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Monday, February 26, 2018

This is a list of tourist attractions in and around Silicon Valley, it includes parts or most of Santa Clara County, San Mateo County, and Alameda County.

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  • Arizona Cactus Garden, Stanford University
  • Chinese Cultural Garden, San Jose
  • Emma Prusch Farm Park, San Jose
  • Filoli Estate, Woodside
  • Gamble Gardens, Palo Alto
  • Hakone Gardens, Saratoga
  • Japanese Friendship Garden, at Kelley Park, San Jose
  • Overfelt Gardens, East San Jose
  • San Jose Municipal Rose Garden, downtown San Jose
  • San Mateo Japanese Tea Garden, Central Park, San Mateo, designed by Nagao Sakurai.
  • Stanford University Arboretum, Stanford University
  • Villa Montalvo Arboretum, Saratoga

Cultural


Santa Clara Calendar Events - Visit Santa Clara, California
Santa Clara Calendar Events - Visit Santa Clara, California. Source : www.santaclara.org

Art

This is a list of Silicon Valley art museums and art collectives/cooperatives.

  • New Museum Los Gatos, Los Gatos
  • The Anderson Collection, at Stanford University, Stanford
  • Allied Arts Guild, Menlo Park
  • De Saisset Museum, at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara
  • Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University, Stanford
  • The Lace Museum, Sunnyvale
  • Pacific Art League, Palo Alto
  • Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto
  • San Jose Museum of Art, downtown San Jose
  • San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, San Jose
  • Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara

Dance

  • Ballet San Jose, downtown San Jose
  • sjDANCEco, downtown San Jose

Estate

  • Emma Prusch Farm Park, San Jose
  • Filoli Estate, Woodside
  • Gamble Gardens, Palo Alto
  • Rengstorff House, Mountain View
  • Villa Montalvo, Saratoga

Faith-based

  • Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph, downtown San Jose
  • Gurdwara Sahib of San Jose, East San Jose
  • Stanford Memorial Church, at Stanford University

Historical

  • Burlingame Museum of PEZ Memorabilia, Burlingame
  • Circle of Palms Plaza, downtown San Jose
  • De Anza Hotel, downtown San Jose
  • Forbes Mill, Los Gatos
  • Hangar One, Mountain View
  • Hiller Aviation Museum, San Carlos
  • History Park at Kelley Park, Willow Glen (south-central San Jose)
  • Japanese American Museum of San Jose, San Jose
  • Mexican Heritage Plaza, East San Jose
  • Museum of American Heritage, Palo Alto
  • New Almaden, Quicksilver Mining Museum
  • The HP Garage, Palo Alto
  • Los Altos History Museum, Los Altos
  • Peralta Adobe, downtown San Jose
  • Portuguese Historical Museum, East San Jose
  • Viet Museum, East San Jose
  • Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum, downtown San Jose
  • San Mateo County History Museum, downtown Redwood City
  • San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, downtown San Jose
  • Sunnyvale Heritage Park Museum, Sunnyvale
  • Winchester Mystery House, West San Jose

Music

  • Choral Project, downtown San Jose
  • Fox Theatre, Redwood City
  • Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies, downtown San Jose
  • Opera San Jose, downtown San Jose
  • Symphony Silicon Valley, downtown San Jose
  • Vivace Youth Chorus of San Jose, San Jose

Theatre

  • Broadway by the Bay, Redwood City
  • City Lights Theater Company of San Jose, San Jose
  • Dragon Productions Theatre Company, Redwood City
  • Hillbarn Theatre, Foster City
  • Los Altos Stage Company, Los Altos
  • Montgomery Theater, San Jose
  • Palo Alto Players Theatre Company, Palo Alto
  • Pear Theatre, Mountain View
  • Portola Valley Theatre Conservatory, Portola Valley
  • Ram's Head Theatrical Society, Stanford University
  • San Jose Center for the Performing Arts, downtown San Jose
  • San Jose Improv, downtown San Jose
  • San Jose Repertory Theatre, downtown San Jose
  • San Jose Stage Company, San Jose
  • Sierra Repertory Theatre, San Jose
  • Sunnyvale Community Players, Sunnyvale
  • Tabard Theatre Company, San Jose
  • TheatreWorks Theatre Company, Palo Alto and Mountain View

