San Jose
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Why visit
San Jose is the South Bay base for tech history, Vietnamese and Mexican food, museums, airport access, and routes toward Santa Cruz or the Peninsula. It works when the Bay Area trip needs practical reach.
When to avoid
Do not expect San Jose to behave like one enclosed cultural district. A route through San Jose needs enough margin for hours and delays to change. For San Jose, closures and movement deserve attention, whether the place is small and quiet or large and slow to cross. A route through San Jose needs slack when the hotel, station, and main sites sit apart.
