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Essentials about Nob Hill in brief

Anyone traveling through the city on the world-famous San Francisco Cable Cars will inevitably cross Nob Hill. All cable car routes cross the hill in the heart of the city. Nob Hill borders Russian Hill to the north, Chinatown to the east, the shopping district around Union Square to the south, and the Pacific Heights neighborhood to the west. On the top of Nob Hill you should pull out your camera, because from here you can enjoy a great view of San Francisco.

The name “Nob Hill”

Nob Hill has always been a wealthy neighborhood and has been home to many wealthy families for generations. The name, by the way, derives from the term “Nob” (meaning “aristocrat”, “toff”), which was used to describe the stinking rich railroad barons who built their mansions here in the 19th century. Therefore, the district is often sarcastically called “Snob Hill”.

The villas on Nob Hill

Nob Hill was almost completely destroyed in the great San Francisco earthquake of 1906. Of the many mansions that once stood here, only the Huntington Mansion remained standing (but it was destroyed in the 1960s). Today, only the Flood Mansion remains, which, although completely burned out, has been rebuilt.

The views from Nob Hill

Meanwhile, Nob Hill is no longer known for its mansions, but for its luxury hotels built on the ruins of the old mansions (e.g. the Fairmont Hotel, the Mark Hopkins Intercontinental Hotel, the Stanford Court and the Huntington Hotel). From the top of Nob Hill, you get a great view of San Francisco. The view is even better from the tower of the Fairmont Hotel. From here you can enjoy a magnificent panoramic view of the entire San Francisco Bay Area.

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Getting there

By public transport:

Cable cars: All lines cross Nob Hill.

Bus lines: A number of lines cross Nob Hill.

By car:

There are a number of parking garages around Nob Hill.