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Hotel Vertigo

San Francisco · United States  ·  Judy becomes Madeleine

Vertigo filmed at Hotel Vertigo, San Francisco. Scottie tails a lookalike woman to this hotel, which the film calls the Empire Hotel. On screen it's Hotel Empire.

Hotel Vertigo, San Francisco

Where to go

37.788575, -122.415908

Probable Named in published production coverage; the coordinate is the place itself, checked against a gazetteer.

Good to know

Title
Vertigo (1958)
On screen
Hotel Empire
In real life
Hotel Vertigo, San Francisco
Can you visit?
Open to the public, ticketed
Time to allow
—
Confidence
Probable

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Hotel Vertigo today

Photography of the place as it is now — production stills from the publications that covered the shoot, and freely-licensed photographs. Each links to its source.

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Questions

Where exactly did Vertigo film at Hotel Vertigo?
At 37.788575, -122.415908 in San Francisco. Named in published production coverage; the coordinate is the place itself, checked against a gazetteer.
Can you visit Hotel Vertigo?
Open to the public, ticketed.
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