Silicon Valley Self-Guided Driving Audio Tour for Technology Lovers
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2 hours
1 - 1 participants
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- 1401 N Shoreline Blvd, Mountain View, San Jose, United States
Recommended: Purchase one tour per car, not per person. Everyone listens together!
Explore the birthplace of tech with a self-guided audio tour! Drive through Silicon Valley while checking out the headquarters of tech giants like Apple, Google, Facebook, Tesla, and more. Learn about the visionaries who’ve shaped the world around us, from the feud between Bill Gates and Steve Jobs to the controversies around Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos to the eccentricities of Elon Musk.
After booking, you can check your email before downloading the Tour Guide App by Action, enter your unique password, and access your tour. The preceding steps require good internet/wifi access. Simply follow the audio instructions and the route from there.
This is not an entrance ticket. Check opening hours before your visit.
No expiration — The tour comes with lifetime validity!
Included
App on your phone: A link to download the Tour Guide App by Action and Password for your tours.
Flexible schedule: Use any day, any time. Travel over multiple days or on next trip. Never expires.
Good value: Buy just one per car. Don’t pay for each person. Save money compared to a bus tour.
Easy to use: Stories play automatically by GPS. Hands-free. Get HELP all day: Call, Chat, or Email.
Private tour in your/rental car: No group. Take breaks for photos/ snacks/hikes. Go at your own pace
Offline use: No cell signal or wifi required. Offline GPS Map & route. Stop-to-stop direction.
Don’t miss a thing: Full itinerary, travel tips, professionally narrated, videos, text, hidden gems.
From$21.60 / person
Select "Book now, Pay later" later during checkout to secure your date and pay shortly before your event
Product details
Locations
1401 N Shoreline Blvd, Mountain View, San Jose, United States
1401 Marsh Road, CA, 94025, United States
Cancellation Policy
If you cancel up to 24 hours before the start of your event you will receive 100% refund
Times
available daily
Not included
Transportation, parking fee, food/drinks
National Park/attraction Passes, entry tickets, or reservation
How long before the event do I need to book?
You can book at any time before the event
Price
Prices from $21.60 / person
Product description
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Meta Headquarters, 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
Formerly the Facebook HQ, now the Meta HQ, this imposing complex is home to the company that drove much of the social media revolution. As you circle the campus, you'll learn about the origins of Facebook, eccentric CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and the many controversies which have surrounded the company for years.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: SJC18 Amazon, 2100 University Ave C, East Palo Alto, CA 94303, USA
Though humble on the outside, this building is the brain behind the most important part of Amazon's business model: Amazon Web Services. Here, workers manage the globe-spanning cloud computing service which gives Amazon dominance not only over the retail scene but over huge swaths of the internet itself.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Google Android Lawn Statues, 1981 Landings Dr, Mountain View, CA 94043-0801
Google's Android Garden is filled with strangely charming foam sculptures of lollipops, marshmallows, cupcakes, and tons of other sweets. Each represents a different software update to the Android operating system.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Google B40, 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy Building 40, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA
The Googleplex is the headquarters of Google, the search giant known for its catchphrase "Don't be evil." As you drive by this enormous complex, you'll get the full story behind the company's creation and its braniac founders.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Microsoft Silicon Valley Campus, 1045 La Avenida St, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA
Microsoft might not have been founded in Silicon Valley, but you can’t talk about tech without it. Here at their California HQ, you'll hear the whole history of this influential company, from Bill Gates to its ongoing feud with Apple.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Computer History Museum, 1401 N Shoreline Blvd, Mountain View, CA 94043-1311
The Computer History Museum houses the largest collection of computing artifacts in the world. The collection comprises nearly 90,000 objects and photos, 4,000 feet of cataloged documentation, and hundreds of gigabytes of software. If you're a major techie, this place will be right up your alley.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Apple Infinite Loop, 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, CA 95014-2084
Apple has three separate campuses in Silicon Valley, but this one is the original. As you drive around the loop, you'll hear how Apple became the company it is today, and how they continue to shape the future of technology around the world.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Apple Park Visitor Center, 10600 N Tantau Ave, Cupertino, CA 95014-0739
If you'd like to take a break and check out the latest Apple tech, this Apple store is the place for you. There's also a cafe here if you need a snack.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Tesla HQ, 3500 Deer Creek Rd, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
Up until the end of 2021, this building was the headquarters of Tesla, the electric car company famous for stirring up the automotive industry for better or for worse. As you drive, you'll hear plenty more about its divisive leader, Elon Musk, as well as his other ventures, such as SpaceX.
