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| San Jose | ||
| State | California | |
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| Residents | 1.025.350 (2016) | |
| height | 25 m | |
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San Jose with over 900,000 inhabitants is the next los Angeles and San Diego third largest city California.
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getting there
By plane
In San José is located with the 1 San Jose International Airport
(IATA: SJC) one of the three airports of the Bay Area. Its proximity to Silicon Valley has made it much more important, but from Europe it is only served by British Airways from London Heathrow. If you are traveling from D / A / CH, you must change there or at one of the North American hubs.
The airport is only a few kilometers north of the city center and can be easily reached by public transport, taxi, shuttle or rental car. The bus line 60 connects the airport with the Santa Clara station (change to Caltrain, ACE commuter rail, Amtrak and other bus lines; the Metro / Airport Light Rail station of the VTA light rail trains as well as to the Milpitas station of the BART. Every minute and costs 2.50 USD (transfer authorization to VTA-Light-Rail. Taxi costs at least 15 USD, which includes the first three miles and the airport fee, after which it is billed via the taximeter.
The airports are also located in the region Oakland International Airport(IATA: OAK); 55 km north) and San Francisco International Airport
(IATA: SFO); 60 km northwest). Both of them take about 2 hours to get to San José by public transport. SFO offers by far the most intercontinental connections.
By train
The long-distance railway company Amtrak serves the 2 San José-Diridon Railway Station once a day in each direction with the line Coast Starlight from Los Angeles (10 hours), Santa Barbara (7½ hours), Oakland (a good one hour), Sacramento (3:20 hours), Eugene (16:45 hours) and Seattle (24 hours).
From Sacramento and the East Bay Area (Oakland) there is also the line that runs seven times a day Capitol Corridor (once a day also continuously from Auburn), which forms a link between long-distance and regional transport.
In regional and commuter traffic, San José is at the Caltrain connected to the "Peninsula" between the San Francisco Bay and the Pacific of San Francisco runs through Silicon Valley to San José. It drives at least once every hour during the day, and even more frequently during peak times. Some trains stop everywhere on the way, some only at the larger stations. From San Francisco it takes between 1:05 hours (“Baby Bullet”, which skips many stations) and 1:35 hours (“Local”, which stops everywhere), from Palo Alto 25–35 minutes. A single ticket from San Francisco is $ 9.75 and from Palo Alto is $ 5.75. In the morning there are also three trains from Gilroy (back in the evening), the journey takes 55 minutes. (As of May 2017)
There is also the Altamont Commuter Expressthat four times in the morning from Stockton (2:10 hours), Livermore and Pleasanton (about an hour) to San José and the Santa Clara Valley and drives back in the opposite direction in the afternoon.
By bus
Greyhound, the largest long-distance bus operator in the USA, offers direct bus connections from Los Angeles via Avenal to San José several times a day. The journey takes around seven hours and costs just $ 22 on cheap days. Alternatively, you can also take the coastal route via Santa Barbara and Salinas. Then the drive from Los Angeles takes 10 hours, from Santa Barbara 7 hours, from Salinas 2 hours. From Fresno there is a daily bus, travel time 3:20 hours. Coming from the north (e.g. Sacramento, Eureka) , you have to change trains in Oakland. 3 San Jose bus stop is on Cahil Street, in front of Diridon Station.
An alternative on the route from Los Angeles to San José is Boltbus. This runs three times a day and takes between 6½ and 7 hours for the route. Tickets are available from $ 22 if booked in good time.
In the street
San José is with San Francisco Connected by highways US-101 and Interstate 280. Of los Angeles From there, take I-5 north, CA-152 west, and then US-101 north. From the East Bay Area Either the I-880 or the I-680, both heading south, are ideal.
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By bicycle
In addition to the usual bike rental options, there is also in San José, California Bay Area Bike Share a rental system with fixed locations that can be used by everyone (similar to the Call-a-Bike system in Germany). Here you need a credit card with which you can make the booking at the machine, you pay 9 USD for 24 hours or 22 USD for 72 hours and can then use a bike anywhere for a maximum of 30 minutes and at everyone during this time Return the station. Surcharges are added for longer use in one piece. Long-term rentals (i.e. for bike tours outside the station area) are therefore unattractively expensive. The next bike can be borrowed from 2 minutes after a successful return. Attention: A security deposit of USD 101 per bike will be blocked on the credit card when using it! The station density is relatively low and the area served includes a few stations in the city center. A road map with cycle paths and all stations is available at every station, so that you can plan longer tours through the city, including changing your bike.
A maximum of two bicycles can be borrowed with one credit card. Groups should therefore have several credit cards with them.
Attention: when you return the bike to the station, make sure that the bike locks into place correctly (first yellow, then green light and confirmation tone), otherwise the bike is considered not to be returned and it can be really expensive. Sometimes it helps to raise the rear of the bike.
Tourist Attractions
- 1 History Park at Kelley Park, 1650 Senter Road, San Jose, CA 95112. Tel.: 1 408-287-2290.youtube url used
The entrance to the park is at 635 Phelan Avenue. A few meters further is the paid parking lot. This 14-acre museum celebrates life in the Santa Clara Valley during the Victorian period. Twenty-seven original and replica buildings from different parts of San José were moved to the museum grounds and rebuilt. The complex includes a stable, doctor's office, blacksmith, plaza area, Victorian houses from the period between 1860 and 1870, a fire station, a replica of the Bank of Italy and a working tram.Open: Monday to Friday from 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Saturday and Sunday from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.Price: Admission is free, additional program on weekends partially with admission.
- 2 Winchester Mystery House, 525 South Winchester Boulevard, San Jose, CA 95128. Tel.: 1 408-247-2000, Email: [email protected].The property once belonged to Sarah Winchester, widow of gun manufacturer William Winchester. The property has 160 rooms and these can be visited in a guided tour on themed tours of different lengths. There are some special features in the building. There are doors that have a wall behind them or that lead into one room, but the floor of the next room is several meters below you. There are stairs that go up to the ceiling without going any further and stairs that just end in the middle of the room. At the end of the tour, you can have fun in Sarah's Attic Shooting Gallery, which is an electronic shooting range, or spend time in the museum shop or cafe.Open: Daily from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.Price: The building can only be visited on a guided tour. Entry from US $ 20.
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- 1 San Jose Flea Market, 1590 Berryessa Road, San Jose, CA 95133-1096. The San Jose Flea Market was founded in 1960. With 120 acres it is California largest designer market. There are over 2,000 vendors in eight miles of aisle selling comic books, arts, crafts, and jewelry. There are 25 restaurants.Open: Mon Tue closed, Wed - Sun 5 a.m. - 5 p.m.Price: free entry. Parking fees $ 3.00 on weekends and $ 1.00 Wednesday through Friday. Wheelchair rental.
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Web links
http://www.sanjoseca.gov (en) - Official website of San José
