The Inn Above Tide is a serene, adults-only waterfront boutique hotel in Sausalito, a waterside town on the San Francisco Bay known for its intimate feel and luxurious amenities, including fireplaces in rooms, evening wine reception, and sweeping views of the water and San Francisco skyline.
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🌟 The Inn Above Tide🌟
🛏️ Number of rooms & suites: 33
💰 Price: rooms and suites at The Inn Above Tide start above $600 per night and exceeds $1,600 per night for an ultra-posh suite. Yowza! It’s definitely splurge territory. However, if amazing views in a unique setting are what you’re after, this waterfront gem is a good choice.
📚 Why book: Downtown San Francisco hotels are lovely, but there isn’t much tranquility outside the front door. Sausalito and the Inn Above Tide are an easy 25-minute ferry ride across the bay, making it possible to enjoy the best of both worlds. The Inn Above tide feels worlds away, and yet you can easily reach San Francisco and spend the day exploring the amazing things to do in the city.
🛏 Each of the hotel’s 33 rooms and suites features a private, furnished deck and uninterrupted views of the San Francisco Bay, city skyline, Alcatraz, and Angel Island. It’s hard to tear yourself away, but the hotel’s central location means you don’t need a car and can walk to dinner, shops, and galleries, then return to cozy up in your bathrobe and watch San Francisco’s skyline twinkle across the water.
🥘 Dining: Although there isn’t a restaurant on site, The Inn Above Tide offers coffee and tea all day, an evening wine and cheese reception, and complimentary breakfast each morning, which you can have brought to your room if you prefer to dine in your robe.
Sausalito is on the doorstep, and has numerous bars and restaurants within walking distance.
🗺️ Neighborhood: Sausalito’s art galleries, wine bars, cafés, waterfront restaurants, shops, and views of San Francisco are all just steps from the front door, as is the ferry landing, so you can easily get to all the amazing things to do in San Francisco.
👀 Nearby attractions: Kayak and SUP tours and rentals, Bay Area Discovery Children’s Museum, Heath Ceramics (and factory tour), Muir Woods (25 minutes), Evening Sunset cruise on a sailboat
💫 Highlights: Views, location in Sausalito, complimentary bikes, Bvlgari bath amenities, evening wine reception.
❤️ My heartthrob: The complimentary evening wine and cheese, as well as the daily breakfast, can be delivered to your room. In-room binoculars are provided so you can spy on frolicking sea lions.
💔 My heartbreak: The price. It’s steep for a room and out of reach for many travelers. But if a splurge is what you’re after, or you’re looking to celebrate a special occasion, this one is worth it.
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