San Jose - Things to Do & Tourist Attractions

Tourists can explore many of the landmarks in San Jose which includes the Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose, the Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph, Dr. Martin Luthur King Jr. Library, Lick Observatory and many such endless famous landmarks. The city is home to various parks like the Almaden Quicksilver County Park, the Alum Rock Park, which is the oldest municipal park in California and the Emma Prusch Farm Park, which includes a rare fruit orchard, picnic areas and community gardens too. San Jose luxury hotels are near to some of the parks which the tourists can easily walk and visit too.

The city of San Jose is home to several performing arts companies like the Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley and the San Jose Repertory Theater out of the many theaters in the city. The city is home to many museums too one of which is the San Jose Museum of art which is known as one of the premier modern art museums in the nation. Other than that, many can attend the annual Cinequest Film Festival which is held in downtown and has more than 60,000 attendees each year. This is regarded as one of the significant festivals for the independent films. Tourists can even visit the HP Pavilion at San Jose, which is known to be one of the most active venues in the world for several of the events.

San Jose is hometown of the two teams and these are the San Jose Sharks of National Hockey League and the San Jose Earthquakes of the Major League Soccer. So, one can visit some of the major sport venues here like the HP Pavilion which is home to the league teams, the Spartan Stadium and the San Jose Convention Center. On staying in San Jose luxury hotel, one can decide his must see destinations like museums, parks or certain popular landmarks.