We are staying at the Hampton Inn and Suites in Burlingame. Is this a nice area and is there restaurants and Bars and little shopping within walking distance from there. Thank you
Hampton Inn and Suites Burlingame Ca.
Depends on what you mean by ';nice area.'; It is next to the airport, so you will get a wonderful view of airliners coming and going, no doubt with realistic sound effects. Thie stretch of road is a ';hotel strip,'; lined with places like Hilton or Marriott, but there%26#39;s nothing very unique or exciting about it.
One thing this Hampton has in its favor is being by the Bay. You%26#39;ll have a view (if you get the right spot) and be able to stroll along the water and perhaps look for birds, if the airplanes aren%26#39;t too distracting.
Airport hotels are great for business travelers, or for your last night if you have an early flight. Otherwise, there%26#39;s not much to recommend them.
If you%26#39;re here as visitors and plan to ';commute'; to San Francisco for sightseeing, this is a poor location. You%26#39;ll either drive up and hassle with awful traffic on the Bayshore Freeway downtown, and rare, costly parking--or take public transit and deal with schedules and connections because you%26#39;ll be transferring a lot. For the time and expense of going back and forth, you%26#39;re better off in a downtown hotel. The biggest minus is not having the flexibility of being in the City, near everything you%26#39;re interested in. You can%26#39;t just drop by your room during the day. You might get back to the hotel in the afternoon and then, since it%26#39;s so complicated to return to the City, just hang out in the generic hotel restaurant, missing out on entertainment or other night time options that the City offers. You will not experience the ambience and energy that is a huge part of being in S.F.
You can ask just about any local here, and we will all say that if you are vacationing in San Francisco, you need to stay in San Francisco.
Hampton Inn and Suites Burlingame Ca.
P.S. If you%26#39;re open to various kinds of lodging and chose Burlingame because hotel parking in S.F. is so expensive, we have many motor inns. These are typically not the lap of luxury, but they come in various price ranges. They are mainly closer to Fisherman%26#39;s Wharf and along Lombard Street, the main drag from downtown to the Golden Gate Bridge. They are not as close to Union Square, cable cars, etc., but public transit will take you anywhere in the City and you can leave your car parked for free.
My family just stayed at this very Hampton Inn one week ago tonight. It was clean and economical, and we didn%26#39;t hear any airplanes. We weren%26#39;t looking for night life, as we were flying out early the next morning, but we wouldn%26#39;t have found any had we looked. I recall there was a Mexican restaurant across the street. Perhaps there are bars in the other hotels nearby...........
We had spent several nights in San Francisco prior to this night in Burlingame. We stayed at the Chelsea Motor Inn on Lombard and were quite pleased with the accommodations. We had rented a car at one point and the parking there was free.
If the Hampton has a shuttle, take it to Broadway in Burlingame, many small shops and restaurants, Broadway Prime has a website, nice Prime Rib. About a 30 minute slow walk over the US 101 freeway. Breakfast at Leann%26#39;s which is a left turn onto Airport Blvd, Burlingame, across from the Doubletree, open 24 hours.
None of us are asking you why you are choosing to stay there. If you have airport meetings that is one thing. If you are planning it as a place to stay to visit the city of San Francisco, that is another. I think that Frisco Roadrunner spelled it out. Why stay near an airport several miles from a city you want to visit?
If you%26#39;re going to stay there, I recommend Fook Yuen for dim sum about half a mile from the hotel on El Camino. Some people also like the larger Hong Kong Flower Lounge a block from Fook Yuen as well.
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