Elite Traveler HRS 2023

View of the Ferry Building

1 HOTEL SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA, USA

1 Hotel San Francisco has added a splash of mindful coolness to the city’s waterfront Embarcadero area — a buzzy stretch of ports, piers and tourist attractions along the eastern shore — and is already proving popular with the locals. (It doesn’t hurt that the brand already has a solid presence in the state with 1 Hotel West Hollywood in Los Angeles.) All 1 Hotels strive to be a source of well-presented wellness for guests, the local community and the planet — and this one is no exception. Expect exteriors out fi tted in high-performance insulation and heat-re fl ecting roo fi ng; interiors of upcycled wood and native greenery; a restaurant of famously fresh Californian ingredients sourced from within a 50-mile radius; and plenty of little indulgences — like fully electric house cars (the charming Audi e-tron) and organic jersey knit robes (with hoods!) that are as cozy as your favorite sweatshirt. STAY 1 Hotel San Francisco's prime location overlooks the glittery Bay Bridge; the historic Ferry Building, dating back to 1898; and the bustling San Francisco Bay, teeming with commuter ferries, behemoth container ships and fl ocks of brown pelicans. Enter the property and the fi rst thing to hit is the custom scent: an uplifting, forest-fresh mist of tree moss, eucalyptus leaves, cedar, and oakwood manages to permeate the hotel’s spacious ground fl oor without being overwhelming. The lobby’s fl oor is made up of over 7,000 sq ft of reclaimed barn wood, which is in line with San Francisco’s Environment Code Chapter 8, banning the use of tropical wood and virgin redwood; while gorgeous, salvaged redwood from the original San Francisco Bay Bridge ornaments hallways and elevator landings. Handloomed rugs are made with recycled wool and plant fi bers, and original wall art is crafted from sun-bleached driftwood. There are no fake plants permitted at any 1 Hotel, so the greenery on site is either alive or preserved moss and foliage, which require less water and light. Spend one night at the 1 Hotel, and you’ll leave convinced that all this environmentalism doesn’t have to come at the expense of comfort. There are 186 rooms and 14 suites, the top options being the terrace suites with around 1,000 sq ft of indoor and outdoor space. (Of the terrace suites, the Ferry House Suite boasts the best views.) The room design — care of Seattle-based Dawson Design Associates and SH Hotels & Resorts — is clean and minimal; earthy but approachable, with low- fl ow water fi xtures, energy-saving thermostats and even shower timers to bring awareness to water waste.

West Lounge

RELAX There is a compact Bamford Wellness spa with three treatment rooms, as well as two alfresco soaking tubs for pre- or post-treatment relaxation. Treatments include massages, body services and facials. The gym, which is called The Field House and is open 24/7, is clad in 80% recycled ECOmax rubber fl ooring and o ff ers the latest equipment, including Pelotons and 1 Hotel-branded dumbbells. Personal training is also available. On the outdoor deck of the hotel’s eighth fl oor, rooftop yoga and HIIT classes are o ff ered, hosted by local favorites, Love Story Yoga and LuxFit SF, respectively. Eight e-bikes, care of Rad Power Bikes, are also available for fun neighborhood bike rides. By Nicole Trilivas From $500 per night. Contact Joel Costa, director of sales and marketing, joel.costa@1hotels.com, +1 415 278 3700, 1hotels.com

DINE Indoor/outdoor locavore-slanted restaurant Terrene serves a casual breakfast and lunch of cutesy-named smoothies and crunchy Cali-salads and a slightly less-casual dinner of sharing plates. The cool and creative cocktail menu showcases 50 Mile Highlights (tipples created with spirits and ingredients made or grown within a 50-mile radius of the Bay Area), as well as Zero-Waste Cocktails (a collaboration with bartending consulting and educational resource, Trash Collective). On the food front, local farms and small producers are called out by name, and dishes of dips, hearth oven fl atbreads, and meat and seafood skewers are fresh, colorful and light. Go for the beet muhammara sprinkled with orange zest, the mushrooms glazed in sticky fi g balsamic and the pitch-perfect cheesecake. Some of the bounty can even be traced back to the rooftop garden's mint, laurel, makrut lime and lemon verbena; plus, there are several beehives.

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