Private chauffeur to Filoli — the 1917 Georgian country estate and 16 acres of formal English gardens set in the Woodside hills, about 30 minutes south of San Francisco and just 25 from SFO. Filoli uses timed one-hour entry windows that sell out on weekends and for its seasonal shows — spring bulbs, summer roses, and the Holidays at Filoli lights — so a private car makes the day effortless: we time the scenic Cañada Road approach to your window, deliver you right to the gate, and wait or return while you stroll. Pairs beautifully with Woodside, Half Moon Bay over the hill, or Stanford. Professional chauffeurs since 1986. CPUC TCP# 9225. No surge pricing.
Plan a Filoli Visit +1-650-876-1777Filoli is one of the Peninsula’s treasures — a great house and a garden of garden-rooms that reward a slow, unhurried visit. The one thing that can spoil that is the arrival: timed tickets, a busy lot on peak days, and a pretty-but-winding country road in. A private chauffeur takes all of it off your plate so the day is just the gardens.
Filoli admits guests in one-hour check-in windows, and weekends and seasonal events book up. We plan the drive to land you in your window, calm and on time — you reserve the ticket, we handle the getting there.
On daffodil weekends or during the holiday lights the lot fills. We deliver you right to the entrance and wait or return, so you never circle or shuttle in.
The approach along Cañada Road past the Crystal Springs reservoirs is a lovely, curving country drive — better enjoyed from the back seat than negotiated yourself.
The Holidays at Filoli lights and summer evening openings mean a dark drive home through the hills. A waiting car makes the after-hours return easy.
The 1917 Georgian revival mansion — some 54,000 square feet designed by architect Willis Polk — with its grand rooms, ballroom, and period interiors.
Sixteen acres of English Renaissance garden rooms: clipped yews and hedges, reflecting pools, the walled garden, the rose and knot gardens, and a working orchard.
Spring daffodils and tulips, summer roses, fiery autumn color, and the Holidays at Filoli lights in winter — a different show almost year-round.
Beyond the gardens, 654 acres of Santa Cruz Mountains watershed with the Estate Trail and quiet nature walks for those who want to stretch farther.
The Carrington mansion of the original Dynasty, and a location in films from Heaven Can Wait to The Wedding Planner — instantly familiar, and lovelier in person.
One of the Peninsula’s most coveted wedding and private-event settings — we run the guest shuttles and party transport so everyone arrives together.
Filoli sits at the heart of the Peninsula, so the estate pairs easily with the villages, the coast, and the campuses nearby — all in one unhurried day with the same chauffeur.
Lunch at a Woodside institution and a look at the horse-country lanes just minutes from the gate. See Woodside.
Over Highway 92 to the coast — the harbor, the bluffs, and the beaches of Half Moon Bay, about 25 minutes away.
Just south — the Stanford campus, the Cantor Arts Center, and Palo Alto dining.
The estate neighborhoods of Atherton and Hillsborough — a fitting bookend to a day at Filoli.
Door pickups across the Peninsula and Silicon Valley — for Filoli or the airport.
Filoli folds into a wider Bay Area tour — wine country, the coast, or the city — all with one chauffeur.
Filoli was built in 1917 for William Bowers Bourn II — owner of the Empire Mine gold works and the Spring Valley Water Company that supplied San Francisco — on a slope of the Santa Cruz Mountains beside the reservoirs his company controlled. The unusual name is Bourn’s own credo, condensed: “Fight for a just cause; Love your fellow man; Live a good life.” Architect Willis Polk designed the Georgian revival house, and the celebrated formal gardens were developed over the following decades into one of the finest examples of their kind in the country.
In 1937 the estate passed to the Roth family — Lurline Matson Roth, of the Matson Navigation shipping line, was a noted horticulturist who elevated the gardens further — and in 1975 the family gave Filoli and its core acreage to the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Today it is one of the Peninsula’s most beloved public gardens, visited for its seasonal displays, its history, and the sheer serenity of the place — which is exactly why arriving unhurried, and on time for your window, makes such a difference.
86 Cañada Road, Woodside — ~40–45 min from SF, ~25–30 min from SFO down I-280, ~20–25 min from Palo Alto/Stanford, ~10–15 min from Woodside/Atherton/Hillsborough. The Cañada Road approach past Crystal Springs is a lovely short drive.
Yes — timed one-hour check-in windows, reserved ahead; weekends and seasonal events sell out. You buy the ticket from Filoli; we time the drive to your window, drop at the gate, and wait or return. Generally open daily 10–5; confirm at filoli.org.
The 1917 Georgian mansion and 16 acres of formal English gardens — walled garden, reflecting pools, roses, orchard — plus 654 acres of watershed with nature trails. The gardens change by season, from spring bulbs to the winter holiday lights.
Yes — Woodside village for lunch, Half Moon Bay over Highway 92, or Stanford and Palo Alto just south. The car stays with you, so two or three stops link easily.
Yes — Filoli played the Carrington mansion in the original Dynasty, and has appeared in films like Heaven Can Wait and The Wedding Planner.
Filoli is a coveted wedding and event venue — we run guest shuttles and party transport (multiple vehicles, executive Sprinter) with coordinated arrival and departure. Event details are arranged with Filoli directly.
We time the scenic drive to your entry window, deliver you to the gate, and wait or return — no timed-ticket scramble, no parking hunt. Flat & hourly rates, no surge. Since 1986.
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