Los Gatos, if you’re not familiar, is a charming little town just outside of San Jose, nestled at the foot of the Santa Cruz mountain range. It’s no Silicon Valley insta-suburb, however — there was a Ferrari dealership on Main Street back when the internet was just a gleam in the Defense Department’s eye. All of which is to say that the Mediterranean-villa luxury of the Hotel Los Gatos doesn’t exist in a vacuum, or a strip mall — in fact in this town it makes perfect sense.
It’s a classic contemporary boutique hotel, and it’s on the luxurious side of things — not Ritz-Carlton stuffy but quite elegant and quite comfortable. There’s an outdoor pool, a spa called Elia, and a Greek restaurant called Dio Deka, which is appropriately Californian in its emphasis on seasonal, impeccably sourced ingredients.
There’s no denying the fact that the Hotel Los Gatos is all about its location. Aside from the occasional local weekender, most guests are likely here to do some business in Silicon Valley. And when you look at the corporate lodgings that predominate in the greater San Jose area, it’s no mystery why a certain subset of guests makes straight for Los Gatos.
author watson@mouselink.net, source www.tablethotels.com