Family-friendly 3BR resort experience on quiet vineyard near Stanford/Palo Alto Reviews, Deals & Photos 2025

Q: Does Family-friendly 3BR resort experience on quiet vineyard near Stanford/Palo Alto have a pool?

Yes, this property has an outdoor pool.

Q: Is Family-friendly 3BR resort experience on quiet vineyard near Stanford/Palo Alto pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

Q: How much is parking at Family-friendly 3BR resort experience on quiet vineyard near Stanford/Palo Alto?

On-site parking is available at the property.

Q: Where is Family-friendly 3BR resort experience on quiet vineyard near Stanford/Palo Alto located?

This family-friendly Portola Valley holiday home is located in a rural location, steps from Silicon Valley and within 6 mi (10 km) of Stanford University Arboretum and Kepler's Books. Stanford University and Stanford Shopping Center are also within 6 miles (10 km).

10/10 Excellent

Patrick M.

13 Aug 2025

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Easy check-in with well stocked kitchen. Property grounds are incredible with pool and sport court and vineyards. Bill (host) was very kind and accommodating and even shared a couple bottles of wine bottled from the family vineyard. Loves the area. Got us out of the busy-ness of the Bay Area but still nearby. Great restaurants in area. A really enjoyable, quiet family stay.

Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Reza S.

15 Mar 2025

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Home away from home!

Lovely guesthouse! Courteous host!Sweetest dogs!Highly recommend!

Stayed 6 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

James I.

30 Dec 2024

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Pleasant Home in Portola Valley

Great home in central PV. Perfect for over-flow housing for a holiday for friends and family.

Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Ana W.

7 Oct 2019

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Awesome place!

The place is great! Highly recommended!

Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Kathy R.

23 Mar 2025

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Tranquil Guesthouse

Quiet private guest house on gorgeous property with beautiful views, yet only minutes to Palo Alto. We enjoyed the pickleball court and sauna. Great little market for picking up groceries and prepared foods. Kitchen had everything we needed for making meals when we wanted to stay in. Host was great communicator and check-in check-out was smooth. Definitely recommend for anyone wanting an extended stay in Silicon Valley!

Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Christopher R.

4 Oct 2024

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Exceeded all expectations!

Everything about our stay was great. The property is unique, with ample outdoor space, quiet and private. Bill is a fantastic host and provided everything we needed and more!

Stayed 8 nights in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jussi B.

1 Jul 2020

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Wonderful place in the hills of Portola Valley

This is an exceptional place with a super friendly and helpful host, great swimming pool, tennis court, vineyard, and lovely pets. We lived here with our kids for 6 months during the COVID19 pandemic and enjoyed our time.

Stayed 181 nights in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

Jim B.

22 Feb 2025

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Awesome property in Portola Valley

This was an incredible find. Do not be put off by “guest” house. It is a small, but wonderful house on a stunning property. We have stayed in many VRBO properties and this was easy to access, perfectly maintained and access ti walking paths, tennis court, and putting green. The pool area was beautiful - though we were not there in warm season. And two great dogs visited with us to play every morning!!! Highly tecommend a stay.

Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Vanessa C.

3 Jan 2025

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Perfect

We had a fantastic stay. The rental, the property, the amenities and the location are all fantastic. This is a perfect space for a family, with everything you need (cooking supplies, etc.) plus lot's of bonuses (beautiful hiking trails steps from the driveway, fun activities on property, and tons of kids' games and books in the unit). This is in a beautiful part of the Bay Area and feels secluded, but is close to everything. Also Bill was lovely and responsive. Thank you for a great week!

Stayed 7 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

James F.

17 Jun 2024

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Lovely escape

Truly idyllic escape and immersion in semi-rural California life in the golden hills. This neighborhood is exactly why everyone wants to live in California—yet just 20 minutes from Stanford campus. Great house with exceptional facilities and hosts. Made our family gathering quite memorable.

Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Tim G.

3 Jul 2023

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Fantastic

Great experience. They were actually bottling wine one day we were there and invited us over. Spent a day by the pool. Highly recommend.

Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Yoko N.

22 Jul 2023

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Wonderful family stay

We had a spectacular week-long stay here. We were 6 adults and 1 child and found the house specious enough for all of us. The grounds and amenities are top notch. We especially enjoyed the pool, basketball court, and pickle ball court. The owner Bill was very kind, accommodating, and quick to answer our emails. As an added bonus, his two friendly, well-behaved dogs came by to say hi every day. We hope return one day!

Stayed 6 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

jeffrey k., madison, wisconsin

12 Aug 2023

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Lot's of fun

This was the cleanest place ever! The location was great, close to everything but uncrowded. We all enjoyed the swimming pool and the chipping and putting area. The check in was hard. We arrived at 10: at night and couldn't see that there were two gates next to one another. The manager finally came out and showed us the other gate to our place. Highly recommend !

Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Patricia M.

3 Oct 2024

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Family get together

We traveled to the area to visit family and celebrate the birth of a new grandchild. The home is a compact but very well laid out and functional guesthouse on the grounds of an estate and vineyard. The property is magnificent. We wandered the vineyards and picked grapes from the vines, swam in the pool while being supervised by the two friendly dogs, then took our 2 y/o grandchild for a ride on a scooter around the tennis court before checking out the library of children's books and the teddy bear in the room with the bunk beds. The putting green looked great but we never had time to use it. Surrounding walking trails were also wonderful. Very convenient to the 280 freeway. Host is warm, friendly and extremely responsive. We will definitely stay here in the future. Bill gifted us a bottle of the wine they grow on site when we left, which we are looking forward to trying soon. Can't wait to go back!

This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

10/10 Excellent

Howard R.

4 Jul 2016

Great place

This is a charming little guest house on a huge Portola Valley grape-growing estate. PV is horse country and a 15 minute drive, with no traffic, to downtown Palo Alto, although traffic can double that. The 2 of us spent June there. Everything about this, including the very hospitable hosts, is a delight. The house is protected by a security gate and is well equipped, with beautiful grounds, 3 bedrooms, a serviceable kitchen, and a big flat screen tv with a top shelf Comcast package included and a great box with pvr to record any shows. You don't get that at the 4 seasons. The rental was well organized, with detailed instructions for everything. The hosts offered us use of the pool any time we wanted and there was a totally idle tennis court the entire month, although my 11 year old grandson used it one day to shoot hoops with the hosts' 11 year old. We did miss having a gas bbq, but otherwise our month there was perfect.

Stayed 30 nights in Jun 2016

This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

6/10 Okay

Tatiana E., London UK

19 Oct 2015

Not too inviting

The location of this little house is lovely, and the kitchen was sufficiently functional, but there were many little problems that made our stay less than perfect. The mattresses were awful - everyone had back issues after just the first night. The duvets and matching pillow cases were obviously not laundered, which was just gross. There is no proper patio or even just a lounge chair outside, so no way to enjoy the lovely surroundings and weather. Just very upright iron chairs which can be placed either facing your car in the driveway or a nasty pile of junk wood scraps behind the house. The owner came by once to deliver something, and scurried back so quickly, without even a "welcome", that whenever felt comfortable asking about the pool.

10/10 Excellent

Jan E., Gothenburg

16 Sept 2022

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What a gem

Our family had a great time during our 5 month stay. Everything in the description is as stated and with easy access to all things you might need but still outside all the busy parts of Silicon Valley. Given the rural setting, few objects can compete in the area with tranquility and are still close to most things in the Bay Area. The kids just loved to use the basketball/tennis court and being able to move around. The house is just the right size unless you are a family of more than 4 and all that you might need are there even for a family with smaller kids. The house is on a wonderful property in lovely and peaceful Portola Valley. Our hosts Bill and Jennifer were very accommodating and helpful in every aspect and always responded in a quick and helpful way. We can absolutely recommend this house. / J&A

Stayed 85 nights in Jan 2022

10/10 Excellent

Chris K.

