Monte Cristo Bed and Breakfast

If the walls of the Monte Cristo Bed and Breakfast could talk, what stories they could tell, for this remarkable building has been a part of San Francisco since 1875. Originally built as a bordello and saloon. In the 1920s, it served as a speakeasy. When the great fire swept the city after the 1906 earthquake, homes were put to the torch on Van Ness Avenue to create a firebreak, and the Saloon not only survived, it served as a refuge for the newly post-quake homeless.

This European style inn is perhaps the oldest original hospitality structure in San Francisco. The San Francisco Bed and Breakfast is convenient to the entire San Francisco city and is at the junction of three great neighborhoods, Presidio Heights, Pacific Heights, and Laurel Heights. It is in one of the oldest and best neighborhoods in San Francisco.

It is two blocks to the elegantly restored Victorian shops, Vogue theatre, Zagat-rated restaurants and San Francisco antique stores on Sacramento Street. It's within walking distance to shopping on Union Street and Fillmore Street.