Palace Hotel

Neighborhood: Downtown

Please Note:

Our free (donations welcome!), regularly scheduled tours are open to the public but NOT open to parties of 8 or more. If you plan to bring 8 or more walkers to a regular tour, please click here for more information on booking private group tours.

Description:

Majestic. Spectacular. Words fail to convey the extraordinary beauty of the elegantly restored Palace. Its history is equally amazing! See this 1909 Beaux Arts gem for yourself, and discover why it's consistently ranked as one of the top luxury hotels in the world.

Next Tour:

Thursday, May 23 at 2:00 pm given by Harlan Hirschfeld

Notes:

PLEASE NOTE: Although it's indoors, this is still a WALKING tour. There are elevators and escalators for moving the mobility-impaired between floors. However, tour guests (except those in wheelchairs) must be able to stand and walk for 1-1.5 hours. Chairs or place settings in rooms prepared for meetings or banquets can NOT be disturbed or used by tour guests.

Future tours:

This tour is also scheduled on those dates in the calendar below (after the map) where the tour time is indicated (in red). You can advance to future months by clicking the >> symbol in the calendar title.

Location:

Meet on right side of main lobby; 2 New Montgomery Street. Public transportation: MUNI/BART Montgomery Station; all Market Street buses & streetcars.

Click here for public transit or driving directions to the starting point

Schedule:

This tour is offered all year

Guides:

Coordinator(s): Rob Spoor
Guide(s): Celia Anderson, Susan Bessler, Lynne Carberry, Aida Cervantes, Sharon Chin, Carmel Coghlan, Barbara Cohrssen, Dinah Darvas, Anna Fairbank, Christopher Fey, Tatiana Gay, Richard Harned, Harlan Hirschfeld, Tracy Hoffman, Connie Ikert, Stephen Levin, Moira McLeod, Jennifer Pinnick Kehoe, MaryAnn Provence, Joy Ricker, Daniel Sekella, Susan Simmons, Susan Spellman, Rob Spoor, Silvia Stress, Cara Tramontano, Sally Ward, Spencer Whatcott, Mimi Wong