for Lafayette Real Estate in the San Francisco East Bay Area

Words to describe Lafayette: small town, friendly, top schools, lots of regional parks, wonderful walking and riding trails and prestige! Lafayette is located in the beautiful East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California. Besides general information for you on Lafayette, there's also links to Lafayette real estate info and also similar information on Moraga, Orinda and Walnut Creek.

You'll find Lafayette to be a prestigious, lovely, suburban community close to the freeway, San Francisco and access to BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit). Most home buyers come here for the high ranking schools, proximity to San Francisco, sense of safety, prestigious address and the pleasant ambience here with lovely rolling hills and native oaks. Our residents are blessed with many recreational areas including the 925 acre Lafayette Reservoir area to the other East Bay Regional Park District lands in Contra Costa County and neighboring Alameda County. There are 46 regional parks with 600,000 acres, 500 miles of internal trails and 100 miles of interconnecting trails.

The #1 reason many families locate in the Lamorinda area (la-lafayette, mor-moraga, inda-orinda), is our top-rated schools. Three high schools are located in the Lamorinda area, three intermediate schools, and eleven elementary schools. In addition, there are various private school opportunities including one private high school.

The downtown area of Lafayette has lots to offer as a shopping location. Most shopping is on or nearby the main street, Mt. Diablo Boulevard. Fiesta Square, Happy Valley Plaza, the remodeled Plaza Way Park, three major grocery stores, plus a number of restaurants, including upscale Postino, make the downtown area are quite inviting. At the edge of town is the beautiful Lafayette Park Hotel. At the other end of town is the very popular Lafayette Reservoir recreation area mentioned above. It's a great location for picnics, sailing, fishing, walking, jogging and bike riding. You'll enjoy drinking in the peace and quiet in this favorite Lafayette spot as well as the beautiful views of the reservoir and surrounding hills.