- Our list of the best things to do in San Mateo, California, features the top 973 nearby activities — including 339 great attractions with user approval ratings of 90% or more!
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Santa Clara Convention Center
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5001 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara, CA 95054
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In the heart of Silicon Valley, the Santa Clara Convention Center hosts guests from all over the world all year long. With over 3,800 hotel rooms the convention center has everything needed to make any meeting or event successful.
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1879 votes
200 Centennial Dr, Berkeley, CA 94720
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The spacious and verdant UC Botanical Garden at Berkeley is a hotspot of horticultural preservation, cultivation and research. It contains over 2,000 plant species and roughly 20,000 individual plants. Lilies, orchids and plants in the sunflower family are particularly abundant.
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Designed by racing experts, LeMans Karting is an indoor Kart racing facility where you can compete with ten-plus racers. There is also a Junior Driver training program which teaches practical racing fundamentals prior to obtaining a license.
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50%
1222 votes
Great America Parkway, Santa Clara, CA 95050
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The bay area's most exciting theme park, California's Great America has dozens of thrill, family, and water rides. Smaller kids will enjoy Plant Snoopy as they meet the famous dog and his friends, or KidVille with 18 rides built just for kids!
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74 votes
Centennial Dr, Just East of Memorial Stadium, Berkeley, CA 94704
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Berkeley Fire Trails is a seven mile round trip trail featuring scenic views of southern San Francisco. The trail winds its way through Strawberry Canyon and is relatively flat for the most part, with one particularly steep incline.
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The California Theatre Center is a non-profit organization that offers school theatre field trips, educational programs, and a summer acting program. The organization also presents young audience weekend performances.
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55%
340 votes
20990 Homestead Road, Cupertino, CA 95014
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A 32-lane bowling center, Homestead Bowl & The X Bar offers open and league bowling with automatic scoring. The center is home to a full-service sports bar with karaoke, live music, a variety of beer and televisions.
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1001 Bridgeway, Sausalito, CA 94965
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North Coast Charters offer customized private yacht tours of the San Francisco Bay. They have a variety of tours to choose from depending upon the duration of the tour and the occasion (marriage proposal, ash scattering etc). Sailing instructions and tips are provided with no extra cost.
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Rodeo beach is located three miles northwest of the Golden Gate Bridge. Some of the things you can do here are picnic, kite-flying, surfing and of course go for a walk on the rocky beach.
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As an educational center, Bay Model Visitor Center features miniature models of the Golden Gate bridge, Suisun Bay, and other regional landmarks in a hydraulics pool facility. While touring the museum, visitors can learn about the area's delta system.