Welcome to HI-San Francisco Downtown!
Pricey Downtown San Francisco Hotels can’t Hold a Candle to HI-USA Hostels
Unlike downtown San Francisco Hotels, HI-USA’s Downtown hostel offers a first-rate location at
a rock-bottom price! Stay in the heart of San Francisco's tourist district, one block from worldfamous
Union Square shops and steps from Chinatown and SOMA, in a vibrant neighborhood
filled with clubs, restaurants, bars, theaters and art galleries. With scores of flagship department
stores and trendy boutiques at your doorstep, you're sure to find that perfect souvenir; and with
the money you save by staying in one of the best youth hostels in San Francisco, you can afford
it!
Even More Comforts than You Expect in San Francisco Hostels
Housed in a renovated hotel, HI-San Francisco Downtown has all the modern-day comforts
you'd expect in quality downtown San Francisco hotels. This California hostel offers:
• both private rooms and dorms, with a maximum of 4 beds per dorm
• lockers in each room
• private bathrooms in many rooms
• free linen and towel service
• daily housekeeping
• laundry facilities
Besides these basics, a free Continental breakfast is provided every morning, and a guest
kitchen is available for self-service meals. The guest lounges in this modern San Francisco
hostel are newly renovated, and a brand new theater-style media room with wide-screen satellite
TV shows two movie screenings nightly. High-speed Internet facilities and free WiFi are also
available.
Stay at our Youth Hostels in San Francisco and Explore All the City has to Offer
Guests are also welcome to join in the free or low-cost activities organized daily, including pubcrawls,
walking tours and day trips to Napa Wine Country or Yosemite Valley. HI-San Francisco
Downtown hostel is also easy walking distance to popular attractions including the San
Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Yerba Beuna Gardens, Center for the Arts, the Metreon
entertainment complex and IMAX theater, as well as the enormous new Westfield shopping
center. You can also catch the cable car three blocks from the hostel's door and cruise your way
up to North Beach and Fisherman's Wharf.
This conveniently-located San Francisco hostel is also close to other public transit – just one
block from major MUNI bus lines and three blocks from Bart trains which run to/from the San
Francisco International Airport and the Oakland International Airport.
HI-San Francisco Downtown Hostel is your home in the heart of the city!
"Just a block from Union Square, amid five-star hotels at a tiny fraction of the price." -- Lonely
Planet, USA & Canada on a Shoestring
"The cleanest and most central hostel, and, consequently, the most popular." --Rough Guide
"A budget traveler's dream in the land of pricey downtown San Francisco hotels." --San
Francisco Bay Guardian
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- Credit card accepted
- Cycle rental available at or near the hostel
- Discounts and concessions available
- Groups welcome
- Individual traveller welcome
- Internet access
- Laundry facilities
- Lift
- Lockers available
- Luggage Store
- Currency exchange at or near the hostel
- Hostel open 24h
- Self-catering kitchen
- Sheets in price
- Smoking room/area
- TV room
- Suitable for wheelchair users
- City centre location
- Cultural centre nearby
- Leisure facilities nearby
- Main attractions nearby
- Museums/art galleries nearby
- Nightlife nearby
- Restaurants nearby
- Shopping centre/market nearby
Address & Contact
HI-San Francisco Downtown
312 Mason Street
Union Square
San Francisco CA 94102
1 (415) 788-5604
1 (415) 788-3023
GPS 37.786300, -122.409800
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Bed Capacity
> Total Beds 292
Opening Times
> 24 hours
> All Year
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