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Silicon Valley: Self-Drive Audio Tour

3.5  / 550 reviews
Activity provider:Action Tour Guide
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Silicon Valley: Self-Drive Audio Tour

Activity provider:Action Tour Guide
3.5  / 550 reviews

From US$ 24.99 per group up to 4

Explore the birthplace of tech with a self-guided audio tour. Drive through Silicon Valley while seeing and learning about tech giants like Apple, Google, Facebook, Tesla, and more.

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Audio guide included
English

Experience

Highlights
  • Discover the birthplace of the modern world in Silicon Valley
  • Learn about the history, controversies, and future of tech on a self-guided tour
  • Explore the tech headquarters which are open to visitors, like Google’s famous Googleplex
Full description
Start by downloading the Action Tour Guide app, which will function as your personal tour guide, audio tour, and map. Purchase one tour per car, not per person. Everyone listens together! NOTE: This 42+ mile-long tour covers the essentials of Silicon Valley in 2-3 hours.

Hop in your car and enjoy this self-guided audio tour of the birthplace of tech. Cruise through Silicon Valley while checking out the headquarters of tech giants and learn about the visionaries who’ve shaped the world, from Bill Gates and Steve Jobs to the controversies around Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos and the eccentricities of Elon Musk. Simply hop in your car, get the tour guide app set up on your phone, and get started.

Start your tour at Facebook's headquarters and learn about Zuckerberg and his vision. All audios play automatically based on location. As your tour continues, learn about the oldest struggle in tech — idea vs execution. Arrive at the backbone of Amazon, AWS, and learn about Bezos and Amazon's humble beginnings.

Next, head to the Android Garden and learn about the fight between Google and Microsoft. Continue down the road to Google’s headquarters, called the Googleplex, and enjoy a stroll through the campus before arriving at Microsoft and the beginnings of the modern world. Learn about Gates, BASIC, and Windows. Stop at a museum to play the first-ever video game and see one of the first-ever computers. From there, continue onto Apple to learn about the feud between Jobs and Gates and even stop by Jobs’ Garage.

Finally, switch from smartphones to smart cars and learn about Elon Musk and Tesla as you drive towards the heart of Silicon Valley. Finish your tour at Stanford, the school of choice for tech entrepreneurs.

Includes
  • A link to download the Action Tour Guide app and a unique password for your tour(s).
  • An audio guide, location-aware map, and storyteller — all in one mobile app tour.
  • Our mission: To explore the world and its many stories. Join us!
  • Excellent value: Buy only one tour per car. Don’t hassle with “per person” bus tickets.
  • Ease of use: Stories auto-play based on your location so you don’t have to do anything once you’ve started.
  • Offline map: Works without a cell signal or wifi once downloaded.
  • Hidden gems: Visit often-missed spots and enrich your experience with little-known history.
  • Flexibility: Explore at your own pace with no fixed schedule. Take a break, a hike, whatever, and pick up where you left off!
  • No expiration date: Your tour is valid for life. Listen whenever, wherever, and however often you want.
  • All-day support line: Call, chat, or email for help.
  • Transportation, parking fee, food/drinks.
  • National Park/attraction passes, entry tickets, or reservation.

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Meeting point

This is a self-guided experience and not an entrance ticket. It begins at 1401 Marsh Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025. Be sure to check your email before you begin to download the Action Tour Guide app (separate from the Get Your Guide app). Then, enter your unique password into the app and access your tour. These steps require strong wifi/signal. Once at the starting point at 1401 Marsh Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025, the tour audio will automatically begin. Follow the audio instructions and the route. Have questions? Visit Action Tour Guide’s Help page: https://actiontourguide.com/faq/

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What to bring

  • Charged Smartphone
  • Your own vehicle
  • Downloaded app
  • Power bank

Know before you go

  • This tour is a self-guided mobile app tour with a map, audio stories, and images.
  • Access the tour on the Action Tour Guide app (separate from the Get Your Guide app).
  • Use the unique password received after booking to download & preview your specific tours before you arrive.
  • Start at the Starting Point. Follow the tour route. All audio stories play automatically based on your location.
  • Flexible schedule: Use it on any day and at any time, or over multiple days. No need to rebook if your travel plans change.
  • Lifetime access: Use it on your next trip here! This tour never expires.
  • Driving tours: Use one tour per car and connect to the car speakers.
  • Get support by calling, chatting, or emailing - all day long.

Customer reviews

Overall rating

3.5 /5

based on 50 reviews

Review summary

  • Value for money
    3.6/5

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Good content BUT we got lost so many times as directions come too late in narrative !! No warning that I have to turn left or right untill it’s upon u! Hard if u driving to navigate at same time!! Even though my hubby tried too!! Many of the places are still closed so for example the google access is closed so to get to the next number after all the google ones was a pain ( list again) , some of the roads are closed off ( construction ) , merchandise store closed ( we were needing bathroom break then! ) access to Amazon also not well marked so missed that all ( if thru entrance to ritz Carlton should say! ) pity all new buildings of FB at no 1 are not explained! Map jumped to small size all the time so one has to navigate to expand all the time instead of just keeping over where blue dot is - exit off highway missed getting to Microsoft ( I think) - sat in afternoon traffic for 30 mins to get off next exit and return - direction there poor !! But it was really interesting!

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September 30, 2021

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