A sleek sanctuary lofted on the top floors of a historic San Francisco building, the Hotel Palomar ( a Kimpton Hotel ), places guests one block from San Francisco Shopping Centre and Sony Metreon. One of the city's most conveniently positioned properties, this 2005 Conde Nast Traveler Gold list award winning hotel stands two blocks from Moscone Convention Center, Union Square and the Powell Street cable car station.

Plush velvet furnishings, leopard print carpets and fine art displayed along the hotel's walls offer a visual greeting to guests as they register at the first floor lobby desk. Guests may then ascend five floors to the "living room", a casual/chic lounge that serves as a retreat from San Francisco's daily clatter.

Whimsically modernist, the Fifth Floor restaurant is distinguished by softly flowing maroon drapes, Frette Italian linens, rich wood paneling and exotic zebra patterned carpet.

This upscale French restaurant offers a chef's wine tasting menu and delectable à la carte favorites. Additional hotel refinements include concierge services and complimentary weekday morning Town Car service to the Financial District. An onsite spa offers revitalizing treatments while the fitness facility provides a work out room with a view.

All 198 guestrooms provide beds overlaid by fluffy down comforters, custom glass panel armoires, lounge chairs and desks with upholstered chairs. Rooms have complimentary high speed and wireless Internet access. Additional amenities include minibars and CD players. Complimentary coffeemakers are available on request. Specialty TV stations include a meditation channel, and complimentary yoga mats, straps, and blocks are available for in room use. "Tall rooms" have extra long mattresses.

This California hotel is one block from Yerba Buena Gardens, which has a children's playground and an indoor ice skating rink. Many visitors walk to the Golden Gate Bridge, five miles from the hotel. Parking is available at both ends of the bridge.