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ness center, and kitchen facilities, and wheelchair-accessible rooms are available as well.
Corner rooms 310 and 410 boast enviable bay views. Entrance on Milvia St.
Berkeley City Club
HISTORIC HOTEL
breakfast from $165; )
Designed by Julia Morgan, the architect of Hearst Castle, the 35 rooms and dazzling com-
mon areas of this refurbished 1929 historic landmark building (which is also a private
club) feel like a glorious time warp into a more refined era. The hotel contains lush and se-
rene Italianate courtyards, gardens and terraces, and a stunning indoor pool.
Elegant Old World rooms contain no TVs, and those with numbers ending in 4 and 8
have to-die-for views of the bay and the Golden Gate Bridge.
Bancroft Hotel
HISTORIC HOTEL
Way; r incl breakfast $135-179; )
A gorgeous 1928 Arts and Crafts building that was originally a women's club, the Ban-
croft is just across the street from campus and two blocks from Telegraph Ave. It has 22
comfortable, beautifully furnished rooms (number 302 boasts a lovely balcony) and a
spectacular bay-view rooftop, though no elevator.
Rose Garden Inn
INN
incl breakfast from $138; )
The decor flirting with flowery, this cute place is a few blocks south from the Telegraph
Ave action and very peaceful, with two old houses surrounded by pretty gardens.
Downtown Berkeley Inn
MOTEL
510-843-4043;
www.downtownberkeleyinn.com
;
2001 Bancroft Way; r
$79-129; )
A 27-room budget boutique-style motel with good-sized rooms and correspondingly ample
flat-screen TVs.
