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Things To Do

Palo Alto, California Things to Do

Come explore fun Palo Alto, CA things to do. Enjoy luxury shopping in the open-air Stanford Shopping Center. Take in the beauty of the fine arts at Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts on the Stanford University campus. Dive into fun at Raging Waters and get in on thrills and entertainment at California's Great America. Whatever type of attraction you desire, you'll enjoy easy access to it when you're a guest at the Quality Inn Palo Alto.
Palo Alto California  Experience fun with things to do in Palo Alto, from theme parks to museums to outdoor concerts  Palo Alto California

Palo Alto, CA Area Attractions include

San Jose Convention Center, California

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.www.sjcc.com

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. www.museum.stanford.edu

Winchester Mystery House -

Make 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. www.winchestermysteryhouse.com

California's Great America -

California'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. www.cagreatamerica.com
Raging Waters Palo Alto, California

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. 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. www.stanfordshop.com

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 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 Republic plus top department stores like Nordstrom and luxury boutiques like Tiffany & Co. www.westfield.com/valleyfair
Palo Alto Shoreline Amphitheater Concerts, California

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. 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. www.hppsj.com