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Campton Place Hotel

A stay at the Campton Place Hotel, located just off San Francisco's Union Square, feels akin to having a pied-à-terre at your disposal. Embracing its guests with inviting rooms and flawless service, the hotel places them in the city's heart, with access to some of the best shopping, entertainment and dining in San Francisco.

In fact, one of the city's most prized restaurants, Campton Place, is located right in the hotel. With its thousand-bottle wine list and the advice of sommelier John Ragan at hand, wine buffs are sure to find the urban experience they crave as well as a chance to significantly broaden their tasting horizons.

Essential Facts The hotel's charming, early 1900s exterior gives way to a renovated interior that scatters 110 rooms over 17 floors for an intimate, residential feel. The service is known for being quiet and flawless. In addition to the restaurant, which is open for dinner as well as breakfast, lunch and Sunday brunch, the hotel has a cozy lobby bar done in leather and wood, where everything from a truly exceptional hamburger to a very dirty martini can be had. The rooftop fitness terrace features a unique tented design that exposes guests to fresh air and city views.

The Experience For years one of the world's most popular small luxury properties, the Campton Place Hotel manages to blend this distinction with fresh elegance. This mix is also reflected in the décor, which combines clean, contemporary lines with traditional furnishings and accessories. Suites feature individual details: a Murano glass light fixture, a four-poster bed, a burl wood desk. Closets are paneled in rich pear wood. Some of the rooms boast seats along the windows, which are insulated to ensure a quiet refuge from city streets. Guests can expect individual attention, as well: Request a valet to pack and unpack belongings, look forward to a freshly baked cookie at turndown each night and enlist the concierge to assist with custom tours of surrounding wine regions, from Sonoma to Santa Cruz.

The Restaurant The wine education continues at the hotel's Campton Place Restaurant, where young sommelier John Ragan takes a sincere interest in diners keen on discovering new regions and styles. Ragan once lived and worked in Napa and still maintains a deep connection to many of the smaller wineries in that area. His exceptional wine list offers a selection of fine wines from around the world by the glass as well as a lengthy list of half-bottles. Wine lovers from novice to experienced winemakers never leave without appreciating several novel pairing concepts.

Chef Daniel Humm is the other half of the restaurant's inspiring team. At just 29 years of age, he has earned a number of honors for his stylish presentation and refined cooking, which is influenced by the flavors of Provence. The excitement that the chef and sommelier feel when working together will be clear after just one dining adventure at Campton Place.

Planning Ahead
Campton Place Hotel
340 Stockton St., San Francisco 94108
800-235-4300, 415-781-5555
415-955-5555 for restaurant
www.camptonplace.com

Rates: Rooms start at $340.

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