Graduate Berkeley

Welcome to Graduate Berkeley – where your intellectual curiosity meets your favorite place to stay.Graduate Berkeley is a five-minute walk to campus at the corner of the city stir and game day buzz. We are steps from Shattuck Avenue shops and stops. A virtual post card from its counter culture past, Graduate Berkeley resides in the historically renovated Hotel Durant, making it the most storied place around.The lobby invites nods to the arts and academia, the well-traveled local and Berkeley's Bohemian roots. Collegiate plaids mix with a faraway but familiar feel, like a home away from home.Thousands of “Nat Geo” magazines journey across the front desk walls dressed in California gold. Curl up with a book amidst Ikat patterned easy chairs and printed velvet sofas in deep blues and burgundy with a vintage vibe. Sweeping wood floors are layered with hand-woven rugs from India, while