What´s in Silicon Valley? Part 2
Places to eat and have fun

No tourist route will be complete without the corresponding list of recommended places to eat. These three restaurants will allow us to regain the necessary strength to continue our journey:

Sushi Tomi (635 W. Dana Street, Mountain View): A little place on a lost street in Mountain View that offers the best sushi in the entire Valley.

The Counter (369 South California Avenue, Palo Alto): Beyond the typical hamburger chains, I recommend visiting this place in Palo Alto where we can customize our dish to the maximum.

Amber India (4926 El Camino Real, Los Altos): Indian food of recognized prestige in the area.

What's in Silicon Valley? Part 1

University Avenue

Located in Palo Alto, it is the heart of Silicon Valley. Here it´s not difficult to see entrepreneurs and investors negotiating in the diners, as well as students from the nearby Stanford University.

 

University Avenue is also home to the Lucky Office, known for being "the luckiest building in Silicon Valley," where companies like Google or Paypal took their first steps before becoming multinational giants.

Stanford University

This private university is considered one of the most prestigious in the world. Located on the outskirts of San Francisco, it is the place where businessmen like Hewlett and Packard, Bill Gates or Larry Page, have spent hours and hours in front of the blackboard during their studies.

Specifically where is Silicon Valley?

As we said before, Silicon Valley is less than a 40-minute drive from downtown San Francisco, driving to the San José area.

What is Silicon Valley and why is it so important worldwide?

Slicon Valley, the entrepreneurial and technological city of the United States, located in the Santa Clara Valley in California. It is a region that since the 80s has become the most important technological place in the world.

Between the cities of San Francisco and San José are the headquarters of giant companies such as Google, HP, Apple, universities such as Stanford, and offices full of entrepreneurs, executives of technology firms and venture capital executives.