Menlo Park Trip Overview
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.
Recommended: Purchase one tour per car, not per person. Everyone listens together!
Within 30 mins, we’ll send you two things: a unique password and an app. Download the app onto your phone, enter the password, and download the tour. When you arrive, go to the first stop, launch the app, and follow the instructions! Stick to our recommended route and speed limit for the best experience.
NO EXPIRATION — THE TOUR IS AVAILABLE FROM THE MINUTE YOU BOOK UNTIL FOREVER!
THIS IS NOT AN ENTRANCE TICKET. CHECK COVID RULES AND OPENING HOURS BEFORE YOUR VISIT.
Additional Info
Duration: 2 to 3 hours
Starts: Menlo Park, United States
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Menlo Park, California, United States
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.
Recommended: Purchase one tour per car, not per person. Everyone listens together!
Within 30 mins, we’ll send you two things: a unique password and an app. Download the app onto your phone, enter the password, and download the tour. When you arrive, go to the first stop, launch the app, and follow the instructions! Stick to our recommended route and speed limit for the best experience.
NO EXPIRATION — THE TOUR IS AVAILABLE FROM THE MINUTE YOU BOOK UNTIL FOREVER!
THIS IS NOT AN ENTRANCE TICKET. CHECK COVID RULES AND OPENING HOURS BEFORE YOUR VISIT.
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Apple Park Visitor Center, 10600 N Tantau Ave, Cupertino, CA 95014-0739
Apple Store Apple Merchandise Items Apple iPad tour New campus balcony view
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Google Android Lawn Statues, 1981 Landings Dr, Mountain View, CA 94043-0801
Continue straight. We’re heading towards Google’s Android Garden. We’ll park there to get a closer look at the garden’s sculptures and visit Google’s merch store.
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. All of it details the long and winding history of computers.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Apple Infinite Loop, 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, CA 95014-2084
We’re approaching Apple’s Infinite Loop campus. This is one of Apple’s three campuses here in Silicon Valley. * If you’d like to see the other two, check out the two Alternate Stops on the map. I’d particularly recommend the Apple Spaceship which, while closed to the public, has a great Visitor Center next door.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Meta Headquarters, 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
In 2003, a Harvard sophomore created a “hot or not” program. Mark Zuckerberg wanted to let his fellow students judge photos of their female classmates to decide who was hotter. This was Facemash, and it immediately faced repercussions. Harvard nearly expelled Zuckerberg for the violation of personal privacy, and shut the juvenile program down. But it sparked a bigger idea.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: SJC18 Amazon, 2100 University Ave, East Palo Alto, CA 94303, USA
They also pioneered the now-famous “two pizza teams” concept. Every part of the company was divided into self-sufficient teams — each of which had to be small enough that two pizzas would feed them! This structure gave Amazon the agility to grow rapidly.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Googleplex, 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA
It’s named after a number called the googolplex, which is a 1 followed by a hundred zeros. For context, a trillion is followed by only twelve zeros.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Microsoft, 1065 La Avenida St, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA
Microsoft isn’t technically a Silicon Valley-founded company but you can’t talk about tech without it. Why not? * Well, this is the company that’s basically responsible for computers looking and acting the way they do today. They’re the reason there’s a computer in every home — and that’s what gave people access to all the Googles, Amazons, and Facebooks of the world.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Tesla HQ, 3500 Deer Creek Rd, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
Tesla’s headquarters is approaching. While closed to the public, you might be able to grab a photo with the name or at least see a whole lot of Teslas around!
Duration: 10 minutes
