Mandarin Oriental, San Francisco

Mandarin Oriental, San Francisco features a fourth-floor fitness center where you can find your inner om during yoga instruction, and massage therapy is also available. Step outside the hotel doors and you will hear the clang-clang of the cable car, stumble across colorful flower stalls, and detect the faint sounds of ships signaling their arrival to the harbor. Be sure to see the usual suspects - the Golden Gate Bridge, Union Square, and Fisherman's Wharf to name just a few - but do not discount the lesser known neighborhoods and landmarks, either. Check out the Italian borough of North Beach and its City Lights Bookstore, once frequented by Beat writer Jack Kerouac. There is also Cow Hollow and its fleet of shops tucked inside classic Victorian buildings, and the Ferry Building Marketplace, which showcases the city's finest culinary purveyors. Find it all - and more - with a stay at Mandarin Oriental, San Francisco.