Mountain View Travel Guide

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Mountain View Overview

Mountain View is a city in Santa Clara County, in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. It is named for its views of the Santa Cruz Mountains.The city shares its borders with the cities of Palo Alto, Los Altos, and Sunnyvale, as well as Moffett Federal Airfield and the San Francisco Bay.

Situated in Silicon Valley, Mountain View is home to many high technology companies. In 1956, Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory, the first company to develop silicon semiconductor devices in what came to be known as Silicon Valley, was established in the city by William Shockley. Today, manyread more of the largest technology companies in the world are headquartered in the city, including the Fortune 1000 companies Google, Symantec, and Intuit.

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  1. Airship Ventures 1 review
  1. Google Main Campus 2 reviews
  2. Burrito Real 1 review
  3. Krung Thai 1 review
  4. Pasta? 1 review
  5. Xanh Restaurant 1 review
  6. Taqueria La Bamba 2 reviews
  7. Amber Cafe 1 review
Above Silicon Valley in an airship
Jun 20, 2010
I don't like balloons, nor blimps, although an airship is technically something different, it is a dirigible, with a rigid airf…
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