Ideally situated between San Francisco and San Jose, it's 15 minutes from four 18-hole golf courses, a short drive from Purisima Creek Open Space Preserve and five miles from tourable Filoli one of the finest remaining country estates of the early 20th century, boasting a 36, 000-square-foot Georgian country house and a spectacular 16-acre English Renaissance garden.

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