travel42 Hotel Review: Hotel Shattuck Plaza

Hotel Shattuck Plaza travel42 Professional Hotel Review

Location and History

Located one block from the Downtown Berkeley BART station, walking distance to the campus and within view of UC Berkeley's landmark campanile (a 15-minute walk), this is the best and the most convenient hotel in town for academics, alumni and parents-in-waiting.

Dating from 1910, much of the last half of its life was spent as a senior living center, but there is nothing dated about this hotel now.

The historic five-story building has an entrance just off bu...