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Property Amenities
Occupying a landmark Spanish-Mediterranean building, this recently renovated boutique hotel is within a short walk of the University of California-Berkeley, Telegraph Avenue shops and cafés, and a BART station. Berkeley's famous "Gourmet Ghetto" is about a mile away.
Hotel Durant is smoke-free. Henry's, the hotel's sports-themed gastropub, offers a wide selection of microbrews, California wines, and creative cocktails, along with fresh seasonal fare. On game days, the parking lot is cleared of cars and transformed into a beer garden. Other highlights include a 24-hour business center and room service. A roundtrip airport shuttle (surcharge) is available on request.
Room Amenities
Rooms
Guestrooms at this Berkeley hotel feature iPod/iPhone docks, flat-panel TVs with premium channels, and complimentary wireless and wired high-speed Internet access. Beds indulge with pillowtop mattresses, Egyptian-cotton sheets, and down duvets. Guests can choose from a selection of pillows. Desks come with ergonomic chairs. In-room safes can accommodate laptops. Minibars are also provided.
Bathrooms include 100-percent organic bathrobes and Lather toiletries. Please note: Because of green certification and the building's landmark status, guestrooms do not have air conditioners. Ceiling fans and portable fans are included, and windows can be opened. All rooms are smoke-free.
Hotel Policies & Fees
The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.
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“great staff...”
location in fun. New redsihn is fresh.But staff takes the cake...
“A great weekend”
Great location near UC campus and just 1 mile from our destination. Close to dining and Bart station. Service at hotel was escellent. They couldnn't have been more helpful.
“Enchanting corner of Berkeley”
The Durant is an exquisite jewel--charming and cozy with big city amenities. We appreciated the customized university-themed decor--so much more appealing than the corporate design of chain hotels. The hotel is thoughtfully green, from the cornstarch-based bottles of herbal shampoo to the in-room recycling bin to the operable windows that open to beautiful glimpses of treetops and the Bay. Hotel staff were accommodating, friendly, and meticulously professional. The location was perfect--easy parking in the hotel's lot--so we walked all over town. Highly recommended.
“Excellent experience. Will return.”
Excellent hotel.
“Excellent hotel”
Nice place to stay if you are in the Berkeley neighbourhood.
“Great hotel for visiting UC”
My daughter had orientation at the UC, and we stayed at this hotel. The service was great and very accomadating. The room was clean, the bed was comfortable, and the flat screen t.v. with DVD player kept the two 9 yr olds busy. The walk to the UC was quick and easy about two blocks. The choice for the 9yr olds dinners (price and variety) was short walk to UC or top dogs down the street. The couch bed was not quite as comfortable as the bed or roll away bed, but what a great deal and the positive work hard energy the staff had was well worth the stay.
“Exactly what I was looking for”
I stayed at the Hotel Durant for one night during an apartment hunting trip to Berkeley. The location was great (just a couple blocks from campus) and the staff was unbelievably helpful. I had flown in from overseas just a couple of days earlier and was horribly jetlagged, so they let me check into my room a few hours early. The room was clean, comfortable, and quiet. The restaurant downstairs was convenient for a relatively early breakfast. Overall, only good things to report - I recommend!
“Top quailty hotel in Berkeley”
I have booked a double bedroom in the executive floor which the room was decent size the bathroom was modern. The breakfast in the lounge has mainly cereal and toast , the check in and checkout was speedy and efficient
“we would stay again”
We stayed at the Hotel Durant for 3 nights on a recent pleasure trip and we would definitely stay there again. It is 1 block from the Berkeley campus which was our main destination. We judge our hotels on the "three Cs":cleanliness, convenience and cost and this hotel met our expectations just fine for the money. The dining venue, Henry's, was also good but a little pricey as most hotels are. However the surrounding city blocks are packed with any type of international or american cuisine and very inexpensive. We relied on BART for our transportation and the nearest station is a brisk 15 minute speedwalk; so if that is too far you will probably need to learn the bus routes.
“excellent”
comfortable ,quirky,characterful,good location next to campus,but lack of air conditioning made it somewhat uncomfortably warm,coming straight from a cold NZ winter
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2600 Durant Ave Berkeley, CA , 94704 United States of America
Nearby Points of Interest
The preferred airport for Hotel Durant, a Joie de Vivre Boutique Hotel is Oakland, CA (OAK-Oakland Intl.) - 17.7 km / 11 mi.
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Berkeley, California, United States of America: The citys radical spirit has endured at least on Telegraph Avenue by the UC Berkeley campus. Upscale shops have moved into the once industrial Fourth Street district. Foodies flock to the Gourmet Ghetto, which began in the 1970s with Chez Panisse. Berkeley Hills residents enjoy bay views and access to Tilden Parks 2,000 acres. Visitors to the marina can stroll on the pier and explore the parks.
2600 Durant Ave Berkeley, CA , 94704 United States of America
