Palo Alto
Home to Stanford University, this elegant and affluent community offers a lively blend of college-town and Silicon Valley appeal.
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Palo Alto is the heart and soul of culture and innovation in the Silicon Valley. The vibrant downtown University Avenue offers something for everyone with ethnic restaurants and enticing shops. Enjoy a cup of coffee at the Coupa Café on Ramona Street and listen to the buzz from founders of local and national start-ups talk about their new technologies. Grab an ice cream and watch an “indy” movie at the local movie theater, the Aquarius. Yet, in the midst of all this entrepreneurial energy, the town still maintains a small-town feeling with its tree-lined streets and Stanford University football games.
The newly renovated outdoor Town & Country Shopping Center is a pure delight offering many restaurants, Books, Inc. – one of the last independently owned book stores, several boutique clothing stores, home decorating stores like Hudson Grace, Peets Coffee, the Core Power Yoga and the list goes on. The Palo Alto school district is home to two of the highest ranked high schools in the country, Gunn High and Palo Alto (aka “Paly”) High School. Palo Alto has five main areas that real estate agents distinguish between: North Palo Alto, Midtown, South Palo Alto, Barron Park and the area of College Terrace & Peers Park.
