Menlo Park is a leafy, walkable Silicon Valley hub with a lively downtown of cafes, restaurants, parks and waterfront trails—comfortable for multi-week stays and full of coffee shops, coworking spots and neighborhood charm. The city blends relaxed residential streets with stimulating tech energy and proximity to Stanford, so it rarely feels like a place you’d get stuck in.
San Francisco and San Jose are easy train or drive trips away for big-city dining, culture and airports, making Menlo Park a convenient, interesting base for longer assignments.