Alviso, San Jose
Alviso is a district of San Jose, California, located in North San Jose on the southern shores of San Francisco Bay.
Alviso is a district of San Jose, California, located in North San Jose on the southern shores of San Francisco Bay. Originally an independent town, founded in 1852, today Alviso is San Jose's only waterfront district, primarily residential in nature, with several Silicon Valley tech companies and recreation-oriented businesses. Alviso is named after 19th-century Californio ranchero Ignacio Alviso, who owned the area as part of his Rancho Rincón de Los Esteros.
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Worth seeing in and around Alviso, San Jose
8 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Levi's Stadium
Levi's Stadium is an outdoor stadium near the West Coast of the United States, located in Santa Clara, California, just west of San Jose in the San Francisco Bay Area. It has served as the home venue for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League since 2014.
2.4 km · American football stadium in Santa Clara, California, United States · Wikipedia - 02California's Great America
California's Great America is an amusement park located in Santa Clara, California, United States, within the San Francisco Bay Area. Owned and operated by Six Flags, the park features more than 40 attractions, including nine roller coasters and a water park named South Bay Shores.
3.3 km · theme park in Santa Clara, California · Wikipedia - 03University of Silicon Valley
The University of Silicon Valley is a private for-profit university in San Jose, California, in Silicon Valley. The school was founded in 1887 as Cogswell Polytechnical College.
2.6 km · private university in San Jose, California, United States · Wikipedia - 04James Lick Mansion
The James Lick Mansion, in Santa Clara, California, United States, is the estate of James Lick, who was the richest man in California at the time of his death in 1876. The estate is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
3.5 km · building in California, United States · Wikipedia - 05Balaji Temple San Jose
The Balaji Temple of San Jose is a Hindu temple located in San Jose, California. Balaji Temple is a spiritual, non-profit organization dedicated to sharing the universal truths of the Vedas and Upanishads in India.
200 m · Hindu temple · Wikipedia - 06Moitozo Park
Moitozo Park is a park in San Jose, California, located in the Rincon district of North San Jose.
3.1 km · park in San Jose, California, United States · Wikipedia - 07River Oaks Park
River Oaks Park is a park in San Jose, California, located in the Rincon district of North San Jose.
4 km · park in San Jose, California, United States · Wikipedia - 08Riverview Park
Riverview Park is a park in San Jose, California, located along the Guadalupe River in the Rincon district of North San Jose.
3.1 km · park in San Jose, California, United States · Wikipedia
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Getting to Alviso, San Jose
- Airports
- Mineta San Jose (SJC), 8 km · Oakland San Francisco Bay (OAK), 40 km · San Francisco (SFO), 42 km
- Stations
- Santa Clara – Great America station, 2 km · Q5598621, 2.5 km · Q4874746, 2.7 km · Q5069966, 2.2 km · Q5122177, 3.6 km
- San Francisco → Alviso, San Jose55 km · quickest by road, 1h 18m · $5–7
- Sacramento → Alviso, San Jose135 km · quickest by road, 2h 50m · $15–20
- Fresno → Alviso, San Jose209 km · quickest by road, 4h 3m · $20–28
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Alviso, San Jose
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Alviso, San Jose. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextLess than an hour away over the scenic Santa Cruz Mountains, the small coastal city of Santa Cruz is a nice day trip out of San Jose.
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Alviso, San Jose is 11 km from San Jose, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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