When you
visit the Red Cottage Inn, you enter a stress-free
environment - A unique place where you can relax
and let us take care of your needs. We strive
to ensure that your stay with us is an enjoyable
and carefree experience.
Central, Close, Convenient
Centrally located within the prestigious Menlo
Park and Atherton areas, the Red Cottage Inn is
in close proximity to Stanford University, downtown
Palo Alto, San Francisco, Silicon Valley and Berkeley.
Retail shops, world-class dining, local sights
and scenic neighborhoods are a convenient drive
or walk.
Things to do within a 5-mile radius.
Businesses
Medical Centers
Education
Allied
Arts Guild - Menlo Park
The Allied Arts Guild is a complex of shops, gardens,
artists' studios, and a restaurant nestled in a
quiet corner of a lovely residential community.
Located on three and a half acres granted by the
King of Spain to the commandant of the Presidio
de San Francisco, the Spanish-style buildings, courtyards,
murals, fountains, gardens and frescoes create an
atmosphere where the artisans work. Proceeds from
restaurant and gift shop benefit Lucile Salter Packard.
The complex is open daily year round except for
Sunday. Admission to the complex is free.
Free tours. Hours: Mon-Sat 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Call 650-322-2405
or 650-324-2588 for lunch reservations.
Coyote
Point Museum for Environmental Education - San
Mateo
Butterfly garden, wildlife habitats garden,
plants and animals in their natural setting illustrating
the natural history of California and the importance
of conservation.
Hours: Tue-Sat 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun noon-5 p.m..
Call 650-342-7755.
Djerassi
Resident Artists Program – Woodside
The Djerassi Resident Artists Program is located
in a spectacular rural setting in the Santa Cruz
Mountains, one hour south of San Francisco. The
Program offers four-week to five-week residencies
from mid-March through mid-November, at no cost,
to artists in the disciplines of visual arts, media
arts/new genres, literature, choreography, and music
composition. Founded in 1979, the program hosts
national and international artists seeking solitude
and inspiration and the property is home to a collection
of dramatic outdoor sculptures.
Tours are offered April-October. Reservations are
required. Call 650-747-1250.
Filoli
Estate - Woodside
A 43-room mansion and exquisite gardens on 654-acre
estate were once used as the set of the TV series
Dynasty. Named Filoli, to FIght, to LOve, to LIve,
by William Bourne who built the country retreat
that was completed in 1917. The gardens are designed
as a sequence of rooms and feature a collection
of more than 500 varieties of roses. The estate
also features special events, lectures and classes.
Filoli is open Tuesday through Saturday, from
February 11 to October 25, 2003, between the hours
of 10:00 am and 3:30 pm (last admission is at
2:30 pm); closed on Sunday and Monday. Admission
fees are $10 per adult, $5 per student (with valid
ID) and $1 for children ages 7-12. Children under
7 are free. Admission includes self-guided tours,
guided tours, and nature hikes.
To contact the Tour Office, please call 650-364-8300
ext. 507 Monday through Saturday, 9:00 AM -3:00
PM.
Elizabeth
Gamble Garden - Palo Alto
Colonial Georgian house built in 1902, set on
a 2.3-acre estate. Bequeathed by Elizabeth F.
Gamble to city of Palo Alto; now a non-profit
community horticultural foundation. The estate
features an historic home, carriage house, teahouse
and several demonstration gardens. Self-guided
tours.
Classes, special events for a fee. Gardens available
for weddings. Hours: Daily, during daylight hours.
Call 650-329-1356 9 AM. - Noon.
Jasper
Ridge Biological Preserve – Stanford
University
The biological preserve is located near Stanford
University's campus in the eastern foothills of
the Santa Cruz Mountains. An undeveloped jewel set
amidst a rapidly urbanizing area, the Preserve provides
refuge to native plants and animals, rich educational
experiences to students and docent-led visitors,
and a rare natural laboratory for researchers from
all over the world. Oct. 1-May 31. Pets are not
permitted. Reservations required and tours scheduled
on an individual basis. $5/person, 14 years and
older. Call 650-327-2277.
Menlo
Circus Club & Menlo
Horse Show – Menlo Park
The Menlo Circus Club is an exclusive private country
club with stables and a riding ring located within
the town of Atherton. The club’s beautiful
fields are primarily where exciting rounds of polo
are played however, the club also sponsors and is
the site of the annual Menlo Charity Horse Show.
The show is usually in August and features over
600 horses and is the premier hunter/jumper horse
show in the Northern California. Proceeds from the
show benefit the Peninsula Center for the Blind
and Visually Impaired. Contact the Menlo Circus
Club at 650-322-4616 or the Menlo Horse Show at
650-322-3802 for more information. Menlo
College – Atherton
Menlo College is one of the premier small colleges
of management in the Western United States, offering
excellent programs in Business Management, Liberal
Arts and Mass Communication. Menlo's location
in the heart of Silicon Valley allows the College
to educate tomorrow's leaders in an intimate,
student-centered, academically challenging environment
in the middle of the most exciting, cutting-edge
area in the world. Call 650-556-3656 for more
information.
