Nob Hill’s dining and nightlife takes on a decidedly hip San Francisco feel with a menagerie of independent coffee shops, funky dive bars and stylish cocktail lounges housed in vintage facades. Just a 28-minute walk from Nob Hill, Hotel Vitale is an ideal hotel with a close proximity to this and many of San Francisco’s most visited attractions.
Many of the City’s most-visited historical landmarks are located in Nob Hill. These include the Grace Cathedral, one of the city’s largest houses of worship, celebrated for its ornate design, mosaics and stained glass. The Cable Bar Museum also resides in Nob Hill, providing visitors with a complimentary and fascinating glance into the history and operation of the world’s only operating cable car system.
One of San Francisco’s signature neighborhoods, Nob Hill is known for is exquisitely maintained grounds, steep streets, lavish architecture and the quaint Huntington Park. Once inhabited by California’s wealthy railroad magnates, the area retains much of rich history, and upscale feel it possessed in the late 19th century.