Santa Clara Area Attractions

Hotel Stratford offers choice amenities and comfortable accommodations close to great Santa Clara area attractions like the Winchester Mystery House and the California's Great America. Whether you're in town on business and find that you have some free time or you're in Santa Clara for a family vacation, you'll enjoy all the entertaining and exciting attractions just minutes away from our newly renovated hotel.

Santa Clara Convention Center | 5 Miles

Our hotel is conveniently located near The Santa Clara Convention Center. The convention center offers 302,000 square feet of flexible event space that can be utilized for meetings, exhibits and conventions and also features a 607-seat theater. When you're in town attending an event at the Santa Clara Convention Center, Hotel Stratford offers all the amenities you'll need at some of the most affordable rates in the area.

Fun & Entertaining Area Attractions

California's Great America | 5 Miles

This exciting amusement park is the only theme park in the area with a water park inside. Climb on board one of the park's 11 thrill rides, like FireFall, where passengers are taken 60 feet in the air and then swung in 360 degree vertical arcs through fire and water effects. Flight Deck, a suspended "jet coaster" is a roller coaster where the passengers' legs swing freely as the coaster rolls through loops and turns. For younger visitors, KidZville is a miniature town just for kids, with kiddie rides and lots of pint-sized fun. Need to cool off? Boomerang Bay is the park's exciting water attraction, with a wave pool, huge heated lagoon, lazy river and lots of high-speed water slides as well as play areas in which tots can splash around. If you're on a family vacation in Santa Clara, this attraction just five miles from our hotel is not to be missed.

Winchester Mystery House | 3 Miles

Step into a mysterious Victorian mansion with 160 lavishly furnished rooms, secret passageways, interesting architecture and eerie undercurrents of the supernatural. Take a guided tour where you'll learn about the mansion, gardens and behind-the-scenes of this spectacular house built by Sarah Winchester, widow of the Winchester rifle manufacturer William Winchester.

Triton Museum of Art | 1 Mile

Interested in a little cultural enrichment? Visit the Triton Museum of Art. Located just one mile from our hotel, this museum has both contemporary and historical art exhibits and admission is free.

Intel Museum | 3 Miles

For hands-on fun for adults and kids alike, take a trip to the Intel Museum. Learn what ants and transistors have in common, find out what could happen if Moore's Law was applied to other objects, discover how Intel scientists are moving data with silicon and light, and try on a bunny suit among other interesting and entertaining exhibits. Admission and parking are free.

Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum & Planetarium | 4 Miles

With the largest collection of Egyptian artifacts on exhibit in western North America, the Rosicrucian museum offers an amazing host of sculptures and statues as well as a replica of a rock cut tomb. Stroll the halls of this museum and learn about Egyptian gods and goddesses, the importance of the cat in ancient and modern Egypt, the Rosetta Stone, and how mummies were made. You can even view a real Egyptian mummy.