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 now, and what’s in store for the future. As you explore all that Silicon Valley has to offer, you’ll find yourself at the cutting edge of technological marvels!
About the Tour
Explore the birthplace of tech with a self-guided driving tour of Silicon Valley! Drive through 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.
This self-guided audio tour allows you to explore Silicon Valley with maximum flexibility, safety, and value. Simply hop in your own car, get the tour guide app set up on your phone, and get started. The tour begins at Facebook’s headquarters. We start by learning about Zuckerberg and his vision. All audios play automatically based on location.
The Silicon Valley tour then 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 get to 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 towards 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.
Not sure you can fit all of that into one day? No worries — once booked, the tour is yours forever. Split the drive around Silicon Valley into two days or come back later for a second round. Travel dates change? Again, not a problem — this Silicon Valley self-guided tour isn’t going anywhere! It never expires.
Just hop into your own 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
Route Map
What You'll See
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Facebook
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Amazon: Convenience vs Monopoly
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Heading to Android Garden
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Googleplex
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Microsoft
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Computer History Museum
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Apple Infinite Loop
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Tesla HQ
Preview the Tour
Stop 1 : Welcome
Stop 2 : Facebook
Additional Information
What do we do?
Simply put, Action Tour Guide is an audio guide, map, and tour book – all in one app! We are a GPS-enabled app-based tour that narrates information based on your location right on your phone. You can experience our driving and walking tours at your own pace and literally at any time of the day!
Lifetime Validity
Changing travel date? No worries! All individual tours come with lifetime validity.
No Network Needed
The tour works offline which means you do not need your phone network to enjoy the tour. However, we do suggest you download the tour at your home, hotel, visitor center, etc before you head out for a completely immersive experience.
Not an Entry Ticket
This is not an entry ticket.
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