Filoli House and Gardens

Filoli Historic House & Gardens is a 654–acre property, including a 54,000 square foot Georgian country house and spectacular 16–acre English Renaissance garden. The name Filoli comes from combining the first 2 letters of the original owner, William Bourn’s credo “FIght for a just cause; LOve your fellow man; LIve a good life.” Start at the visitor and education center where you can pick up a self-guided tour brochure, watch a short orientation film, and view rotating art exhibits. There’s also a small café and patio where you might be visited by the resident peacock. Scheduled guided tours leave from the visitor center.

 

The House is an interpretive museum showcasing an extensive collection of 17th and 18th century English antiques. Only thefirst floor of the house is open to the public. There is a ramped entry at the south end of the house. It’s easy to move about the interior in a wheelchair although some thresholds between rooms may be problematic for some.  

Outdoors many of the paths through the formal gardens are accessible. The visitor map identifies wheelchair accessible routes and whether they are gravel or paved paths.