This older but renovated, clean & comfortable 2nd-floor apartment is well-located, set back behind a typically vintage home in a semi-suburban district along one of the city’s busier main arteries. The apartment is one of several, sharing walls with other guests in similar short-term rentals. Coin-operated washer dryer in a tiny back room, common to all tenants. Easy walking access (10-15 min) to the newer of Palo Alto’s two commercial districts, with lots of dining & drinking & shopping (incl. a good bookstore and a Whole Foods), and another few minutes to the eastern edge of the Stanford campus. A 30-minute walk through mostly quiet tree-lined and exquisitely landscaped streets to more restaurants, and a Trader Joe’s. But we had a nasty surprise: we had been told by the owner that the patio in back was a safe and secure place to lock our bikes, but unfortunately they were stolen, U-locks and all, sometime during our 4th night there. Airbnb paid us the $500 maximum for lost property, but after numerous back-and-forth messaging (she lives out of state) the owner told us her insurance would not cover any of our considerable loss. Bicycle theft is apparently a big problem in Palo Alto (as elsewhere) and the officer with whom we filed our report told us that this particular area is frequently targeted. Don’t leave ‘em out, would be my advice.