Children's Theatre

  • Children's Musical Theatre San Jose, San Jose
  • Palo Alto Children's Theatre Company, Palo Alto
  • Peninsula Youth Theatre, Mountain View
  • Pied Piper Players, San Mateo
  • Roberta Jones Junior Theatre, Santa Clara
  • San Carlos Children's Theater, San Carlos
  • Silicon Valley Children's Musical Theater, San Jose
  • Willow Glen Children's Theatre, San Jose

Other

  • Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library, downtown San Jose
  • San Jose City Hall, downtown San Jose
  • San Jose Flea Market, Berryessa (northeast San Jose)

Event venues


California's Great America - Wikipedia
California's Great America - Wikipedia. Source : en.wikipedia.org

This is a list of larger event venues.

  • Avaya Stadium, San Jose
  • Buck Shaw Stadium, Santa Clara
  • California Theatre, downtown San Jose
  • City National Civic Events, San Jose
  • Event Center Arena, downtown San Jose
  • The Flint Center for the Performing Arts, Cupertino
  • Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara
  • Lucie Stern Theater, Palo Alto
  • Montgomery Theater, San Jose
  • San Jose Center for the Performing Arts, downtown San Jose
  • San Jose Civic Auditorium, downtown San Jose
  • San Jose Convention Center, downtown San Jose
  • San Jose Municipal Stadium, downtown San Jose
  • San Jose Repertory Theatre, downtown San Jose
  • Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara
  • SAP Center at San Jose, downtown San Jose
  • Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View
  • Spartan Stadium, downtown San Jose
  • Stanford Stadium, Stanford

Events


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Silicon Valley Wine Country | Visit California. Source : www.visitcalifornia.com

  • BayCon, Santa Clara
  • Christmas in the Park, downtown San Jose
  • Cinequest Film Festival, multiple venues
  • FanimeCon, downtown San Jose
  • LiveStrong Challenge bike race, San Jose
  • Los Altos Art and Wine Festival, Los Altos
  • Mountain View Art and Wine Festival, Mountain View
  • Palo Alto Festival of the Arts, Palo Alto
  • San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, downtown San Jose
  • San Jose Jazz Festival, downtown San Jose
  • Stanford Jazz Festival, Stanford University

Parks and trails


Silicon Valley - Wikipedia
Silicon Valley - Wikipedia. Source : en.wikipedia.org

  • Almaden Lake Park, South San Jose
  • Almaden Quicksilver County Park, South San Jose
  • Alum Rock Park, East San Jose
  • Bay Area Ridge Trail, surrounds and crosses the valley
  • Belgatos Park and connected Heintz, and Santa Rosa open space preserves, Los Gatos
  • Big Basin Redwoods State Park, Santa Cruz Mountains
  • Castle Rock State Park, Santa Cruz Mountains
  • Ed R. Levin County Park, Milpitas
  • Fremont Older Open Space Preserve, Saratoga
  • Grant Ranch Park, East San Jose/Mount Hamilton
  • Guadalupe River Trail, downtown San Jose, Willow Glen and South San Jose
  • Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park, Santa Cruz Mountains
  • Kelley Park, Willow Glen (south-central San Jose)
  • Lake Cunningham, East San Jose
  • Los Alamitos Creek Trail, South San Jose
  • Los Gatos Creek Trail, West San Jose, Campbell and Los Gatos
  • Mission Peak, Fremont, California
  • Plaza de César Chávez, downtown San Jose
  • Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve, Santa Cruz Mountains
  • Rosicrucian Park, downtown San Jose
  • San Francisco Bay Trail, Palo Alto, Mountain View, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, San Jose and Milpitas
  • Sanborn Park, Saratoga and Santa Cruz Mountains
  • Santa Teresa County Park, South San Jose
  • Shoreline Park, Mountain View, Mountain View
  • Stevens Creek Trail, Cupertino, Sunnyvale and Mountain View
  • Uvas Canyon County Park, west of Morgan Hill
  • Vasona Park, Los Gatos
  • Villa Montalvo Arboretum, Saratoga

