The city of San Jose (it is also often called the informal capital of the Silicon Valley (Silicon Valley)) is located in the northwest of California, south of San Francisco. Usually tourists from San Francisco or Los Angeles go to explore other major cities in the region for attractions - and inevitably fall into the third largest city of the state - San Jose.
However, business tourists, applicants, and those who visited San Jose out of curiosity, and those who were there by the passage, will certainly find what to do and what to see in the 10th largest city in the States. Especially since walking around the third safest city in the US can be absolutely fearless.
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How to get here
In general, San Jose airport is one of the of the three international airports in the region, but planes do not fly from Russia directly to Russia, so it may be worthwhile to get first to San Francisco or another major city, and from there to go on the ground . San Francisco runs trains from San Francisco , Los Angeles and all major cities on the east coast . Approximately the same story with buses . If you travel the US by car, the easiest way to get from the same San Francisco and Auckland . If not to leave during peak hours, the journey will take no more than an hour .
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The history of San Jose
A short digression into the story: San Jose, by American standards, was founded long ago, in 1777, and was the first city and administrative center of the then Spanish colony of New California . This left a certain imprint on the modern city: more than 30% of the city's population - Hispanics of different nationalities, and Mexican institutions th cuisine here the most, and they are very diverse . San Jose is generally very diverse in terms of national composition, including because many enterprises in Silicon Valley employ people from all over the globe .
Transport
The center of the city is quite compact, besides all the streets are strictly parallel and perpendicular to each other, so you can explore it on foot - it's not difficult to find your bearings . If you need to go outside the center, then there is no way to do without transportation - there is absolutely no distance not small . Here you will be helped by buses going in all possible directions (and all at different prices depending on the route) and the so-called Light Rail - local representative of the monorail . At it the price is just fixed - a one-way trip will cost about $ 2 . The daily subscription for buses and Light Rail will cost $ 6 for an adult and $ 5 for a child .
Entertainment, excursions and attractions of San Jose
The capital of Silicon Valley God himself ordered the Museum of Science and Technology. Exhibitions of the museum located in the city center tell visitors about how the latest technologies affect human life. Permanent exhibitions are devoted primarily to the Internet and research of new possibilities of the human body. The museum also has a dome IMAX cinema. The entrance ticket to the museum and the cinema costs $ 14.
The San Jose Museum of Art also corresponds to the general spirit of the city - from the opening in 1969 it developed from a small gallery to a major center of contemporary art. The museum can be visited for $ 8.
Outstanding works of modern architecture are the new Mayor's building, opened in 2005, and the Martin Luther King Library, opened in 2003. The latter also has a huge amount of the most modern multimedia resources that anyone can take advantage of - the entrance to the library is absolutely free, including for tourists.
Also in San Jose is the first in the US Patchwork and Textile Museum. His collections are updated every three months and talk about the latest developments and trends in this field. A visit to the museum will cost you $ 6, and you can get there free of charge on every first Friday of the month
Surroundings San Jose
Outside the city center you can visit the Mystic House of Winchester - its interactive exhibition is built on the legend of ghosts inhabiting the house. The cost of admission is from $ 23 to $ 31, depending on the chosen program.
No less interesting is the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum. His exhibitions are made up of artifacts from Ancient Egypt, carefully guarded by members of the secret order from archaeological excavations since the 1920s. The museum recreates in detail the ancient Egyptian tomb and exhibits real mummies, as well as artifacts used in religious rituals. The full entrance fee costs $ 9, for students and pensioners - $ 7, for children from 5 to 10 years - $ 5, children under 5 years will be free.