Sheraton Fisherman’s Wharf
San Francisco
Hotel and Area
Hotel Area -Part 1
Hotel Area -Part 2
Description & Accessibility
We stayed at the Sheraton located in Fisherman’s wharf. There was a lot of shops in the area, we where only a few blocks from the wharf itself. A small shopping mall was located just across the street that had a grocery store and Chinese take out, post office.
One of the first things you will spot when arriving at the wharf itself is Alcatraz island, the tours however to Alcatraz island are much further down on the wharf.
Pear 39 has a lot of shops as well as in the area of the hotel.
Accessibility:
The hotel and the fisherman’s wharf area is mostly accessible, I will not say it is 100% as some shops may be not be, but most are. Alcatraz tours you can easily get to by wheelchair or scooter, but it is quite a ways down to get to, but it is your able bodied companions that will get tired not you in your motorized scooter or wheelchair.
Some areas of San Francisco had very steep hills, not really safe for even an able bodied person to walk when it gets wet, and therefore not safe at all for an mobility disabled person to go on no matter what kind of mobility device you have, and there is no way you would ever want to have a hotel in those areas, even if the hotel is fully accessible you would need transportation to go anywhere.
The picture to the left – the road is even steeper than it looks in the picture.
There is a variety of public transportation available not all is accessible, cable cars pulled by under street cables is not accessible, I saw ramps to trains that went thru the fisherman’s wharf area but I was never at the stop when the train went by or no one got on or off at that point nor did I see any disabled person board one of them so I am not sure on them although I would think if there is a ramp it may be accessible but I am not sure.
The hotel room had plenty of elevators, completely accessible, and had a level entry shower with fold down seat, also had bars around the toilet area.
By: Donald Kerr