| The Elizabeth Hotel is a friendly, privately owned, forty-bedroom
establishment, with English character and charm, which offers
relatively simple but thoroughly clean, comfortable accommodation
and a good Continental breakfast at moderate prices.
The atmosphere of the Hotel, with many fine prints portraying
historic figures such as Elizabeth I, Mary Queen of Scots, King
Charles I and II (the latter with Nell Gwynne), Queen Victoria,
St Thomas More, Sir Francis Drake, Sir Walter Raleigh, Nelson
and Wellington, is essentially non-commercial.
Furnishings having been kept as close as possible to those of
a San Francisco house in the mid nineteenth century, although
there have been some changes to the buildings over the years.
The two staircases are decorated with hand finished mezzo-tint
engravings, etchings and traditional copper plate engravings after
Turner, Gainsborough, Reynolds and Landseer. There are also scenes
from Shakespeare and in the hotel bedrooms, picturesque views
of seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain.
On the lower Ground floor of the Hotel an interesting collection
of formal miniature portraits is in contrast to some amusing,
original 'Spy' cartoons |
| Rooms:
Comfortable Single, Double, Twin and Family Rooms are available,
most with bath and/or shower and W.C. Rooms without private bath,
shower or W.C are supplied with good facilities nearby, which
can be used at any time.
For stays of three months or more there are luxury, fully furnished
and equipped, self-contained studio and two bedroom apartments
next to the Hotel.
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