Hotel Boheme

A tiny 15-room hideaway on Columbus Avenue, Hotel Boheme leans into North Beach’s literary past with rooms named for Beat writers like Kerouac, Ginsberg and Burroughs. The vintage-jazz-club styling is intimate rather than grand, and you are steps from City Lights Bookstore, Caffe Trieste and the neighborhood’s Italian cafes. Rooms are small and the hotel sits above a lively street, so ask for a quieter back-facing room if you are a light sleeper.