San Francisco Family Fun

The San Francisco Bay Area is an exciting, entertaining and educational destination for families and children. Enjoy a fun, fabulous family vacation at the Crowne Plaza San Francisco International Airport in Burlingame. With lifestyle amenities and a friendly, contemporary ambiance, our San Francisco South Bay hotel offers a playful and peaceful destination for your next family adventure. Located 1.5 miles from SFO Airport, our deluxe service hotel offers a relaxing family environment - from our heated indoor pool to our 24-hour business center. With easy access to the San Francisco Bay Area's family attractions, our convenient SFO Airport hotel delivers family friendly hospitality, modern lifestyle amenities, such as a fitness club, SFO airport transportation, event space, concierge, hair salon, wireless internet, and great family dining at West Bay Café and Lounge.

GoKart Racer.
Experience Burlingame's exciting indoor go-kart racing venue. Race wheel to wheel on high-caliber racing machines that reach speeds of 35 mph. Rev your engines on three European-designed road courses with hairpins, high-speed sweeping turns, and elevation changes. The 70,000 sq. ft. facility features three tracks, a viewing lounge, cafe, arcade, and billiards. Go-karts are designed for real racing action, so the facility supplies your racing suit, helmet, and instructions. Driving schools and leagues are also offered. This is a fun place for birthdays and corporate events.
Visit www.gokartracer.com

Exploratorium.
Housed within the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, the Exploratorium is an interactive and experimental museum that inspires curiosity about science and the world. Touch and tinker with hundreds of playful interactive exhibits of science, technology, art, nature, and human perception.
Visit www.exploratorium.edu.

Lisa Lam, Sales Coordinator, suggests the Exploratorium because “it feels more like a play house than a museum. There are lots of interactive exhibits and the last time I was there they had an exhibit on cow eyeballs and we were able to touch them”.

Children's Discovery Museum Of San Jose.
The Children's Discovery Museum offers interactive exhibits that nurture and inspire children to think. One of the largest museums of its kind, Discovery Museum offers 150 interactive exhibits that lead kids and families to explore, understand and enjoy the world. Museum exhibits respond to the instinctive need for children to learn through touching, exploring, and experimenting. The Art Gallery space displays art created by children and youth working in collaboration with adults and professionals to explore topics relevant to kids.
Visit http://www.cdm.org

San Francisco Zoo.
Northern California's largest zoological park, San Francisco Zoo features 1,000 exotic and endangered animals. Set against the Pacific Ocean, this naturalistic habitat for over 250 animal species offers delighting wildlife exhibits, activities and events. Explore African Savanna and Grizzy Gulch, home to two large grizzly bears. Meet the animals of the Children's Zoo and New Zoo, dedicated to the preservation of wild places and wildlife. Your family will enjoy exhibits, such as Gorilla Preserve, Penguin Island, Koala Crossing, and Australian WalkAbout. Hop on the Little Puffer miniature steam train and the historic Dentzel Carousel.
Visit www.sfzoo.org.

Aquarium of the Bay.
A cool family attraction on Pier 39, Aquarium of the Bay is a unique entertainment and educational experience and helps you discover, see, touch and learn about the diverse aquatic life and ecosystems of San Francisco Bay. Get close to 20,000 amazing marine animals as you walk through 300 feet of crystal clear tunnels. See the sevengill sharks, the Bay's largest predator, or touch leopard sharks, skates, rays, and sea stars. The four elements to your underwater journey - Discover the Bay, Under the Bay, Touch the Bay and Save the Bay - create magical experiences that show us the conservation of San Francisco Bay.
Visit www.aquariumofthebay.org.

Hiller Aviation Museum.
Dedicated to the dreams of flight, Hiller Aviation Institute explores aviation history and looks into its future. The San Mateo County attraction showcases the past, present and future of aviation with a vast display of aircraft, interactive exhibits, and multimedia presentations spanning the development of aviation since the early 1800's. This educational and entertaining experience will shed new light on the technical innovations of flight.
Visit www.hiller.org

Paramount's Great America Theme Park.
Located in Santa Clara, Paramount's Great America is Northern California's ultimate adventure theme park and the Bay Area's loved family attraction. Paramount's Great America features dozens of thrilling rides, fun attractions, live shows, concerts, Nickelodeon TV characters, and the world's tallest double-decker carousel. Enjoy the adrenaline rush of 11 pulse-pounding coasters and thrill rides, including FireFall and The Demon, or the mellower excitement of family rides like Flying Eagles an Rip Roaring Rapids. Kids meet Nickelodeon friends at Nickelodeon Central or play in the town of KidZville. Splash into family fun at Boomerang Bay, an Australian-themed water park with Crocodile Dundee's Boomerang Bay Beach Club.
Visit www.pgathrills.com.

Raging Waters.
Northern California 's largest water park, Raging Waters San Jose offers 23-acres and millions of gallons of splashy fun and attractions, including the new ride Dragon's Den. Located on the lands of Lake Cunningham Regional Park, Raging Waters features exhilarating high-speed slides, water rides, shops, and wet and wild attractions like the 350,000-gallon Wave Pool, Barracuda Blaster, The Pirate's Cove, and Lazy River, a mellow journey through streams and waterfalls.
Visit www.rwsplash.com.

iFly SF Bay.
Experience the extreme excitement of indoor skydiving at iFly SF Bay, a vertical wind tunnel where anyone can learn to fly. One of the most exciting family activities in the Bay Area, indoor skydiving is challenging enough for adults, safe for kids, exciting for teens, and realistic for professional skydivers. Enjoy the thrill of a lifetime on the Bay.
Visit www.iflysfbay.

Golf Land.
With four locations throughout the Bay Area, including San Jose, Golf Land is a fun family playground chock full of kid friendly activities and events. Play a round in one of the 18-hole miniature golf courses, or hot the arcade and play the hottest new games. Cool off and take a wet and wild ride in the water park. Slide your way down several exciting waterslides and drop into the refreshing pool.
Visit www.golfland.com/sanjose/.

Safari Run.
Enjoy some healthy fun and entertainment at Safari Run, a Safari-themed jungle gym where kids enjoy fun, healthy, and educational experiences. Have an unforgettable time roaming on the giant climbing play structure, designed for the entire family, or take a fitness class that energizes. Safari Run offers fun programs that teach kids cool fitness drills, interesting core and balance strength moves and healthy but tasty nutrition ideas. Safari Run offers birthday parties, fitness programs and camps.
Visit www.safarirun.com.

Chuck E. Cheese's.
With locations in San Bruno and Redwood City, Chuck E. Cheese's is the ultimate fun and food place in the Bay Area. Kids enjoy games, rides, prizes, entertainment, laughs and great food including freshly baked pizzas and a fresh salad bar. Kids can play on rides, games and attractions - from high-tech video games and simulator rides to Skytubes®. Celebrate birthdays, or enjoy play groups and school fundraising events. Visit
www.chuckecheese.com.

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