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

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 Jose[[Image:Winchester House 910px.jpg|right|thumb|[[Winchester 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