Courtyard Palo Alto is northwest of San Jose, four miles from Stanford Shopping Center, and approximately 12 miles from San Jose International Airport. This location is also half a mile from the San Antonio Shopping Center, four miles from Shoreline Amphitheater, five miles from Stanford University and the Palo Alto Municipal Golf Course (public), eight miles from the Flint Center for the Performing Arts, 10 miles from Paramount's Great America, 13 miles from the Winchester Mystery House and Santa Clara University, and 40 miles from downtown San Francisco or Santa Cruz. Hotel amenities include the heated outdoor pool, whirlpool, business center, 24-hour market, and Courtyard Cafe (breakfast only). The hotel also offers valet laundry service, local restaurant dinner delivery service, free wireless Internet access (throughout the hotel), safety deposit, free weekday newspapers, and free parking in the indoor garage. All rooms feature sitting areas, work desks, two phones, voicemail, dataports, hairdryers, irons and ironing boards, coffeemakers, cable TV, in-room movies and video games, and in-room coffee.