See additional parks, hiking trails, and open space preserves at: Santa Clara County Parks and Recreation Department, Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District

Science, technology and education


Spotlight: Silicon Valley | Visit California
Spotlight: Silicon Valley | Visit California. Source : www.visitcalifornia.com

  • Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose, downtown San Jose
  • Computer History Museum, Mountain View
  • CuriOdyssey, San Mateo
  • DeAnza College Fujitsu Planetarium, Cupertino
  • EcoCenter, Palo Alto Baylands
  • Intel Museum, Santa Clara
  • Lick Observatory, Mount Hamilton
  • Museum of American Heritage, Palo Alto
  • NASA Ames Exploration Center, Mountain View
  • Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo, Palo Alto
  • San Jose electric light tower (model, in History Park at Kelley Park, San Jose)
  • San Jose State University, downtown San Jose
  • Santa Clara University, Santa Clara
  • Stanford University, Palo Alto
  • The Tech Museum of Innovation, downtown San Jose

Technology campuses

  • Apple Campus, Cupertino
  • Googleplex, Mountain View

Shopping


FREE Things to See and Do in Santa Clara
FREE Things to See and Do in Santa Clara. Source : www.santaclara.org

  • Eastridge Center, East San Jose
  • Great Mall of the Bay Area, Milpitas
  • Hillsdale Shopping Center, San Mateo
  • Pruneyard Shopping Center, Campbell
  • San Antonio Shopping Center, Mountain View
  • Santana Row, West San Jose
  • Stanford Shopping Center, Palo Alto
  • Vallco Shopping Mall (renamed Cupertino Square from 2007 until returning to Vallco in 2009)
  • Westfield Oakridge, South San Jose
  • Westfield Valley Fair, West San Jose
  • Westgate Mall, West San Jose

Theme parks and tours


Computer History Museum | Visit California
Computer History Museum | Visit California. Source : www.visitcalifornia.com

  • Billy Jones Wildcat Railroad, Los Gatos
  • California's Great America, Santa Clara (formerly "Paramount's Great America")
  • Gilroy Gardens, Gilroy (formerly "Bonfante Gardens")
  • Happy Hollow Park & Zoo, Willow Glen (south-central San Jose)
  • Hollyhill Hummingbird Farm, Cupertino
  • Raging Waters, East San Jose
  • Roaring Camp & Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad, Santa Cruz Mountains

Vineyards and wineries


Silicon Valley Shopping - Visit Santa Clara, California
Silicon Valley Shopping - Visit Santa Clara, California. Source : www.santaclara.org

  • Byington Vineyard, Los Gatos
  • David Bruce Winery, Los Gatos
  • J. Lohr Vineyards and Wines, downtown San Jose
  • Lightheart Cellars, San Martin
  • Mountain Winery, Saratoga
  • Picchetti Brothers Winery, Cupertino
  • Rabbits Foot Meadery, Sunnyvale
  • Savannah-Chanelle Vineyards, Saratoga

See also



  • List of museums in the San Francisco Bay Area
  • National Register of Historic Places listings in Santa Clara County, California
  • Silicon Valley

References



External links



  • Things to do at City of San Jose
  • Activities at San Jose/Silicon Valley Convention & Visitors Bureau
  • List of attractions at SanJose.com
  • List of events at San Jose Mercury News
  • Nasa Ames Research Center/Moffett Field Tours
  • Moffett Field Museum and Tours
  • Japanese American Museum of San Jose and Tours


 
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