San José is the capital of Silicon Valley and is situated about 50 miles south of San Francisco. It is the largest city in Northern California, has a warm and pleasant climate, and has topped the list of the USA's safest big cities for the last five years. It is, in short, a very pleasant place to visit.

We have provided a guide to the convention facilities here.

The Local Resources Guide (or as a .PDF) is designed to help you find things you might need or want to make your stay a more pleasant one

To learn more about the city try the following external links:

Map of downtown San José (PDF format)
Convention and Vistors' Bureau
Worldweb's travel guide to San José
BayArea.com - a city guide run by a local newspaper company
SJ-Downtown.com - a city guide run by local businesses
Citysearch's guide to San José
Soft Underbelly of San Jose is an alternative, non-touristy look at San José
IGoUGo travel guides about San José
Bookstore list - an excellent list of bookstores in the Bay Area by famous fannish bibliophile, David Bratman
Realtime Weather from The Tech Museum of Innovation, which is just across the street from the Convention Center

Downtown San José may be clogged with the Tapestry street fair. Plan your transportation carefully.

If you are concerned about the potential effect of the California Energy Crisis on ConJosé please see our special statement here.

If you are interested in visiting some of the more famous lacations in Northern California before the convention, Exotic Destinations has put together two tours that they just recently notified us about. You can look at the tour packages here.

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