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Presidio shuttle buses to get ar ound inside. The 30-Stockton Muni bus fr om Chestnut
Street brings Marina visitors through North Beach, Chinatown, and Union Square. You
may spend more time traveling to other neighborhoods, but at the M arina Motel you'll
spend a lot less on accommodations.
2576 Lombard St. (bt w. Broderick and Divisader o sts.), San F rancisco, CA 94123.
&
800/346-6118
or
415/921-9406. Fax 415/921-0364. www.marinamotel.com. 39 units. $95-$155 double; $119-$219 suit e.
Kitchens available for stays of 5 nights or mor e ($10 extra). Additional person $10. Rolla ways and cribs
$10. AE, DISC, MC, V. Free parking. Dogs welcome in some rooms ($10 per night).
In room:
TV, free wireless
Internet access, fridge, coffeemaker, hair dryer, iron.
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JAPANTOWN
Close to the tony Pacific Heights neighborhood, quiet Japantown is home to two hotels
that offer more for your money than you'll find in more highly touristed areas. You won't
be in the center of the action, but multiple bus lines can get y ou there quickly. Plus,
Japantown's Asian shops and r estaurants will add an extra sense of adv
enture to y our
family vacation.
MODERATE
Kabuki Hotel
Value
Upon arrival, your kids will get some immediate cr oss-
cultural edification, with a complimentar y Japanese tea ser vice brought to y our room.
The hotel's Asian-accented guest rooms were all redone in 2007 and include top-quality
linens, updated marble and tile bathr ooms, the latest electr onics (flatscreen TVs, iPod
docking stations, free high-speed wireless Internet, and so on), and Asian tea kettles. The
intended mood her e is ser ene. I f tranquillity is har d to achiev e with y our little ones
around, at check-in r equest a r oom with a J apanese-style deep-soaking tub . Then send
one parent to visit J apantown's bookstores and gift shops with the kids while the other
one of you indulges in a long, soothing bath.
Your children will enjoy the extra Japanese feel of one of the three family suites. There,
a
shoji
screen can be closed to separate the main ar ea with king-siz e bed fr om another
section just for the children with two futons resting on tatami mats. At bedtime, the kids
can pretend they're in Japan. (Unfortunately, family suites do not have the luscious Japa-
nese tubs.) When it's time to get back to S an Francisco sightseeing, y ou'll have 10 bus
lines within a 4-block radius to get y ou wherever you need to go.
1625 Post St. (at Laguna St.), San Francisco, CA 94115.
&
800/533-4567
or 415/922-3200. Fax 415/614-
5498. www.jdvhotels.com/kabuki. 218 units, 15 suites. $129-$289 double; $209-$329 suit e. Kids under
17 stay free in parent's room. Rollaways $15; cribs fr ee. AE, DC, DISC, MC, V. Valet parking $35/day, self-
parking $15/night.
Amenities:
Restaurant; c oncierge; business c enter; fitness c enter; r oom ser vice
(6:30am-11pm), laundry service; dry cleaning; club-level rooms.
In room:
A/C, TV, dataport, free wireless
high-speed Internet access, fridge, tea kettle, hair dryer, iron, safe, iPod dock.
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INEXPENSIVE
Hotel Tomo
Value
Here's another gr eat J apantown deal. A t H otel Tomo, a B est
Western Hotel/Joie de Vivre hotel, you can get a bright, newly furnished room with two
queen-size beds for not much more than $100 ($109 and up, depending on occupancy).
Use your AAA car d and get a fur ther discount. The added bonus: R ooms all hav e one
wall whimsically decorated in Japanese pop art style. The rest of the room decor is light
and modern, with lemon-y ellow bed co vers, blond-wood furnitur e, and other pop ar t
