travel42 Hotel Review: The Clift Royal Sonesta San Francisco

The Clift Royal Sonesta San Francisco travel42 Professional Hotel Review

Location and History

Located in the heart of the city and next to the Curran Theater, across the street from Marriott's sassy Hotel Adagio, two blocks west of Union Square, this hotel bears a name closely associated with San Francisco's old guard, but it has undertaken a number of iterations along the way.

This landmark 1913 Italian Renaissance building was originally built to host travelers aimed for the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition. Owner Frederick Clift wanted to show th...