Cowper Cottage’s Guidebook

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Cowper Cottage’s Guidebook

Neighborhoods

Midtown offers residents an urban suburban mix feel and most residents own their homes. In Midtown there are a lot of restaurants, coffee shops, and parks. Many families live in Midtown and residents tend to be liberal. The public schools in Midtown are highly rated. Palo Alto offers free city shuttle service. Great for walkers, just minutes' walk to Midtown Shopping Center with its restaurants, Coffee Shops like Starbucks and Philz, Safeway (open 24/7), and more. On the other side a short walk to an open Shopping center offers the high-end Piazza's Food, Rick's Ice Cream, Peet's Coffee and more. If you are a bicycle lover, you are minutes away from the famous Bryant Street which is blocked for through car traffic at several intersections, and is the city designated bike path, providing a straight path from Menlo Park almost to the Mountain View border, it's probably the longest bike path street in Palo Alto. Located in the heart of the Silicon Valley with easy access to train, highways, and close to Google (3 miles away), Facebook (4 miles away), LinkedIn (6 miles away), HP (1.5 miles away), Stanford (2.5 miles away), Sandhills Rd (9 miles away) , Apple (11 miles away), Amazon and more.... 👣3 miles from Stanford University, and the famous Stanford Shopping Center. Steps from parks, bike trails, tennis, gym, coffee, library, groceries, and more.
7 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Midtown
7 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Midtown offers residents an urban suburban mix feel and most residents own their homes. In Midtown there are a lot of restaurants, coffee shops, and parks. Many families live in Midtown and residents tend to be liberal. The public schools in Midtown are highly rated. Palo Alto offers free city shuttle service. Great for walkers, just minutes' walk to Midtown Shopping Center with its restaurants, Coffee Shops like Starbucks and Philz, Safeway (open 24/7), and more. On the other side a short walk to an open Shopping center offers the high-end Piazza's Food, Rick's Ice Cream, Peet's Coffee and more. If you are a bicycle lover, you are minutes away from the famous Bryant Street which is blocked for through car traffic at several intersections, and is the city designated bike path, providing a straight path from Menlo Park almost to the Mountain View border, it's probably the longest bike path street in Palo Alto. Located in the heart of the Silicon Valley with easy access to train, highways, and close to Google (3 miles away), Facebook (4 miles away), LinkedIn (6 miles away), HP (1.5 miles away), Stanford (2.5 miles away), Sandhills Rd (9 miles away) , Apple (11 miles away), Amazon and more.... 👣3 miles from Stanford University, and the famous Stanford Shopping Center. Steps from parks, bike trails, tennis, gym, coffee, library, groceries, and more.

Food scene

Fresh and great food
94 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Evvia Estiatorio
420 Emerson St
94 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Fresh and great food
Modern Vietnamese restuarant
60 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Tamarine Restaurant & Gallery
546 University Ave
60 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Modern Vietnamese restuarant
Korean Restuarant
Maum
322 University Ave
Korean Restuarant
Great Mediterranean Restuarant
102 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Oren's Hummus
261 University Ave
102 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Great Mediterranean Restuarant
fine-dining
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Bird Dog
420 Ramona St
18 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
fine-dining
Upscale Californian Restuarant
27 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Saint Michael's Alley
140 Homer Ave
27 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Upscale Californian Restuarant

Sightseeing

Great spot for jogging, walking, water sport...
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Shoreline Lake Park
3160 N Shoreline Blvd
78 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Great spot for jogging, walking, water sport...
Wealth of sightseeing and education oppoertunities
537 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Universidad de Stanford
450 Serra Mall
537 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Wealth of sightseeing and education oppoertunities
Free Arts Center and world-class collection of art
143 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Centro de Artes Visuales Iris & B. Gerald Cantor
328 Lomita Dr
143 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Free Arts Center and world-class collection of art
Popular shopping, window browsing, and eating. Includes upscale brands. Home to annual summer Jam Series, fashion shows, and sponsored events.
526 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Stanford Shopping Center
660 Stanford Shopping Center
526 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Popular shopping, window browsing, and eating. Includes upscale brands. Home to annual summer Jam Series, fashion shows, and sponsored events.
Encompass nearly 2,000 acres of undisturbed marshland habitant . The 15 miles of the trails in the nature preserve are popular for hiking, running, and bicycling.
49 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Baylands Nature Preserve
2500 Embarcadero Road
49 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Encompass nearly 2,000 acres of undisturbed marshland habitant . The 15 miles of the trails in the nature preserve are popular for hiking, running, and bicycling.
Free admission public garden for the community to enjoy
20 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Elizabeth F. Gamble Garden
1431 Waverley St
20 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Free admission public garden for the community to enjoy

Consejos sobre la ciudad

Cómo moverse

Buses and trains available

Palo Alto and Stanford are served by a transportation network that includes the regional Caltrain system, which operates frequent trains up and down the Peninsula between San Francisco and San Jose, the free Stanford Marguerite shuttle bus service, Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority buses, local taxis and an extensive network of pedestrian and bike paths. VTA Bus Route 21: This route connects the Palo Alto Transit Center/Caltrain to Mountain View and Santa Clara via Middlefield in Palo Alto.