When I travel, the most important things to me are...

When I travel, the most important things to me are a safe hotel with comfortable, quiet rooms. This place delivers with excellent service and a convenient location: the Palo Alto Caltrain stop and transit depot are walking distance, as are a many restaurants and shops.

It is pricey, but only a bit more than other hotels in the area. The location and quiet makes it worth a bit extra to me. My family enjoys staying here when they travel with me because the staff are so nice and helpful.

We have stayed in a lot of hotels and everyone commented about how quiet the rooms are at this hotel. I don't know if the insulation between floors and rooms is better than anywhere else, or if it is the other guests who are just more quiet and less "stompy," but we have never had a problem here.

I have not used the gym across the street, but it looks like a nice place.