# List of tourist attractions in Santa Clara Valley

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.

## Arboreta and gardens

* 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
### Art

This is a list of Silicon Valley art museums and art collectives/cooperatives.
* 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
* New Museum Los Gatos, Los Gatos
* 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
* The Foster Museum, Palo Alto
* Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara
* Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga, California

### Dance

* Ballet San Jose, downtown San Jose (closed 2018)
* 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
* Winchester Mystery House, West San Jose

### Faith-based

* Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph, downtown San Jose
* Five Wounds Portuguese National Church, Little Portugal, 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
* Little Italy San Jose, San Jose
* Mexican Heritage Plaza, East San Jose
* Museum of American Heritage, Palo Alto
* New Almaden, Quicksilver Mining Museum
* New Museum Los Gatos, Los Gatos
* The HP Garage, Palo Alto
* Los Altos History Museum, Los Altos
* Peralta Adobe, downtown San JoseWinchester Mystery House
* 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
* 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 Theater 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

This is a list of larger event venues.
* PayPal Park, 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

* BayCon, Santa Clara
* Christmas in the Park, downtown San Jose
* Cinequest Film Festival, multiple venues
* FanimeCon, downtown 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 Bike Party, monthly bicycle ride in San Jose area, different route each time
* San Jose Jazz Festival, downtown San Jose
* Stanford Jazz Festival, Stanford University

## 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
* Coyote Creek Trail, San Jose to Morgan Hill
* 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

* Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose, downtown San Jose
* Computer History Museum, Mountain View
* CuriOdyssey, Coyote Point Recreation Area, San Mateo
* DeAnza College Fujitsu Planetarium, Cupertino
* EcoCenter, Palo Alto Baylands, Palo Alto
* Lick Observatory, Mount Hamilton, San Jose
* 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, Stanford
* The Tech Interactive, formerly The Tech Museum of Innovation, downtown San Jose

### Technology campuses

* Apple Park, Cupertino
* Facebook headquarters, Menlo Park
* Googleplex, Mountain View
* Intel Museum, Intel campus, Santa Clara

## Shopping

* 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
* 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)
* CaliBunga Waterpark, East San Jose
* Roaring Camp & Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad, Santa Cruz Mountains

## Vineyards and wineries

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