Guests at the Petite Auberge hotel couldn't ask for a better location: on top of Nob Hill, a quick stroll from Union Square's exquisite shopping and entertainment, cable cars, the financial district, Chinatown, North Beach and many of the city's finest restaurants.

With only 26 guestrooms, this boutique hotel is more like a country inn than a hotel on a busy city street. The Petite Auberge's rich and detailed design welcomes guests to a world of French provincial enchantment, with French doors, beveled glass, a collection of French art and a cozy parlor with a crackling fire.

Guests will enjoy complimentary breakfast buffets in the country style kitchen and complimentary wine, sherry and hors d'oeuvres later in its own parlor.

This being San Francisco, guests will find plenty of upscale dining options serving everything from steak to sushi and saki. The hotel's fully stocked cookie jar sits there, just waiting to be plundered.

The guestrooms feature French Provincial style furniture and décor, including delicate floral fabrics, bathrobes and sturdy armoires. Many rooms even come complete with fireplaces.

In the sunny kitchen, couples on romantic weekends, homesick Europeans and Bay Area denizens enjoy their breakfasts before heading out for a day on the town and returning that evening to curl up with books and tea in front the fireplaces.