Originally Posted by tonrob

I'd go for Embarcadero or possibly Union Square (bit busy but convenient location and some nice hotels), although Mrs tonrob and I stayed in the Renaissance on Nob Hill a couple of months ago - it's right at the top of the hill where the cable car lines cross. It was great just to step out of the hotel and have the choice of four directions to go on the cable cars. It meant that we rode on them far more often than when we've stayed elsewhere in the city.

Originally Posted by Dorothy

Thanks for that. I'll tell the travel agent we want to stay there. Love being near public transit when I go away.

Originally Posted by tonrob

Do you have an iPhone? If you do then there's a great SF Muni app that shows the whereabouts of buses and cable cars in real time. We used it to time our departures from our room at the Renaissance so there was always a cable car coming when we walked out of the front door of the hotel!