Burt Bacharach could easily find San Jose today simply by heading south from San Francisco and following the heat and smog. Although one of the fastest-growing cities in California, it is not strong on identity - though in area and population it's close to twice the size of San Francisco. Sitting at the southern end of the peninsula, San Jose has in the past 25 years emerged as the civic heart of Silicon Valley, surrounded by miles of faceless high-tech industrial parks where the next generations of computers and websites are designed and crafted. Ironically, it's also acknowledged as the first city in California, though the only sign of this is the eighteenth-century Mission Santa Clara de Asis , on the pleasant campus of the Jesuit-run Santa Clara University. Hotels in San Jose |
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