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Santa Clara
City in California, United States

Santa Clara

Santa Clara is a city in Santa Clara County, California, United States.

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Located in the southern San Francisco Bay Area, it was founded by the Spanish in 1777 with the establishment of Mission Santa Clara de Asís under the leadership of Junípero Serra. The city's population was 127,647 at the 2020 census, making it the eighth-most populous city in the Bay Area. The U.S. Census Bureau estimated Santa Clara's population at 133,446 as of July 1, 2025.

Get in

Getting to Santa Clara

Just west of San Jose, Santa Clara is adjacent to San Jose Mineta Airport (SJC IATA). To reach the airport take the free shuttle from the Santa Clara Caltrain station, route 10. To the San Francisco International Airport, take Caltrain north (toward San Francisco) to Millbrae. From there, transfer to BART and take BART to San Bruno and then to SFO. Allow about an hour and a half.

See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Intel Museum

    2200 Mission College Blvd (off Montague expressway, just north of 101).

  2. 02
    Mission Santa Clara de Asís

    500 El Camino Real (on the Santa Clara University campus), fax: +1 408 551-7166.

  3. 03
    Santa Clara University

    If driving, be aware of campus parking restrictions.

  4. 04
    Agnews Developmental Center

    4030-4070 Lafayette St (just off the Montague Expressway).

  5. 05
    Triton Museum of Art

    The museum offers a variety of rotating exhibits.

  6. 06
    South Bay Historical Railroad Society

    This museum occupies the historical Santa Clara railway depot building near the Santa Clara Caltrain station.

Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    California's Great America

    Nestled among the office buildings is one of the Bay Area's largest amusement parks.

Eat

Where to eat

Area restaurants feature foods from cultures all over the world, reflecting the area's diversity. There is no need to eat in the same restaurant, or even the same kind of restaurant, twice. Rivermark Village. With a supermarket, cafes and specialty stores located along a pedestrian-friendly main street at the south border of the community. Rivermark Village is a 136,000 sq ft premier neighborhood shopping center.

How locals move

Getting around Santa Clara the local way

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From Wikivoyage: Santa Clara (Cuba), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-03.

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