Welcome to Berkeley

Find Your Element

Berkeley has all the elements to help you find yours. Every neighborhood offers a signature blend of culture, nature, food, ideas, and people – countless ways to connect on your own terms.

This is a place built around self-expression and the constant process of becoming. A hidden path. An underground show. A redwood grove, an unexpected epiphany that quietly shifts your perspective (and perhaps even stirs radical joy).

Be curious. Follow what pulls you in. See where you end up. Most other places make you pick a lane. Berkeley never has – and in that refusal is its identity and appeal.



a family listens to a tour guide as the guide points to a tree in Berkeley

You have discovered the ultimate guide to things to do in Berkeley, CA! Inside, discover everything you need to plan your vacation to the Bay.

Destination Guide
Berkeley Kite Festival attendees, mostly children, run in the grass beneath blue skies as multicolored kites fly overhead.

Berkeley brims with authentic experiences and activities to engage, expand, entertain, enthrall - sometimes even all of the above.

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