Silicon Valley Self-Guided Driving Tour

Welcome to the Silicon Valley Tour

Explore the birthplace of tech! Drive through the Silicon Valley tour 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. Understand why their companies succeeded, how they’re growing, and what’s in store for the future. As you explore all Silicon Valley offers, you’ll find yourself at the cutting edge of technological marvels!

About the Tour

This self-guided audio tour allows you to explore Silicon Valley with maximum flexibility, safety, and value. The tour begins at Menlo Park’s pump station. We start by learning about Zuckerberg and his vision. 

The Silicon Valley tour continues as we learn about the oldest struggle in tech — idea vs. execution. As we listen and drive, we come to an inconspicuous building housing the real backbone of Amazon — AWS. We learn about Bezos Amazon’s beginnings. 

The Silicon Valley tour continues from Amazon to Google, starting with the Android Garden. Here we’ll learn about Google vs. Microsoft. Then it’s straight down the road to Google’s headquarters, called the Googleplex. You’ll get to walk through the campus. 

That brings us to Microsoft and the beginnings of the modern world. We’ll learn about Gates, BASIC, and Windows. We’ll stop at a museum to play the first-ever video game and see one of the first-ever computers. 

From there, we continue onto Apple. We learn about Apple vs. Microsoft and Jobs vs. Gates. We can even stop by Jobs’ Garage. 

The Silicon Valley tour’s not over yet! We go from smartphones to smart cars. We’ll learn about Elon Musk and Tesla as we drive on toward the heart of Silicon Valley. 

Our tour finally ends at Stanford, which churns out tech entrepreneurs. We can even visit the true birthplace of tech, the Hewlett-Packard Garage. 

Just hop into your car, set up the self-guided driving tour of Silicon Valley, and get started on this technology lover’s ultimate adventure.

Starting Point Address: 1401 Marsh Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025

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