This is a list of tourist attractions in and around San Jose and Silicon Valley.
[edit] Arboreta and Gardens
[edit] 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
- 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
- San Jose Symphony, downtown San Jose
- Viet Museum, East San Jose
- Villa Montalvo, Saratoga
- Vivace Youth Chorus of San Jose, San Jose
[edit] Event venues
The San Jose Center for the Performing Arts
- Buck Shaw Stadium, Santa Clara
- California Theatre (San Jose), downtown San Jose
- Event Center Arena, downtown San Jose
- HP Pavilion at San Jose, downtown 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
- Santa Clara Stadium, Santa Clara (under contruction)
- Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View
- Spartan Stadium, downtown San Jose
[edit] Events
- BayCon, Santa Clara
- Christmas in the Park, downtown San Jose
- Cinequest Film Festival, multiple venues
- Embedded Systems Conference, San Jose McEnery Convention Center
- FanimeCon, downtown San Jose
- Further Confusion, San Jose
- LiveStrong Challenge bike race, San Jose
- San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, downtown San Jose
- San Jose Holiday Parade, downtown San Jose
- San Jose Jazz Festival, downtown San Jose
- Stanford Jazz Festival, Stanford University
[edit] Historical
- New Almaden Quicksilver Mining Museum
- 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)
- 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
[edit] 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
- Plaza de César Chávez, downtown San Jose
- Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve, Santa Cruz Mountains
- Rosicrucian Park, downtown San Jose
- Sanborn Park, Saratoga and Santa Cruz Mountains
- San Francisco Bay Trail, Palo Alto, Mountain View, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, San Jose and Milpitas
- 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
[edit] Science, technology and education
- 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
- Laser Quest, Mountain View
- Lick Observatory, Mount Hamilton
- NASA Ames Research 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
[edit] Shopping
[edit] Theme parks & Tours
[edit] Vineyards and wineries
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
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