Intel Museum

Claims the largest hotel pool in Silicon Valley, ringed by cabanas, and Great America is an easy walk. If pool time is the hotel requirement, this is the Santa Clara pick.

The Bay Area's big theme park: 50+ rides, the Planet Snoopy kids' area, and the South Bay Shores waterpark included with admission. Planet Snoopy alone can fill a day for the under-8 set.

Playful tech-themed hotel with a big pool deck, cabanas, and a fire pit about a mile from Great America. Feels less like a business hotel than its neighbors, which kids appreciate.

Two-room suites with free made-to-order breakfast and an evening reception, under two miles from Levi's Stadium. Kids sleep in one room, the grown-ups get the other.

The 49ers' museum plus behind-the-scenes stadium tours of Levi's, a pilgrimage for football kids.

Casual Italian where kids get their own pizzas and pastas, piadine for the adults, and a Thursday kids-eat-free tradition, near Mission College.