Little Calidocious®
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help develop the Chocolate business, and at the same time promote
'California Dutch©', Calidocious® Inc. operates a multi-purpose guest
house near Lake Chabot Park of Castro Valley. The "Little Calidocious®"
Guest House is situated on 'Harley Hill' five minutes from the lake.
It is half way between Silicon Valley and Marin and is less than 20 minutes from
Oakland International Airport.
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Breakfast Nook |
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Tea Garden with Fireplace and Grill |
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The guest house is located at 2293 Somerset, San Leandro, CA 94578. In addition to its central location, it enjoys one of the best micro-climates in Northern California.
The name 'Harley Hill' comes from the popularity of the hill with
motorcyclists. The hill was once home to numerous members of the Hells
Angles motorcycle club. East Bay Motor Sports, one of the largest motorcycle stores in California, is just minutes away.
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Hearth and Dining Room |
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The Sandstone Room |
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When the guest house is not being used to lodge visitors engaged in the chocolate, toy, or Calidocious® Festival enterprises, it is operated as a guest house open to the general public, with preference given to Dutch, Flemish, and Afrikaans speakers. Price per night for Dutch, Flemish, and Afrikaans speakers is $75 This includes a $40 donation to support "California Dutch©" language education in the Bay Area. The price for other guests is $150, of which $75 is contributed to "California Dutch©" projects.
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The Calidocious® Guest House has two bedrooms with double beds plus additional hide-a-bed accommodation. Amenities include a full kitchen and laundry facilites, and internet service. There are two major shopping centers, four super-markets, and a dozen movie theaters less that five minutes away.
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The Coral Room |
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Complete Kitchen and Laundry Facilities |
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...While at the Guest House, visitors are invited to make fulluse of the adjacent "Fugezi©" tea Garden. The tea garden features a BBQ, outdoor fireplace, and gazebo. Should visitors prefer more formal dining, nearby Pleasanton and Oakland are renowned for their fine restaurants. .
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If you'd just like to relax for a day or two between formal
sight-seeing, Calidocious® Guest House is ideally suited for local
fun. Activities within a 15 minute radius include Redwood-Regional giant-redwoods park, the
Oakland Zoo, Chabot Science Discovery Center, Call Canyon Swimming Lake, Hayward Japanese gardens, horse
trail riding, bicycling, boating, fishing, golf, hiking, mountain
biking, etc..
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Lake Chabot |
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Park Boat Rentals |
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addition to serving as a guest house, "Little Calidocious®" also serves
as the prototype for a proposed 'Calidocious® lodge' language summer camp. All stays are limited to four nights unless extended at the descretion of the host.
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For reservations or more information, please contact: -Zeelands@sbcglobal.net or
Little Calidocious® 333 Cobalt Way, Suite 107 Sunnyvale, CA 94085
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Cull Canyon Swimming Pond- 8 min.away |
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Apple Creek Horse Ranch- 11 min. away |
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Rock City Campground (Connect the dots to see the 'Z' of Zoot)-35 min. away |
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Redwood Regional Park- 17 min. away |
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___________Living room. with BVN Dutch and Flemish TV__________ |
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______________Little Calidocious______________ |
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_________ "High on Harley Hill"___________ |
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Twelve months of sunshine |
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__________________Lake Chabot Marina- 5 min. away__________________ |
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_____Winter Sunset over San Francisco Bay view from the Living Room_____ __________________________________________________________________ |
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