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"Nob Hill is a man's hill with power in the air,
privilege in a stair and prestige in a chair."

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS
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Learn the secrets of Bonanza Kings and Railroad Barons:

• Silver King lives in a single room at the Palace Hotel while his wife lives in Paris and she is written up in society pages
  
  
• Silver King divorced by wife for numerous adulterous affairs
  
  
• Silver King sells bar and marries chambermaid and builds Connecticut brownstone Nob Hill mansion
  
  
• Two Railroad Barons so detested each other that they hired body guards to protect themselves from assassination
  
  
• Railroad Baron's widow remarries younger man and disinherits her son who opposes the marriage
  
  
• Railroad Baron introduces his son to society on a silver platter
  
  
• Railroad Baron's wife has jewel collection that rivals the Csarina of Russia
  
  

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Share the architectural genius of Willis Polk and Julia Morgan.

Tour elegant ballrooms; where Tony Bennett sang "I left my heart in San Francisco."

See Silver King Flood's mansion: That survived the 1906 earthquake and was restored by San Francisco architect Willis Polk.

Experience the ambiance of Hungtingon Park: with the sculpted beauty of Fountain of Turtles from Rome, and the Fountain of Sprites.

Walk the magnificent Grace Cathedral with its world famous stained-glass windows, murals and labyrinth.

Visit California's first Cathedral built in 1854: filled with rare Chinatown and 1906 earthquake photographs.

Inquire about our tours of the Financial District, Sutro's Park, Baths and Lands End.

View rare Railroad Baron memorabilia: See photographs of Railroad Barons' Palaces built at cost of several million dollars; mansions described as "carpenters nightmares" and "a delirium of woodcarving."

Take a scenic cable car ride up Nob Hill: Known as Fern Hill, Nob Hill or the Hill of Palaces became home to the wealthy after Andrew Halladie built the Cable car and installed it with a system of moving wire cable in 1873.

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Dine in ambiant splendor:

Dazzling views with complete breakfast buffet at the Top of the Mark.

The full buffet breakfast
at the Terrace Room at the Ritz-Carlton.

 

The specially selected luncheon
is at the Big Four restaurant at the Huntington Hotel

 

The specially prepared High tea is at the Renaissance Stanford Court

Tour lasts approximately 2 hours

HOBNOB TOURS of San Francisco
tel: (650) 814-6303
fax: (925) 292-9384

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