Clarion Airport Hotel, San Francisco
The Clarion Hotel sits on eight handsomely landscaped acres just two miles from San Francisco International Airport. Experts consider the hotel one of the better values in the area, considering that it's 10 miles from downtown San Francisco and 20 miles from San Jose's business district.
Guests also will find nearby the Bay Meadows Racetrack, Cow Palace, Candlestick Park, Paramount's Great America, San Jose and Silicon Valley.
The Clarion is built around an enormous rear courtyard with several patios, large gated circular pool and spa tub. The hotel, which features a full-service fitness center, also is located near scenic jogging trails.
Corporate guests will enjoy the hotel's self- service business center, and all guests will enjoy complimentary airport shuttles. In addition to room service, the Bayside Bar & Grill offers seafood, pasta and other selections.
The 251 guestrooms are appointed with attractive contemporary décor and modern Danish-style furnishings. They feature pillow-top mattresses, goose-down comforters, throw pillows and black-and-white photos of old San Francisco and are considered to be the largest rooms on the peninsula.
This six-floor hotel's lobby is more airport terminal than coffee-talk nook. Accessed through a two-story entrance, the lobby offers chairs and couches, and light streams from the building's gargantuan front windows. The Clarion Hotel is a favorite of vacation and business travelers because the airport is so close.
