Downtown Palo Alto, California
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Hotels
OAKWOOD AT PARKER PALO ALTO
1094 Tanland Drive
Palo Alto, California
Four Seasons Hotel Silicon Valley at East Palo Alt
2050 University Ave
Palo Alto, California
Days Inn Palo Alto - Stanford Area
4238 El Camino Real
Palo Alto, California
Travelodge Palo Alto Silicon Valley
3255 El Camino Real
Palo Alto, California
Crowne Plaza Cabana, Palo Alto
4290 El Camino Real
Palo Alto, California
Quality Inn Stanford/Silicon Valley
3901 El Camino Real
Palo Alto, California
The Epiphany, a Joie de Vivre Hotel
180 Hamilton Ave
Palo Alto, California
NATIONAL AT OAK CREEK PALO ALTO
1600 Sand Hill Rd
Palo Alto, California
Cardinal Hotel
235 Hamilton Avenue
Palo Alto, California
The Westin Palo Alto
675 El Camino Real
Palo Alto, California
Hotel Keen
425 High Street
Palo Alto, California
Oak Motel Palo Alto
4279 El Camino Real
Palo Alto, California
Comfort Inn Palo Alto Stanford University
3945 El Camino Real
Palo Alto, California
OAKWOOD AT OAK CREEK
1520 Sand Hill Road
Palo Alto, California
Hotel Parmani
3200 El Camino Real
Palo Alto, California
Creekside Inn
3400 El Camino Real
Palo Alto, California
Dinah's Garden Hotel
4261 El Camino Real
Palo Alto, California
The Zen Hotel
4164 El Camino Real
Palo Alto, California
Sheraton Palo Alto Hotel
625 El Camino Real
Palo Alto, California
Americas Best Value Inn - Sky Ranch
4234 El Camino Real
Palo Alto, California
Garden Court Hotel
520 Cowper Street
Palo Alto, California
STANFORD MOTOR INN PALO ALTO
3305 EL CAMINO REAL
Palo Alto, California
Palo Alto Lodge
3339 El Camino Real
Palo Alto, California
Hotel Tips
Always find a reason to email the front desk manager in hotels that you plan to visit again. Tell them what they did right and express your plans to stay again and ask what opportunities there might be for frequent discounts or upgrades on your next visits. If you become friends with the manager, you just might get the friends and family rate some day.
Always tip staff when you feel the service was great and don't forget the housekeeping staff which you may never see. You should tip every day if you are staying multiple days as the staff may rotate out and miss the bounty at the end.
Ask to be placed opposite of any roadways. Road noise can be a constant source of pollution which may not be a noticeable problem during the day but reveals itself at night. Don't be afraid to request a room change to get a better sleep.
Things To Do
Palo Alto visitors are always welcome and you will receive exceptional service from local merchant-owners as opposed to staff at the big box retailers. We take the extra time to make sure that you how to make best use of your purchase and that you get exactly what you need.
Palo Alto is the place to plan your wedding. You'll be spending a lot of time downtown as there are so many wonderful shops to find invitations, photographers, bakers, caterers and jewelers. Planning your wedding will be a breeze with so much support from local merchants to make a perfect and memorable day.
Palo Alto micro breweries have popped up in downtown corridors to quench the thirst of local or traveller whos is looking for a one-of-a-kind experience for suds brewed on site. If you are looking for a light beer or something randy and dark, you are sure to find a wide assortment of options to choose from.
Why Do You Love Downtown?
Daniel E Swanson
The Downtown area stores are friendlier and have comparable pricing as the bigger stores. The only problem is parking and the distance you may have to walk to do your shopping.
Snow Charpentier
It's grown and changed so much since I moved away for a few years and came back. Great to see a lot of smaller businesses expanding and hoping to contribute to the growth of downtown Medford.
Taree Hines
Historic
Deborah Berg
It's beautiful.
Mary Warszynski
I have not been there yet. I am planning a family outing for March.
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