Palo Alto

Our most recommended things to do in Palo Alto

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  1. Silicon Valley: Self-Drive Audio Tour

  Hop in your car and enjoy this self-guided audio tour of the birthplace of tech. Cruise through Silicon Valley while checking out the headquarters of tech giants and learn about the visionaries who’ve shaped the world, from Bill Gates and Steve Jobs to the controversies around Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos and the eccentricities of Elon Musk. Simply hop in your car, get the tour guide app set up on your phone, and get started.

  Start your tour at Facebook's headquarters and learn about Zuckerberg and his vision. All audios play automatically based on location. As your tour continues, learn about the oldest struggle in tech — idea vs execution. Arrive at the backbone of Amazon, AWS, and learn about Bezos and Amazon's humble beginnings.

  Next, head to the Android Garden and learn about the fight between Google and Microsoft. Continue down the road to Google’s...

  I did not expect that it work with me that way. I loved the experience of the self-guided tour in Silicon Valley; however, you should take care of the following: 1. You must have a car because the spots are not close to each other. 2. You should be patient at the beginning to know how it works. Once , you understand how it works, it will be perfect with you. 3. The application will take you step by step, but it’s as accurate as google maps; so stick to the route so you can get the best benefit out of it. 4. If you gone away, do not worry; you can select the next stop and let google get you there. The tour application can connect you automatically with Google maps too. Feel free to ask me any questions if you need any assistance. Email: moamenomar@gmail.com Moamen

  Reviewed by Anonymous, Qatar, 8/2/2021
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  2. From San Francisco: Silicon Valley Tech Tour

  Explore the past and future of Silicon Valley on an exciting tour of some of the most famous tech startup companies. Benefit from pickup at your hotel in central San Francisco, and then travel by air-conditioned bio-fuel minibus to the Computer History Museum in Mountain View. See some of the first mega computers and commercially-produced machines, as well as classic games like Pac Man and Atari to stir up some childhood memories. Learn more about the computer revolution and information age, and get an idea of where it is leading us to in the future. Break for lunch Palo Alto, and then visit the Google Campus and gift shop of the company's corporate headquarters. Check-in at the Facebook complex in Menlo Park, before heading back to San Francisco for drop-off at your hotel.

  I really liked the experience, the driver was very friendly. You have to keep in mind that you can not enter most of the buildings (after all, they are workplaces); but you do get to visit the technology campuses and take photos. Apple has a pretty nice experience in its store and the computer museum is very interesting(the ticket is included on the tour price). The only thing I didn't like much is that the company basically forces you to be at a hotel for pickup (I requested to be picked from one but they told me they would pick me from another one).

  Reviewed by Anonymous, United States, 3/21/2019
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  3. San Francisco: 1-Day Silicon Valley Tour

  Education and entertainment are both everywhere on this full-day Silicon Valley tech tour. You’ll see the modern-day headquarters of Twitter, Uber, Oracle, YouTube, and more, stopping for selfies at the sprawling campuses and visitors’ centers of Facebook, Google, and Apple. Learn the history of the tech revolution while visiting the Computer History Museum, seeing the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center and hearing the stories of early tech pioneers like Frederick Terman, William Shockley, Bill Hewlett, Dave Packard, and Mark Zuckerberg. The tech campuses you will visit are private companies, so you won’t see techies at work, but you will be free to snap selfies and buy merchandise at the visitors’ centers of Apple, Google, and Facebook. Be amazed at how fast the world is changing when you see a one-of-a-kind Cray-1 supercomputer, the first Apple computer, and Google's original web ser...