List of attractions in Silicon Valley
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Circle of Palms, historical marker for California's first state capitol
This is a list of tourist attractions in and around San Jose and Silicon Valley.
Contents
Arboreta and gardens
- Arizona Cactus Garden, Stanford University
- Chinese Cultural Garden, San Jose
- Emma Prusch Farm Park, San Jose
- Hakone Gardens, Saratoga
- Japanese Friendship Garden at Kelley Park in San Jose
- Overfelt Gardens, East San Jose
- San Jose Municipal Rose Garden, downtown San Jose
- Stanford University Arboretum, Stanford University
- Villa Montalvo Arboretum, Saratoga
Cultural
- Ballet San Jose, downtown San Jose
- Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph, downtown San Jose
- Choral Project, downtown San Jose
- De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library, downtown San Jose
- Gurdwara Sahib of San Jose, East San Jose
- Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies, downtown San Jose
- Japanese American Museum of San Jose, San Jose
- Mexican Heritage Plaza, East San Jose
- Opera San Jose, downtown San Jose
- San Jose City Hall, downtown San Jose
- San Jose Flea Market, Berryessa (northeast San Jose)
- San Jose Improv, downtown San Jose
- San Jose Museum of Art, downtown San Jose
- San Jose Repertory Theatre, downtown San Jose
- sjDANCEco, downtown San Jose
- Symphony Silicon Valley, downtown San Jose
- Viet Museum, East San Jose
- Villa Montalvo, Saratoga
- Vivace Youth Chorus of San Jose, San Jose
Event venues
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- Avaya Stadium, San Jose
- Buck Shaw Stadium, Santa Clara
- California Theatre, downtown San Jose
- Event Center Arena, downtown San Jose
- Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara
- 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
Events
- 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
- San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, downtown San Jose
- San Jose Jazz Festival, downtown San Jose
- Stanford Jazz Festival, Stanford University
Historical
- Circle of Palms Plaza, downtown San Jose
- De Anza Hotel, downtown San Jose
- Hangar One, Mountain View
- History Park at Kelley Park, Willow Glen (south-central San Jose)
- Japanese American Museum of San Jose, San Jose
- New Almaden, Quicksilver Mining Museum
- Packard's garage, Palo Alto
- Peralta Adobe, downtown San Jose
- Portuguese Historical Museum, East San Jose
- Rengstorff House, Mountain View
- Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum, downtown San Jose
- San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, downtown San Jose
- Winchester Mystery House, West San Jose
Parks and trails
- 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
- Shoreline Park, Mountain View, Mountain View
- Stevens Creek Trail, Cupertino, Sunnyvale and Mountain View
- Vasona Park, Los Gatos
- Villa Montalvo Arboretum, Saratoga
See additional hiking trails, and open space preserves at: Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District
Science, technology and education
- Apple Campus, Cupertino
- Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose, downtown San Jose
- Computer History Museum, Mountain View
- DeAnza College Laser Light Shows or Astronomy Shows, Cupertino
- Googleplex, Mountain View
- Intel Museum, Santa Clara
- Lick Observatory, Mount Hamilton
- NASA Ames Exploration Center, Mountain View
- San Jose State University, downtown San Jose
- Santa Clara University, Santa Clara
- Stanford University, Palo Alto
- The Tech Museum of Innovation, downtown San Jose
Shopping
- Eastridge Center, East San Jose
- Great Mall of the Bay Area, Milpitas
- 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
- 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 and Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad, Santa Cruz Mountains
Vineyards and wineries
Vineyards in the Santa Cruz Mountains
- 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
- Savannah-Chanelle Vineyards, Saratoga
See also
External links
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- Things to do at City of San Jose
- Things to do 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