Professorville
- Palo Alto
Self-guided tours of the Professorville neighborhood
are available with the help of a brochure with
listings of many of the famous houses and descriptions
of various style homes built before 1920. The
residential area offers homes that date back to
the 1880s and is listed on the National Register
as an Historic District. The brochures are available
at Palo Alto Main Library, Chamber of Commerce,
Museum of American Heritage or by calling the
hotline. Walking tours of downtown Palo Alto and
the historic Professorville neighborhood are available
for groups by arrangement. Call 650-299-8878.
Stanford
Linear Accelerator Center – Menlo Park
SLAC is one of the world ’s leading research
laboratories. Established in 1962, it is located
at Stanford University in Menlo Park. Public tours
of the 426-acre particle physics research facility
offer a lay introduction to the workings of the
electron accelerator (atom smasher) and its applications,
from the basic understanding of matter to medical
research. Free tours twice weekly, by reservation.
CA. Our mission is to design, construct and operate
state-of-the-art electron accelerators and related
experimental facilities for use in high-energy
physics and synchrotron radiation research.
Hours: Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM. - 5
PM call 650-926-2204.
Stanford
University campus – Palo Alto
Visitor Information Center is located in the main
lobby of Memorial Hall across from the Hoover
Tower. Free one-hour, student-led tours of campus,
including Memorial Church, daily at 11 a.m. and
3:15 p.m. Hear about student perspectives on campus,
including the history of the university and Stanford
anecdotes. Meet in front of Memorial Auditorium.
Tours are free for groups of nine or fewer. Larger
groups must call for reservations. Private tours
and motorized cart tours arranged for a fee. See
also Museums and collections section for information
on Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Hoover Institution
and Hoover Tower, Rodin Sculpture Garden and Stanford
New Guinea Sculpture Garden.
Hours: Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM. - 5
PM call 650-723-2560.
Stanford
University Hoover Tower – Stanford University
The tower is one of three buildings that make
up the Hoover Institution, dedicated to the study
of 20th-century war, revolution and peace. The
tower's observation deck offers a sweeping view
of the Mid Peninsula. Tower is closed during the
first week of class, finals, academic breaks and
holidays.
Informal tours, $2 adults, $1 for kids and seniors,
free for students with a valid Stanford ID, faculty
and immediate family. Hours: Daily 10 AM. - 4:30
PM. Call 650-723-2053.
Sunset
Magazine and Gardens – Menlo Park
Gardens designed by landscape architect Thomas
Church represent distinct western climate zones
and showcase plants for each region -- Central
and Northern California, the Southwest, and the
Northwest. The gardens display many seasonal plants,
as well as a coast live oak called łthe Old
Man.˛ Also part of the garden is the test
garden, where Sunset plants and plans for upcoming
coverage in the magazine, founded in 1898.
Hours: Free self-guided walking tours, weekdays
9 AM. - 4:30 PM. Call 650-321-3600.
USGS
(United State Geological Survey) – Menlo
Park
The Visitors Center provides guests of all ages
with an opportunity to learn about natural science
through tours and hands-on experiences. Tours
and activities are geared to the interests and
ages of each group ranging from community groups,
to professional societies, school classes, and
family groups. The center also features a special
earthquake monitoring system where you can see
how the force of an earthquake is measured.
Hours: Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM. - 5
PM. Call 605-329-4000.
Woodside
Store -Woodside
Built in 1854 by Dr. R.O. Tripp as a country store,
it also served as a post office and community
center until 1909. The store has been restored
to its appearance in the 1880s and offers hands-on
displays and an educational slide show available
to pre-arranged groups. Free admission and tours
are available.
Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10 AM. - 4 PM.;
Saturday – Sunday Noon - 4 PM. Call 650-851-7615.
West
Bay Opera - Palo Alto
Housed in Palo Alto's very own Lucie Stern Theatre,
West Bay Opera is the second oldest opera company
in California. This season, they will perform Tosca
and A Masked Ball in Italian with English subtitles,
and La Perichole in English.
For tickets and information, call 650-424-9999
Stanford
Shopping Center - Palo Alto
Stanford
Shopping Center is probably the most common place
for local Menlo Park residents to shop because of
its convenient location, breadth of stores, and
the pleasant, outdoor atmosphere. Discover Neiman
Marcus, Bloomingdale’s, Nordstrom, Macy’s and
Macy’s Men’s Store, plus 140 world class stores,
restaurants and services. One of the few open air
centers in the US, Stanford Shopping Center
features spectacular, award winning gardens and
picturesque sculptures by California artists.
Enjoy our European-style Street Market where the
scents of gourmet coffees, fresh flowers and
international cuisine fill the air. The center
also features a helpful Concierge, plus special
merchant services such as currency exchange and
package shipping to make your visit even more
perfect.
For more information call 1-800-772-9332.
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