Fun Things To Do In Palo Alto, CA

Bay Area Attractions Mystery House Raging Waters Santana Row Amphitheater Concerts

Come explore beautiful Palo Alto, CA things to do and experience the excitement of Bay Area Attractions. Enjoy luxury shopping in the open-air Stanford Shopping Center and countless Palo Alto things to do. Take in the beauty of the fine arts at Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts on Stanford University campus. Dive into fun at Raging Waters and get in on thrills and entertainment at Paramount’s Great America. Fun Bay Area family activities, shopping, adventure and attractions are all around you in the Bay Area, and the Quality Inn, Palo Alto, California is the perfect place to see it all.

Exciting Bay Area Attractions Include
Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts. Visit the exceptional Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University. In addition to the 24 galleries featuring a variety of beautiful items, you’ll get to saunter about beautiful terraces, gardens and a fantastic courtyard. The outdoor sculpture garden is a particular highlight of the museum. For more details about the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts, visit museum.stanford.edu.

San Jose Convention Center. The San Jose Convention Center offers a prime meeting spot for conferences and conventions in the heart of Silicon Valley. Located in bustling downtown San Jose, the convention center hosts a wide variety of business and community functions and offers extensive meeting and exhibit space. For more details on upcoming events and information on facilities at the San Jose Convention Center, visit www.sjcc.com. [Top]

Winchester Mystery House. Wend your way through this mysterious, exotic (and supposedly haunted) Victorian-style mansion. Discover the bizarre history of the fascinating heiress to the Winchester Rifle fortune. Sarah L. Winchester’s unending will to keep building on to the Winchester Mystery House created a singularly strange house with staircases that lead nowhere. For more details on tours at this top Bay Area attraction, visit www.winchestermysteryhouse.com

Paramount's Great America. Paramount's Great America is a fun-filled destination for the entire family. Open every day, this park packs big roller coasters and heart-pounding thrill rides together with family entertainment and fun, including live characters from Nickelodeon shows and stage productions and concerts. Check the summer concert series for big-name entertainers. For more details on one of the best Bay Area things to do with kids, visit Paramount's Great America at www.pgathrills.com. [Top]

Raging Waters. Raging Waters is one of the country’s biggest water parks. Splash into the cool waters of this fun-filled theme park and enjoy an amazing choice of fun water activities for the whole family. Get your thrills in on the Barracuda Blaster, and experience 500 feet high-speed twists and turns. Or take a journey down the Lazy River, and see soaring waterfalls as you relax along the water. There’s also a 350,000-gallon wave pool for swimming and riding waves. It’s the perfect thing to do in the Bay Area this weekend. For more details on great family activities at the Bay Area’s Raging Waters, visit www.rwsplash.com.

Stanford Shopping Center. Stanford Shopping Center is one of the world’s most elegant outdoor shopping centers and always one of the best things to do in the Bay Area. Stanford Shopping Center is home to Neiman Marcus, Coach, J. Crew, Sephora, Bloomingdale's, Macy's, Nordstrom, Kate Spade, Louis Vuitton, A|X Armani Exchange, Banana Republic, Betsey Johnson and Brooks Brothers. For more details, visit www.stanfordshop.com. [Top]

Santana Row. Santana Row is a European-style luxury shopping, dining and entertainment destination. Stroll the wide, European-style streets of Santana Row and shop Borders Books, Gucci, H&M, Burberry, Tommy Bahama and Ferragamo. Take a break to grab a coffee or a bite to eat at one of the many upscale eateries at Santana Row. You can even head to the movies, without ever leaving the shopping center. To learn more about the shops and restaurants at Santana Row, visit www.santanarow.com.

Valley Fair Shopping Mall. Valley Fair Shopping Mall in San Jose, California is one of Northern California’s most luxurious shopping addresses. Valley Fair offers main-line chain stores like Gap and Banana Repulbic plus top department stores like Nordstrom and luxury boutiques like Tiffany & Co. For more details on fun shops, dining and upcoming events at Valley Fair, visit www.westfield.com/valleyfair. [Top]

Shoreline Amphitheater Concerts. Shoreline Amphitheater opened in 1986 in Mountain View, California and was designed as a state-of-the-art outdoor concert space. The Shoreline Amphitheater has hosted bold-name performers including Madonna, Santana and Coldplay. The Amphitheater-style seating means that the views of the concert stage are extremely good from almost any seat in the house. For more details on upcoming events at Shoreline Amphitheater, visit www.shorelineamp.com.

HP Pavilion. HP Pavilion is one of the world’s leading sporting and concert destinations. Home to the San Jose Sharks hockey team and the Sabercats arena football team, the HP Pavilion is a contemporary masterpiece of shining steel and glass where everyone from U2 to Rod Stewart have played. HP Pavilion events include not only hockey and arena football but tennis, plus figure skating and wrestling smackdowns. For more details on one of the best Bay Area, CA, attractions, visit www.hppsj.com. [Top]