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SF's hip green motel, with reclaimed-wood headboards, upcycled-bottle chandeliers, and
fleece bedspreads made from recycled soda bottles. Drawbacks are the sketchy neighbor-
hood and street noise; book rooms in back.
The Mission & the Castro
Inn San Francisco
B&B
breakfast $185-310, with shared bath $135-200; ; 14, 49)
An impeccably maintained 1872 Italianate-Victorian mansion, this inn has period antiques,
fresh-cut flowers, and fluffy featherbeds; some have Jacuzzi tubs. There's also a freestand-
ing garden cottage that sleeps up to six. Outside there's an English garden and redwood hot
tub. Limited parking: reserve ahead.
Inn on Castro
GLBT, B&B
bath $125-145, incl breakfast, self-catering apt $165-210; ; Castro)
Flashback to the Castro's disco heyday inside this Edwardian townhouse with '70s-mod
furnishings. Rooms are retro-cool and breakfasts exceptional - the owner is a chef. Ask
about nearby apartments also available for rental.
Parker Guest House
B&B
r incl breakfast $209-259; ; 33, J)
Welcome to the Castro's stateliest gay digs, inside twin Edwardian mansions sharing a
garden and steam room. Elegant rooms have cushy beds with down duvets; bath fixtures
gleam.
The Haight & Hayes Valley
Metro Hotel
HOTEL