31 Jul 2022

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Perfect getaway

We really enjoyed staying here. We had a 6, 11, 12, and 17 year old with us and they always had stuff to do. Whether swimming, putting , shooting hoops, playing tennis, exploring, or reading the many kid books that they have in the bunk bed room. Kitchen was full size and we cooked in 2 out if the 4 nights. Overall it was a fantastic experience and will hope to stay there again when we go back next year

Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Amy W.

14 Jul 2022

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Wonderful getaway

This property was immaculate, the hosts were so kind and accommodating and the setting is picturesque.

Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Amy G.

16 Jun 2022

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Lovely Lodging for Rule Followers

This is a great rental property for adults who don't mind following rules. The guest house is very comfortable and the location exceptionally peaceful. The beds have good mattresses, there's a comfortable room for watching television, a big dining room table, and two seating areas outside where it is very pleasant to drink coffee in the morning. I was particularly impressed by the kitchen, not only because it's newly remodeled, but because it contains everything one could possibly need to prepare a meal, including sharp knives, some spices, and baking dishes. The shared spaces at the estate (the pool, tennis court, and putting green) are available to guests from 10-6:30 only, and the pool, in particular, is governed by a long list of rules as to appropriate behavior on the pool deck and in the pool itself. These include: no flips off of the diving board, no using the outdoor entertainment area, no sitting on the couches in the entertainment area, only adults can operate the pool cover, and an adult must be on the pool deck anytime a minor is on the pool deck. If you like to swim, it's worth following all the rules because the pool is gorgeous and long enough to swim laps in, but also note that given the hours the pool is open to guests, you won't be able to swim swim laps before work or after dinner. If you are traveling with young children you will find lots of books and games and bunk beds inside the house, but should be aware that a certain degree of decorum is expected in the public areas. The property itself is spectacular, with nicely landscaped walking trails. I had an older adult with limited mobility staying with me and the owners offered to help her access the pool though their driveway, because she was unable to navigate the steep steps down to the pool from the rental house, which I thought was very nice. There's a charming shopping center a 4 minute drive away with a fancy market, four very good restaurants, and a pleasant cafe. The owner was very responsive to my queries and easy to work with. I was in town for Stanford graduation, and the house is only 15 minutes from campus.

Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

john m.

22 Jan 2022

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Privacy and Serenity

We stayed at this guest house tucked away among vineyards for 2 months to visit family in Portola Valley. This is a PERFECT location in hills with access to local towns and Stanford medical facilities. Bill was very helpful and informative throughout our stay. The privacy and serenity of the vineyards was a welcome counterpoint to visiting during the covid pandemic!

Stayed 55 nights in Nov 2021

10/10 Excellent

Shelby S., New York, NY

22 Nov 2021

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Gracious

Bill and Jennifer were extremely gracious to offer their guest house in the incredible Portola Valley area. As a family of 4, it's often difficult to find a hotel that meets all of our needs. This VRBO did just that. We would stay there over and over again.

Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2021

10/10 Excellent

Christin G.

26 Sept 2021

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Peaceful, comfortable base, especially for Stanford parents

We used this guesthouse as a base from which to prepare our son for his move in at Stanford. After spending the days in big stores buying college supplies, it was nice to come back to a quiet, peaceful refuge. Having your own driveway, in a safe neighborhood, with its own gate, means items can be left in the car overnight. This house is a short, easy drive from Stanford and there is a great casual restaurant nearby. (Zott's/ Alpine Inn). I would be happy to stay here again.

Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Susan R.

4 Aug 2021

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house in the hills

This is a lovely property and Bill is very responsive. The house is super clean. It is optimally set up for a young family--the bunk beds are designed for little ones. It was wonderful to have access to the pool and tennis court, but this is not a resort, it is a private property. You will be sharing the grounds with the owners. You will need to respect the family's privacy and the rules they have set up for that purpose. It was fun chatting with Bill about the vineyard and he most generously offered us a bottle of wine, to sample what the family has produced.

Stayed 8 nights in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Matt E.

31 May 2021

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Amazing escape

The property is beautiful and the host is fantastic.

Stayed 3 nights in May 2021

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