Hotel Avante

This hotel is five miles from the Shoreline Amphitheatre and seven miles from the Santa Clara Convention Center. The hotel operates a complimentary weekday shuttle to companies within a 10-mile radius.

Part of the stylish Joie de Vivre group, the Hotel Avante is highlighted by a music-listening room on the third floor called the Hi-Fi Lounge. The hotel’s retro-chic decor includes 1950s-style kidney-shaped coffee tables. The Hotel Avante offers a slew of complimentary amenities, including wireless/wired high-speed Internet access, a well-stocked CD lending library, an evening wine and cheese reception on weekdays, and a daily European-style Continental breakfast. Additional extras include a heated outdoor pool, spa tub, complimentary fitness center, and free parking.

This Mountain View hotel offers 91 air-conditioned guestrooms on four floors. Rooms feature modern furnishings, cherry-stained wood, and thick, striped rugs. Premium bedding includes plush Omaha mattresses, 316-thread-count Egyptian cotton linens, down duvets, and both king and standard sized pillows.

Guestrooms offers complimentary high-speed Internet access, stereos, CD players, cable TV, pay movies, and video games (surcharge). Cordless speakerphones have two lines and include voice mail. Rooms are equipped with compact refrigerators, minibars, coffeemakers, and irons/ironing boards.

Amenities include complimentary bottled water, bathrobes, Aveda bath products, and hair dryers. King and queen rooms offers the executive toy box with low-tech toys such as Rubik's Cube, yo-yo, and slinky.

All guestrooms are nonsmoking.