- Our list of the best things to do in San Jose, California, features the top 534 nearby activities — including 156 great attractions with user approval ratings of 90% or more!
- San Jose, CA has a variety of great sights and experiences nearby. Top categories include: Outdoor Places, Food & Drink, Entertainment & Shows, and Amusement.
- The results below include the top 38 things to do within the city of San Jose, CA , followed by 496 popular activities in nearby cities, including Los Altos, Livermore, San Carlos, Palo Alto, Cupertino, Saratoga, Morgan Hill, Mountain View, Sunnyvale, Fremont, Newark, Los Gatos, Milpitas, Union City, Santa Clara, Redwood City, Pleasanton, Menlo Park, Hayward, Campbell, Belmont, Aptos, Santa Cruz, Gilroy, Capitola, San Francisco, Dublin and Castro Valley
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Equipped with paintball guns and masks, groups vie for supremacy over outdoor fields; afterwards enjoy a discounted pizza
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Also known as the City National Civic Theater, the San Jose Civic Auditorium is a designated city landmark. It regularly hosts shows from Nederlander Concerts and other organizations within the venue that contains over 3,000 seats and features state-of-the-art HD video and sound systems.
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Plaza de Cesar Chavez commemorates this leader with a fountain and park. The Christmas show there is spectacular.
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Recently renovated San Jose Municipal Golf Course is a pretty easy golf course. They give you the possibility to rent it out for tournaments and also have 2 indoor video instruction rooms.
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225 Almaden Blvd., San Jose, CA
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Enjoy a variety of live performances and entertainment at the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts. Located in the downtown area, this theater hosts musical concerts, plays and ballet productions.
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Featuring 5 playing fields, Santa Clara Paintball offers visitors paintball courses with inflatable obstacles, box mazes, and urban barriers. The paintball center hosts a splatmaster event where kids can aim their paintball guns at physical targets.
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History Museum of San Jose is located on Senter Road in San Jose, California. The entrance to the museum is free and it allows you to see different history exponents from Native American agricultural tools to modern history.
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Brooktree Park is a great place for family outings. Enjoy their BBQ pits and expansive playground.
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Historic Orchard is a large educational and working orchard. School groups are welcome to set up tours here.
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Petroglyph Ceramic Lounge is a studio where you can paint your own pottery and they also allow you to take home your work. The studio was opened in 1993 in order to help people develop their creativity.
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San Jose Improv is a comprehensive comedy club within the local area. They offer a full-service bar and a complete menu for dining while guests enjoy a wide range of both local talent and national headliners in the standup and improv comedy world.