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^[1]
• 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.^[2]
• 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^[3]
• 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^[4]
• New Museum Los Gatos, Los Gatos
• Pacific Art League, Palo Alto^[5]
• 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^[1]
• 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^[6]
• 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

  

• 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^[7]
• 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^[8]
• Mountain View Art and Wine Festival, Mountain View^[9]
• Palo Alto Festival of the Arts, Palo Alto^[10]
• 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^[11]
• 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)
• Raging Waters, 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