Saratoga

Worth seeing in and around Saratoga

10 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.

1. 01
   Winchester Mystery House

   The Winchester Mystery House is a mansion in San Jose, California, that was once the personal residence of Sarah Winchester, the widow of firearms magnate William Wirt Winchester. The house became a tourist attraction nine months after her death in 1922.

   7.9 km · Mansion in San Jose, California. · Wikipedia
2. 02
   De Anza College

   De Anza College is a public community college in Cupertino, California, United States. It is part of the Foothill-De Anza Community College District, which also administers Foothill College in nearby Los Altos Hills, California.

   5.7 km · community college in Cupertino, California, United States · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Westfield Valley Fair

   Westfield Valley Fair, commonly known as Valley Fair, is a prominent shopping mall in San Jose, California. Valley Fair is the largest mall, by area, in Northern California and has higher sales revenue than all other malls in California, including the two in Southern California which have larger area than Valley Fair.

   8.9 km · shopping mall · Wikipedia
4. 04
   San José City College

   San José City College is a public community college in San Jose, California. It was founded in 1921, and is one of the oldest colleges in the California Community College System.

   9.4 km · public community college in San Jose, California, United States · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Mount Bielawski

   Mount Bielawski or Mount Bielewski is located in the Santa Cruz Mountains of California, near the San Francisco Bay Area. The mountain reaches an elevation of 3,234 feet just to the southwest of the Santa Cruz – Santa Clara county line and Highway 35.

   8.5 km · mountain in United States of America · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Hakone Gardens

   Hakone Gardens is an 18-acre traditional Japanese garden in Saratoga, California, United States. A recipient of the Save America's Treasures Award by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, it is recognized as one of the oldest Japanese-style residential gardens in the Western Hemisphere.

   2.9 km · traditional Japanese garden in Saratoga, California, USA · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Montalvo Arts Center

   The Montalvo Arts Center is a non-profit center for the arts in Saratoga, California, United States. Open to the public, Montalvo comprises a cultural and arts center, a park, hiking trails and the historic Villa Montalvo, an Italian Mediterranean Revival mansion nestled in the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains.

   3.7 km · historic house in Saratoga, California · Wikipedia
8. 08
   West Valley College

   West Valley College is a public community college in Saratoga, California. It is part of the California Community College system.

   1.3 km · community college in Saratoga, California, United States · Wikipedia
9. 09
   McClellan Ranch Preserve

   McClellan Ranch Preserve is a public preserve located in the Monta Vista neighborhood of Cupertino that still retains its rural ranch look. It used to be a horse ranch owed by the McClellan family in the 1930s, and still preserves the original ranch house, a working milk barn and livestock barn, and a replica blacksmiths shop, along with a natural reserve in the middle of the park.

   6.1 km · park in California, United States of America, United States of America · Wikipedia
10. 10
    PruneYard Shopping Center

    The Pruneyard Shopping Center is a 250,000 sq ft open-air shopping center located in Campbell, California, at the intersection of Campbell Avenue and Bascom Avenue, just east of State Route 17. It was built in the 1960s as the PruneYard Shopping Center.

    7.8 km · shopping mall in Campbell, CA · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

1. 01
   Hakone Estate and Gardens

   21000 Big Basin Way,.

From Wikivoyage: Saratoga, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Things to do

1. 01
   Wildwood Park

   20764 4th St (downtown, behind the shops).

From Wikivoyage: Saratoga, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Where to eat

Saratoga is one of the places that Silicon Valley goes to celebrate, so there are plenty of fancy restaurants if you want to splurge. In addition to steakhouses, expect to find plenty of upscale Italian and Asian fusion restaurants.

1. 01
   Plumed Horse

   This Michelin-starred restaurant offers some California-style twists on classic dishes, such as latkes made from celeriac to go with duck confit, and pairing fermented black garlic with lamb chops.

2. 02
   La Fondue

   A four-course meal starts with salad, has a cheese fondue followed by a meat or vegetable fondue, and ends with a chocolate fondue.

3. 03
   Bell Tower Cafe

   20490 Saratoga-Los Gatos Rd.

From Wikivoyage: Saratoga, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Getting to Saratoga

Airports

Mineta San Jose (SJC), 13 km · San Francisco (SFO), 50 km · Oakland San Francisco Bay (OAK), 53 km

Stations

Q4866332, 8.5 km · Q5506438, 9.9 km · Q5644822, 7.7 km · Q5303382, 6.9 km · Winchester Transit Center, 6.4 km

• San Francisco → Saratoga

  67 km · quickest by road, 1h 25m · $6–8
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• Oakland → Saratoga

  64 km · quickest by road, 1h 33m · $6–9
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• Sacramento → Saratoga

  154 km · quickest by road, 3h 12m · $16–22
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