Your Bay Area field guide

What brings you here?

A game you have waited all season for. A redwood walk. A table in wine country. Start with a place, find something you would love to do, and build a day around it.

Take a look around

Red towers of the Golden Gate Bridge spanning blue bay water and the Marin hills — The Golden Gate from the San Francisco shorelineChris LinnettPhoto source Unsplash LicenseResized and cropped to fit.

Make some noise

Your team. Your game day.

Football, basketball, baseball, soccer and hockey—find the team, check the venue, and plan the day around the game.

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Where would you like to go?

San Francisco

A waterfront ballgame, a neighborhood lunch, a museum afternoon or a night at Chase Center. Choose one part of San Francisco to explore, then leave room for what catches your eye.

Explore San Francisco

Oakland

Come for a match, California art or an easy afternoon by Lake Merritt. Oakland rewards a neighborhood plan: linger at the lake, explore the museum, or settle in along the Jack London waterfront.

Explore Oakland

Berkeley

Cal game days, a walk through the university and a garden tucked into the hills. Pick the occasion first, then decide how much of Berkeley you want to explore on either side.

Explore Berkeley

A tiered fountain surrounded by roses, palms and leafy trees in San Jose’s Municipal Rose Garden — San Jose Municipal Rose GardenDuong NguyenPhoto source Unsplash LicenseResized and cropped to fit.

San Jose & Santa Clara

49ers football in Santa Clara, soccer at PayPal Park, Sharks hockey downtown and gardens between the big occasions. Start with your venue, then build a day that fits that side of the South Bay.

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Palm trees and sandstone arcades in a Stanford courtyard with Hoover Tower beyond — Stanford’s courtyard, palms and sandstone arcadesAlbanPhoto source Unsplash LicenseResized and cropped to fit.

Stanford & the Peninsula

A Stanford visit can mean a campus walk, a family college trip or an afternoon cheering from the stands. Leave time to enjoy the grounds instead of treating the whole campus as one address.

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Sunlight filtering between tall coast redwoods in Muir Woods — Muir Woods, Marin CountyMatthew DillonPhoto source CC BY 2.0Resized and cropped to fit.

Marin County

Spend the morning under the trees at Muir Woods, take your time on the Sausalito waterfront, or head out for a Golden Gate view. Choose the stops around the weather and your walking plans.

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A colorful hot-air balloon above Napa vineyards reflected in still water and morning mist — Morning over the Napa Valley vineyardsSebastien GabrielPhoto source Unsplash LicenseResized and cropped to fit.

Napa & Sonoma

A tasting you have looked forward to, lunch in town and a landscape that makes the drive part of the day. Pick Napa Valley or Sonoma as your starting point and plan a few good stops.

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Aerial view of the full yellow Tower Bridge over the Sacramento River at sunset — Tower Bridge over the Sacramento RiverLeo_VisionsPhoto source Unsplash LicenseResized and cropped to fit.

Old Sacramento, Midtown meals, art at the Crocker and a Kings game downtown. Fly nonstop into the Bay Area and continue by private car, or plan a Sacramento visit around the event that brought you here.

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