Tourist Attractions in Northern California
When you stay at the Red Cottage Inn & Suites in Menlo Park nearPalo Alto, you’ll find you’ve found the perfect spot to explore all the
great outdoor and indoor activities that make Palo Alto and the Bay
Area a visitor’s paradise.
You can take a scenic 33-mile drive north to San Francisco and make
a day of sightseeing, cable- car riding and sourdough bread eating. You can also remain close to the hotel and be enchanted by the drop-dead gorgeous gardens of Sunset Magazine Headquarters or shop-till-you-drop in the granddaddy of all shopping malls, Stanford Shopping Center. The choices are too numerous to mention so we’ve just listed a handful below to give you a tantalizing taste of our neighborhood:
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Elizabeth F. Gamble Garden. Set on a 2.3-acre estate, Colonial Georgian House was built in 1902 and bequeathed by Elizabeth F. Gamble to the city of Palo Alto. The house is now a non-profit community horticultural foundation, featuring several demonstration gardens. For more information visit www.gamblegarden.org or call 650.329.1356. [Top]
San Francisco.
San Francisco is so close (40
minutes) you can almost smell the clam chowder being served up at Fisherman’s
Wharf.
The City by the Bay has it all rolling hills, breathtaking views, Chinatown, Union Square shops and great restaurants. For more information, visit www.onlysf.sfvisitor.org. [Top]
The City by the Bay has it all rolling hills, breathtaking views, Chinatown, Union Square shops and great restaurants. For more information, visit www.onlysf.sfvisitor.org. [Top]
Filoli Estate.
This 43-room
mansion, which rests on a 654-acre estate, was once used as the set of the 1980s
TV series “Dynasty.” Exquisite gardens featuring a collection of more than 500
varieties of roses make Filoli Estate a very sweet local attraction. For more
information, visit www.filoli.org. [Top]
Stanford Shopping Center.
Palo
Alto’s Stanford Shopping Center is just a short drive from the hotel. In
addition to the 140 world-class stores, restaurants and services, Stanford
Shopping Center features spectacular, award-winning gardens and picturesque
sculptures by California artists. For more information, visit
www.stanfordshop.com. [Top]
Allied Arts Guild.
The Allied
Arts Guild is a complex of shops, gardens, artists’ studios and restaurant
nestled in a quiet corner of a Menlo Park.
Located on three-and-a-half acres granted by the King of Spain to the commandant of the Presidio de San Francisco, the complex is open Monday through Saturday all year round. For more information, visit www.alliedartsguild.org. [Top]
Located on three-and-a-half acres granted by the King of Spain to the commandant of the Presidio de San Francisco, the complex is open Monday through Saturday all year round. For more information, visit www.alliedartsguild.org. [Top]
Paramount’s Great
America.
Located 10 miles south of the hotel, Paramount’s Great
America features 10 pulse-pounding coasters, the world’s tallest double-decker
carousel and Boomerang Bay, a 2.7-acre Australian-themed water park with a
variety of slides, splash areas and water activities.
For more information, visit www.pgathrills.com. [Top]
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Red Cottage Inn & Suites - Menlo Park
1704 El Camino Real, Menlo Park, CA 94025
Phone: 650-326-9010 Fax: 650-326-4002 Reservations: 800-324-9010
Email: reservations@redcottageinn.com
