Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
SAN JOSE FOR CHILDREN
Children's Discovery Museum
MUSEUM
(
408-298-5437;
www.cdm.org
; 180 Woz Way; admission $12;
10am-5pm Tue-Sat, from noon
Sun; )
Downtown, this science and creativity museum has hands-on displays incorporating art,
technology and the environment, with plenty of toys, and very cool play-and-learn areas.
The museum is on Woz Way, which is named after Steve Wozniak, the cofounder of Apple.
Great America
AMUSEMENT PARK
( 408-986-5886;
www.cagreatamerica.com
; 4701 Great America Pkwy, Santa Clara; adult/child un-
der 4ft $60/40; Apr-Oct; )
If you can handle the shameful product placements, kids love the roller coasters and oth-
er thrill rides. Note that online tickets cost much less than walk-up prices; parking costs
$15 but it's also accessible by public transportation.
Raging Waters
AMUSEMENT PARK
( 408-238-9900;
www.rwsplash.com
;
2333 South White Rd; adult/child under 4ft $39/29, parking
$6; May-Sep; )
A water park inside Lake Cunningham Regional Park, Raging Waters has fast water slides,
a tidal pool and a nifty water fort. Online discounts.
Sights
Downtown San Jose is at the junction of Hwy 87 and I-280. Hwy 101 and I-880 complete
the box. Running roughly north-south along the length of the city, from the old port town
of Alviso on the San Francisco Bay all the way downtown, is 1st St; south of I-280, its
name changes to Monterey Hwy.
San Jose State University is immediately east of downtown, and the SoFA district, with
numerous nightclubs, restaurants and galleries, is on a stretch of S 1st St south of San Car-
los St.
History Park
PARK
