and holiday baking, and discounted tickets to the San Francisco Ballet's Nutcracker Family Holiday Festival (Nov. 29-Dec. 8). Information: (800) 492-8822. Hyatt Regency San Francisco will celebrate the holiday season with its $169 ``Shopping Package,'' which includes lodgings (single or double) and $59 in Regency Currency, good for everything from free skating free skating n. Freestyle ice skating. free skater n. at Embarcadero Center to discounts on valet parking and dining Nov. 26-Jan. 12 (excluding Dec. 31). Information: (800) 492-8822. The Inn at the Opera offers a ``Victorian Memories'' holiday package Nov. 29-Dec. 24 that includes a room for two at $135 per night, breakfast, Victorian ornament, free transportation to Saks Fifth Avenue Saks Fifth Avenue is a chain of upscale American department stores that is owned and operated by Saks Fifth Avenue Enterprises (SFAE), a subsidiary of Saks Incorporated. It competes in the elite luxury department store market with Neiman Marcus, Bergdorf Goodman and Barneys New in Union Square, a $25 Saks gift certificate, free gift wrapping and hotel delivery, plus discounted hotel parking. Information: (800) 325-2708. Joie de Vivre joie de vi·vre n. Hearty or carefree enjoyment of life. [French : joie, joy + de, of + vivre, to live, living. Hotels' 10 hostelries offer ``Shop 'Til You Drop'' packages Nov. 15-Dec. 30 that include discounted lodgings, free parking, continental breakfast, an insider's guide to the best shopping spots and yuletide activities, plus a ``Shopper's Passport'' of special offers and gifts from local stores. Per-night room rates range from $69 at the Abigail Hotel and $73 at the Holiday Lodge to $135 at the Archbishop's Mansion and $155 at the Nob Hill Lambourne. Information: (800) 738-7477. Monticello Inn has an $89-per-night Wrap It Up package that includes lodgings (single or double), gourmet chocolates, a free appetizer, continental breakfast, evening wine reception and free department store package delivery service from Macy's on Union Square for shoppers. Junior suites are available for $109. Rates are subject to availability Nov. 24-Jan. 18. Information: (800) 669-7777. The Sir Francis Drake Hotel offers a $165 Shopper's Delight package that includes lodgings (single or double), valet parking, a $30 restaurant credit for a choice of three restaurants, a $50 credit on future room reservations (available until March 30), and discounts at the San Francisco Shopping Centre, Macy's and Saks Fifth Avenue. The package is available Nov. 16-Jan. 5 (not including Dec. 31). Information: (800) 227-5480. Villa Florence just off Union Square, offers a Holiday Shopping on the Square package that includes a night's lodging (single or double), parking, shopping coupons for Union Square stores, access to the hotel's gift-wrapping room (stocked with paper, ribbons and tape) from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily, and an evening wine reception for $129. The package is available Nov. 1-Jan. 31. Information: (800) 553-4411. The Westin St. Francis hotel The Westin St. Francis is a luxury hotel in the Union Square district of San Francisco, California. The hotel opened on March 21, 1904. The interior was destroyed in the 1906 Earthquake but the structure survived and the hotel re-opened in late 1907. provides the ``Holiday Shoppers' Package'' Sunday through Thursday Nov. 24-Dec. 30 (rates start at $119 Fridays and Saturdays) that includes per-night room rates starting at $99, discount coupons and gifts from Union Square stores, free gift wrapping and gift delivery from some retailers, two free ice skate rentals and free admission at the Union Square ice rink. Information: (800) 937-8461. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: San Francisco hotels, like the Grand Hyatt, pictured in holiday gift wrapping, offer special lodgings packages for holiday shoppers. |
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