Welcome to San Jose
San Jose is a vibrant city with a mix of urban and suburban neighborhoods. This city is often called the “Capital of Silicon Valley” with tech firms including Acer, Adobe, Cisco, eBay, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, PayPal, Samsung, and Zoom. San Jose is the largest city in Northern California and the third most populous in the entire state. San Jose also boasts the most millionaires and billionaires per capita in the United States and the third-highest GDP per capita in the world. This dynamic city is located in the Santa Clara Valley on the shores of the San Francisco Bay. San Jose offers world-class restaurants and shopping as well as many museums, theaters, and beautiful gardens and parks. Housing options are as eclectic as the city’s amenities with lavish estates, attractive single-family homes, and stylish contemporary condominiums.
Santana Row is a haven of designer shopping featuring more than 70 stores, 20 restaurants, and nine spas and salons. Here you’ll find luxury brands such as Gucci and Kendra Scott and chain retailers including H&M and Sur La Table alongside unique stores and boutiques. The nearby
Westfield Valley Fair provides even more high-end retailers anchored by Bloomingdale’s, Macy’s, and Nordstrom department stores. Valley Fair has over 230 stores including Balenciaga, Bottega Veneta, Boss, Diptyque, Prada, Uniqlo, and Zara.
Original Joe’s has been a staple of the San Jose dining scene since the 1950s, operating as an offshoot of a family restaurant founded in San Francisco in the 1930s. Throughout the decades, this downtown cornerstone has served mouthwatering steaks and delicious Italian dishes in a refined setting.
Inchin’s Bamboo Garden combines the flavors of China and India for its eclectic menu of Pan-Asian cuisine.
San Jose is a large city with highly-regarded schools in the San Jose Unified school district and many other public school districts.