Duration: 10 minutes
Location on map
Meeting point
1401 Marsh Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
Departure time
Confirm time with the local provider in advance of your experience.
Silicon Valley Self-Guided Driving Audio Tour for Technology Lovers
7/8/2020 - 12/16/2024
Return details
Stanford Stadium, 625 Nelson Rd, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
This product benefits from:
Important information
Not wheelchair accessible
Near public transportation
Most travelers can participate
How it works: Once you book a tour, you’ll get a text/email with instructions. Download the app (while in good wifi/signal) and use your unique password to access your tours. To begin touring, go to the Starting Point and launch the app. The audio starts automatically. Stick to the tour route & speed limit for the best experience. Please note that no one will meet you at the starting point.
Good value Purchase only one tour for the entire vehicle instead of taking the bus and paying for each person. You will see a significant saving. Connect your phone to car speakers by a wire or bluetooth. Enjoy the tour by listening together as you drive.
Flexible Schedule: Once the app/tour is on your phone, you can use it any day and at any time. You can use it over multiple days. And, also use it on your next trip here. This tour never expires.
Preview the tour: You can use it before the trip at home (highly recommended), use it during the trip, and use it after you come back.
Don't miss a thing: You will get everything with the app - a complete itinerary, travel tips, professionally narrated audio stories, story script, images, videos, deep dives, hidden gems, exciting locations, recommendations for hikes, adventure, activities, treks, and stop-by-stop direction.
Private tour: You can use it in your car or rental car. No worries about groups or crowds. Start the tour app on your phone. And it will direct you step by step. You can stop for as many breaks as you like. Take a break for Instagram photos, and take a break for lunch/snacks. Go on a hike. The tour will wait for you and start when you start again. You can even do the tour over multiple days. Go at your own pace.
Easy to use: The stories play themselves as soon as the GPS is activated. It requires no use of your hands at all. You can get HELP by calling, chatting, or emailing any time of the day.
Offline: There is no need for a cell signal or Wi-Fi while touring. App’s GPS map works offline.
Expiration/go again: The tour will last for the rest of your life on your phone. It is available for use on any day of your next trip.
Use pictures for a photo book: Create a photo book using clean (no crowd) app images of each spot to make a memorable trip. All the photos and the correct sequence is ready in the app for you to use.
Social media: Share clean (no crowd) images with friends/family.
Devices supported include iPhones with iOS 13 & above, Android phones with version 9 & above and all cellular-enabled tablets & iPads.
This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
Confirmation will be received at time of booking
You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.
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This was really good, insightful, easy to follow and well planned. Took us to loads of really interesting places on Silicon Valley whilst giving us some good history including some interesting scandal! Really good!
The route on the trip and the picture of each point of interest are not updated. We encountered a dead-end street or place you can't go through. The app is also lagged in the direction. We ended up missing turn or exit. I wish you had the options to skip some of the points you don't want to see and also should provide a pfd map for printouts of all the points of interest. Overall there're rooms for improvement.
It’s was nice learning about different Silicon Valley companies. You didn’t have to worry about finding the next stop. Enjoyed the tour
Drive instructions were too late on crossings. too late to move to the correct lanes. That made us very insecure while driving. I think that if give route in a different way like a route in Google/ Apple Maps would be much nicer.
We enjoyed the commentary along the route. Perfect activity for a rainy day. Best part was visiting the apple park activity center, although it was near, but not on the route. We could get out of the car and see the augmented reality display of the park and visit a big apple store and cafe, as no visitors are permitted inside any of these tech headquarters. But we enjoyed seeing their locations and listening to the history and commentary of the quide.
The app was a little confusing. We had a hard time following along. Would be nice to hook up to the car gps. Tour a little long.