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Oakland is a great place to visit, with an abundance of Chamber members ready to make your stay delightful and memorable. Click here to find a full list of businesses just waiting to serve you.

Tucked between the waters of San Francisco Bay and the green coastal hills, Oakland represents the Bay Area’s true temperate zone. Enjoy our year-round vacation weather –temperatures in the gentle 50s and 60s in winter and spring, and 70s throughout summer and fall.

Oakland's proximity to San Francisco, the Wine Country, and Silicon Valley makes it an ideal location for leisure and business travelers. By air (Oakland International Airport), Bay Area Rapid Transit light rail (BART), ferry, car, bike or bus – you've got the world at your feet.

Discover Oakland’s captivating mix of modern and historic. The city has an abundance of intriguing, enlightening, fun things to see and do. Topping your list of must-sees are the spectacular Chabot Space and Science Center, lively Jack London Square, and beautiful Lake Merritt. A stroll through Chinatown or Old Oakland brings the city’s rich cultural history to life, as do visits to the Dunsmuir Historic Estate and the Paramount Theatre. Learn about Oakland’s fascinating past through a guided tour, or just take in the sights during a gondola ride on the lake. Children and adults alike will delight in a trip to Children’s Fairyland and the Rotary Nature Center or to the Oakland Zoo.

Oakland boasts a flourishing arts and culture scene, which you can experience first-hand at the Oakland East Bay Symphony. At the acclaimed Oakland Museum of California, you’ll find exhibits of national importance, while on board the USS Potomac, the “floating White House” of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, history abounds.

If you have a meeting or special event you’d like to plan in Oakland, visit the Oakland Convention and Visitors Bureau.