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PlaygroundsHotels 6Playgrounds and things to do 7Wheelchair accessible 11Cribs 6Pool 6Connecting rooms 6Fridge in the room 6Free 3A Magical Bridge playground inside a 52-acre park, with inclusive design, smooth surfacing and accessible equipment, plus a lake and picnic lawns.
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.
Heated outdoor pool and a five-minute walk to Levi's Stadium and California's Great America. The easiest home base if the theme park is the point of the trip.
All-suite hotel where kids eat free and breakfast is included, plus an outdoor pool and free parking. Every suite has a fridge and microwave.
The City of Santa Clara's Central Park: a big lake-and-lawns community park with playgrounds, athletic fields, and fitness equipment. It's Santa Clara's weekend default.
Big full-service hotel with an outdoor pool right by the convention center and Great America. Interconnected rooms are available.
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.
Casual Italian where kids get their own pizzas and pastas, piadine for the adults, and a Thursday kids-eat-free tradition, near Mission College.
Treehouse-themed, with a big-kid structure, a separate tot lot and a swing a baby and an adult ride together.
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.
Kids watch soup dumplings being folded through the kitchen window, then demolish them.
The 49ers' museum plus behind-the-scenes stadium tours of Levi's, a pilgrimage for football kids.
Free weekday museum at Intel HQ where kids can see how chips are made: clean-room bunny suits, silicon wafers, binary games.
Indoor electric go-karts with a junior class for kids 48 inches and taller (adult karts at 58 inches, no mixed racing).
