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The previous price was $7 and current price is $5 per adult
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 2h 31m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages

Overview

  • Walk the streets where the world's greatest fruit empire became the capital of Silicon Valley. From an eighteenth-century mud-brick adobe to glass skyscrapers, explore how aggressive civic engineering, forgotten labor struggles, and experimental laboratories transformed San Jose. Discover where early radio voices took flight, where IBM engineered the first commercial hard drive, and how a city manager's annexation blitz paved eight million fruit trees for tract housing and tech offices.

    • A 4.1 km self-guided tour with 8 stops over 151 min
    • Ideal for travelers interested in Urbanism, Infrastructure & Innovation and History & Memory
    • Immersively told in a podcast style by experts and locals
    • Matching audio content, AI guide and navigation through the app

Activity location

  • 175 W St John St
    • 175 West Saint John Street
    • 95113, San Jose, California, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • 175 W St John St
    • 175 West Saint John Street
    • 95113, San Jose, California, United States

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San Jose History and Innovation Self Guided Audio Tour in Multilingual

  • Activity duration is 2 hours and 31 minutes2h 31m
    2h 31m
  • Opening hours: Wed 12:00am-11:59pm
  • English
Price details
$6.67
$5.34 x 1 Adult$5.34
Total
The previous price was $6.67 and current price is $5.34
19% off

What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    Verified facts woven into an engaging story
  • Inclusions
    Interactive in-app guide for questions about the story and surroundings
  • Inclusions
    Precise navigation between the stops
  • Inclusions
    Immersive podcast-style audio featuring experts and locals

Know before you book

    • Service animals allowed
    • Public transportation options are available nearby
    • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

175 W St John St

  • 10m
The oldest standing building in San Jose, illustrating civilian frontier life alongside a Victorian mansion.

151 W Santa Clara St

  • 10m
A 1930 commercial landmark that anchored the county’s powerful agricultural cooperative movement.

1 Washington Sq

  • 10m
The historic heart of California’s oldest public campus and the practical engineering engine of the valley.

200 E Santa Clara St

  • 10m
Richard Meier’s glass civic complex, framing the post-war annexation blitz that urbanized Santa Clara County.

194 S Market St

  • 10m
The historic civic heart of San Jose, honoring agricultural labor while facing modern debates over public memory.

201 S Market St

  • 10m
Ricardo Legorreta’s colorful museum, built over the erased blocks of the Park Center urban renewal project.

135 W San Carlos St

  • 10m
A 1936 New Deal auditorium where counterculture music, youth energy, and early personal computing collided. The story continues to Adobe World Headquarters at 345 Park Avenue, whose four downtown towers mark tech’s return to the urban core and are crowned by the Semaphore art installation.

Location

Activity location

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    175 W St John St
    • 175 West Saint John Street
    • 95113, San Jose, California, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    175 W St John St
    • 175 West Saint John Street
    • 95113, San Jose, California, United States

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