The Historic Continental Inn
Executive Summary
The Historic Continental Innboasts a mere half hour drive to protected natural sanctuary, Point Reyes National Seashore one hour north of The Golden Gate Bridge via Marin County’s Robin Williams Tunnel--the actor and much-loved comedian resided in Marin. Overlookingthe famed Pacific Coast Highway (Scenic Highway One) at the center of Tomales, a charming, unincorporated West Marin rural community (pop. 220, elev. 43), the Inn is nestled five miles inland from family-owned, dog-friendly Dillon Beach and Tomales Bay where succulent oysters always have been harvested.
Unlike most coastal communities isolated along Scenic Coast Highway One, Tomales benefits from rare extra egress/access, thanks to the Tomales-Petaluma Road that leads from Tomales to US-101. This road dovetails into Highway One at Tomales, easing both delivery and emergency logistics.
The Continental Inn, Tomales’ very first hotel built in the mid-1850's, was professionally restored in 1988 and includes a total of 8 approved guest suites plus 2 office/retail spaces). Off-street and curbside parking for Inn guests, retail/office tenants and tenant customers also is county-approved.
Most small inns today offer only guest rooms but, like other historic hotels, The Continental Inn also features retail/office spaces on its street level. Traditionally, 19th century hotels provided street-level retail shops with guest lodging on more quiet, upper floors.The Continental Inn, ca.1850, typifies thishistoric hospitality tradition by offering opportunities for an owner/innkeeper to earn income from a variety of mixed-use sources/profit centers, not just from nightly guest suite revenue.
The restored, two-storey, classic Victorian-style Inn boasts approximately 5,600 “finished” square feet with another 1,700 of approximate “unfinished” square feet on its top, third storey.
Californians always have been compelled by the allure of their Coast;and its cooling breezes always offer welcome escape from inland summer heat. Too, Californians always have sought out their Coast for rejuvenating refuge from daily city stress. Increasingly, the same California Coast is becoming a mecca for international marine research and nature conservancy organizations dedicated to protecting and preserving California’s treasured Coast.
The well-maintained Continental Inn provides sunny, unpretentious, clean, comfortable, quiet, safe and historic lodging along scenic Highway One in rural West Marin County – a perfect year-round, coastal sojourn north of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge. The Continental Inn offers a rare opportunity to aspiring innkeepers and investors alike who appreciate the Golden State’s rich historic hotel tradition while understanding the perennial value and undeniable draw of the Coast. The Continental Inn speaks to those who wish to take an active hospitality ownership role that allows for quality, responsible growth and historic preservation along Marin County’s Pacific Coast north of the Golden Gate Bridge.
Johanna Welty
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925.708.4505