One-Night Stay with $50 Dining Credit at The Claremont Hotel & Spa in Berkeley, CA
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Description
Historical Hotel and Spa Overlooking San Francisco Bay The
Claremont Hotel & Spa—a historical, AAA Four Diamond
Award–winning hotel—overlooks the San Francisco Bay from a perch
atop the Claremont Canyon. During the California gold rush, a
private, English-style castle stood on the property. But after the
castle burned down, real estate tycoon Frank Havens won the land in
a game of checkers, and in 1915, he opened the sprawling
Mediterranean-style resort that still stands today. Of the many
improvements made to the hotel over the years, none shine as
brightly as the Spa Claremont , a 20,000-square-foot facility
dubbed the Top U.S. Urban Spa by Vogue magazine. Beyond offering
standard therapeutics such as facials and massages, the spa's staff
administers body treatments, acupuncture, and water therapy, a
means of relieving stress by wielding a seltzer bottle à la the
Three Stooges. At the hotel’s fitness center, 60 exercise classes
are scheduled every week. There are 10 tennis courts onsite and a
number of swimming pools, whirlpools, hot tubs, and saunas. Three
restaurants provide a range of fine-dining options. The landmark
Meritage at the Claremont , a farm-to-table affair, serves dishes
such as the Sonoma goat-cheese-potato terrine beneath a two-story
ceiling while diners gaze out onto the bay. The more casual Paragon
Restaurant—an American brasserie—offers hand-shaken cocktails, live
jazz on the weekends, and outdoor deck seating. The Bayview Café
serves up light fare poolside. Upstairs, the hotel's Distinctive
Bay View rooms have been newly renovated so that no two are exactly
alike. Berkeley, California: Eclectic College Town Full of Art,
History, and Culture The Claremont Hotel & Spa stands just a
few minutes from the campus of the University of California,
Berkeley, home to some 36,000 students and a still-thriving
activist spirit. Lined with cafés and smoke shops, colorful
Telegraph Avenue bustles with scholars, bohemians, and vendors
hawking tie-dyed graduation gowns. World-famous musicians and
actors take the stage at Hertz and Zellerbach Halls and the
Berkeley Repertory Theatre , and plenty of bars and restaurants
along Shattuck Avenue pour microbrews and serve farm-to-table
cuisine. Wandering Berkeley’s residential neighborhoods can be a
charming diversion in the spring and summer, when tangled gardens
spill over onto tree-lined sidewalks. Read the Fine Print for
important info on travel dates and other restrictions.