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10. TIBURON
Tiburon is Marin County's less hectic alternative to Sausalito for its views and res-
taurants. Here, 100-year-old houseboats (“arks”) have been pulled ashore, lined up,
and refurbished, forming what is called “Ark Row,” where you'll find shops, restaur-
ants, and sunny cafés that enhance the charm of this waterfront village. There are
also opportunities to observe wildlife in the parks along the shore, facing Angel Is-
land and the city.
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Great Bay Area Universities
Palo Alto's Stanford University is the Bay Area's most famous private institution
of higher learning, inaugurated in 1891. However, in terms of intellectual clout,
the University of California at Berkeley, the oldest campus in the California sys-
tem, stands shoulder to shoulder, considering the number of Nobel Laureates
on the faculty and its international importance. Stanford is known for business,
law, and medicine, Berkeley for law, engineering, and nuclear physics. Both uni-
versities are among the most selective in the country.
A Morning Walk Around Berkeley
Begin at the Berkeley University Visitor Center at 2030 Addison Avenue, where
you can pick up information and maps. Follow around to University Drive and
on to the university campus, passing Romanesque Wellman Hall, then take a left
on Cross Campus Road. Straight ahead is the main campus landmark, the 307-ft
(94-m) Sather Tower, also known simply as the Campanile, based on the famous
belltower in Venice's Piazza San Marco.
Now continue on to rejoin University Drive and go around to the Hearst Greek
Theater, venue for excellent concerts of all sorts. Next, head for handsome Sath-
er Gate, which leads into Sproul Plaza, epicenter of the student Free Speech
Movement protests that erupted into almost non-stop socio-political unrest in
the 1960s and 1970s.
Exit the campus onto Telegraph Avenue, a kind of Haight-Ashbury East-Bay
with radical vibes all its own. Cody's, at the corner of Haste Street, is Berkeley's
