Green Tortoise Backpackers

San Francisco's Favorite Party Hostel!The Green Tortoise Hostel has been a favorite of backpackers and travellers for decades. From our unbeatable location in historic North Beach (a quick walk to tourist favorites like Chinatown and Fisherman's Wharf), to our cozy dorm rooms, to our relaxing private rooms with free movies, to our free meals, live music, free beer nights and (in)famous pub crawls, to our famous Adventure Travel bus tours...those are just a few of the reasons the Tortoise has become a legend.If you're looking for a sterile, dull hostel that you can forget about the moment you leave San Francisco, the Tortoise isn't it. Time after time, our guests tell us that their favorite memories of San Francisco are of the times they spent in the hostel itself, meeting and hanging out with other backpackers, enjoying our live music nights, making friends while enjoying our free dinners (3 times a week) or free beer (every Tuesday!), or dancing to someone's iPod in the ballroom until all hours. If the sun comes up before you've gone to bed, you know you've had a good night at the Green Tortoise.To make it like your home, there's no curfew, huge kitchen, giant common room with a pool table and foosball, piano, stereo, cable TV, bicycle rack and quiet places to fill in the journals of your travels. The rooms are all non-smoking with large lockers under the bed to store your gear safely, comfortable beds with reading lights, and new friends to meet. Our private rooms give you a real home away from home feel with comfy beds and a few with TV and a large selection of movies for free so you can chill out and have quiet time with your travel mate.Why Green Tortoise?More for the money.Free High Speed Internet! Free Linens!Free Under Bed Lockers!Free Breakfast Every Day! Free Parties! Free Dinners 3 Times A Week! Free Sauna!Free Entertainment!Free Day Luggage Storage! Free Maps!Free Tour Information! Free Pub Crawl! (Buy Your Own Drinks!)Free Movies (Private Rooms)Free Spirited!!More of California and travel across the United States is easy to do with the offices of Green Tortoise Adventure Travel located behind the front desk, stop in and see where you can go in Style!It should be noted that you are not viewing the Green Tortoise website, but rather that of a booking agency. Our Hostel is located in San Francisco, also home of Green Tortoise Adventure Travel and our sister hostel is located in Seattle on the Market!!IMPORTANT: We currently accept VISA, MasterCard, US cash or US$ Travelers Cheques for payment at the hostel. Sorry, no personal checks can be accepted.Please note that there is a $20 key deposit for each person which is returned upon checkout. The key deposit must be paid in cash or travelers checks. Sorry, but the key deposit cannot be put on your credit card.Checkout is at 11:00 AM.Check in begins upon availability.Our luggage room is available for those times before and after.We have a 48 hour cancellation policy.

Directions

San Francisco International Airport:Shuttle Van: You do not need a reservation; just walk up to one and tell the driver you want to go to Green Tortoise - 494 Broadway. Cost Is $15-$17.BART train - Costs $4.70 - Takes 30 Min. Exit at Montgomery, walk 1 mile north to Broadway.Taxi: Will cost $35 -$45.Oakland Airport:Take the Air Bart shuttle ($3) to the BART station. From here get any San Francisco bound train and exit at Montgomery. Walk one block away from the clock tower to Kearny and turn right. Walk 1 mile north to Broadway or get the Muni Bus #9 and get off at Broadway.Greyhound:The Transbay Terminal Is On Mission @ First Street. Public Transportation: Walk to Third Street and catch the #9, 30 or 45 Muni Bus for $1.50. Get off at Broadway. Walking (1.3 miles): Walk up First Street to Market Street (the direction is against the flow of traffic on the one way street). Cross Market and First Street changes names to Battery Street. Continue walking north up Battery until you come to Broadway (10 minutes). Turn left on Broadway and walk 3 blocks to 494 Broadway.Driving:(The Green Tortoise recommends leaving the car at home, or returning your rental car before you reach San Francisco. Having a car in San Francisco is unnecessary and expensive!)From The South:Take 101 North, As You Pass Army Street (Ceasar Chavez) There Will Be 4 Lanes. Stay In Lane 2 (Second From Right) Follow All The Way Until It Becomes Exit Only At 4th Street (When Lane 1 Disappears At 7th St, Don't Change Lanes) Exit At 4th St Exit But Curve Left Onto Bryant (Not Right Onto 4th) Take Bryant 1 Block And Turn Left On 3rd St. Follow 3rd All The Way To Market And As You Cross Market It Becomes Kearny. Follow Kearny To Broadway. From The North:Take Golden Gate Bridge To Lombard, Left Onto Lombard, Follow Lombard To Van Ness, Turn Right On Van Ness, Follow Van Ness To Broadway, Turn Left On Broadway, Follow Broadway To Kearny.From The East:Take Bay Bridge, Exit At Fremont (First Exit), Fremont 1/2 Block To Howard, Turn Left On Howard, Take Howard To 3rd St, Turn Right On 3rd St, Follow 3rd To Market Where It Becomes Kearny And On To Broadway.