San Jose, CA Nearby Attractions
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Santa Clara County Fairgrounds.
The Fairgrounds hosts numerous home, auto, and trade shows, conferences, and festivals, plus live simulcast horse racing, and all the old-fashioned fun and enjoyment of the annual Santa Clara County Fair every summer.For more information, visit www.thefair.org.
Spartan Stadium.
Sports fans won’t want to miss any of the action at Spartan Stadium on the campus of nearby San Jose State University. The 30,000-seat stadium is home to the San Jose State Spartan football team, as well as men’s and women’s soccer, and non-athletic events such as monster truck rallies, motocross, and rock concerts. For more information, visit www.sjsuspartans.com. [Top]
Tech Museum of Innovation.
The Tech Museum offers a variety of hands-on exhibits that explore science, technology, and their application in our daily lives. Designed to both teach and inspire innovators, the exhibits showcase the Internet, the human body, and exploration.There’s also a giant-screen IMAX movie theater, workshops, labs, a café, and gift shop. For more information, visit www.thetech.org.
Raging Waters.
Northern California’s largest water park, Raging Waters features 23 acres of splashing, sliding, slippery fun for families. More than a million gallons of water pump through attractions such as Barracuda Blaster and Shotgun Falls. Younger children enjoy the wave pool and the Little Dipper bubble pool. For more information, visit www.rwsplash.com. [Top]Japanese Friendship Garden.
The Japanese Friendship Garden was modeled after Korakuen Park in Okayama, Japan, San Jose’s sister city. Visitors can explore artistic and colorful plantings and landscapes, walk over Japanese-style bridges and paths, and enjoy the diverse array of koi fish in the Garden’s numerous streams and ponds.Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose.
From a ball tower and maze that children can manipulate using cranks, levers, and ramps, to the magic of making giant soap bubbles, the Children’s Discovery Museum is a hands-on discovery laboratory for kids of all ages. For more information, visit www.cdm.org. [Top]HP Pavilion.
Located in downtown San Jose, HP Pavilion is the area’s premier venue for sporting events and top entertainment acts. Home to the wildly popular San Jose Sharks hockey team, HP Pavilion also hosts some 90 different sporting events throughout the year, including arena football, boxing, and tennis, plus concerts ranging from the Wiggles to AC/DC. For more information, visit www.hppsj.com.
Winchester Mystery House.
The 160-room 1884 Victorian mansion known as the Winchester Mystery House was constructed over the course of 38 years by rifle heiress Sarah Winchester, whose superstitions resulted in her building a labyrinth of a house that features several staircases that go nowhere, 47 fireplaces, and myriad other architectural oddities.For more information, visit www.winchestermysteryhouse.com. [Top]
Santana Row.
Part upscale shopping, dining, and entertainment complex, part hip urban neighborhood, Santana Row is styled after villages in southern France and Italy. Stretching over 10 blocks in downtown San Jose, Santana Row is home to residential town homes and lofts, retail shops, restaurants, spas, a hotel and a multiplex theater. For more information, visit www.santanarow.com.Gilroy Gardens.
Founded by Michael and Claudia Bonfante, Gilroy Gardens is a horticulturally themed amusement park with more than 40 rides, attractions, educational exhibits, and acres of beautiful gardens. Unique features include 50-year-old unusually carved Circus Trees and a greenhouse with a train and river running through it. For more information, visit www.gilroygardens.org [Top]
