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At UC Berkeley Center for Executive Education, your experience doesn’t end in the classroom. While attending executive programs, participants can explore the numerous activities that make the Bay Area one of the most desirable locations in the world to learn, work and play.

Table of Contents

General Information...... 2

Things to See and Do...... 3

Recreational Options...... 4-5

In and Around ...... 6-7

Transportation Information ...... 8

1 Things to See and Do on the UC Berkeley Campus

UC Berkeley Events Get information on upcoming sporting events, performances, lectures and more happening year-round on campus. www.events.berkeley.edu

UC Campus Visitor Center Find literature about the university, join a walking tour of campus, and more.

101 Sproul Hall Memorial GENERAL information (510) 642-5215 Stadium www.visitors.berkeley.edu Climate and Weather Berkeley is a four-season destination with a Mediterranean-like climate / The Campanile

Haas where extreme temperatures or inclement weather are rare . The tower was completed in 1914 School of Business and stands 307 feet tall. You can Time Zone purchase tickets to ride an elevator Berkeley is located in the Pacific Standard Time Zone . We observe Daylight to the observation deck. Savings Time from March through late October/early November . http://visitors.berkeley.edu/camp/

Smoking California Memorial Stadium Smoking is prohibited on public transportation and inside public buildings, Constructed and completed in 1923, it is including bars and restaurants, and within 20 feet of any entrance or exit to the home of the a public building . Smoking is also prohibited within 20 feet of any bus stop . football team. Designed by John Galen

Howard and constructe d in less than Way Bancroft Currency Exchange one year, the stadium seats 76,000 and 2301 Shattuck Ave Berkeley, CA 94704 Telephone: (510) 704-1900 is dedicated to University students who www .ceifx .com lost their lives in WWI.

Foreign Language Assistance Cal Performances Dial 1-888-US-1-INFO for free access to emergency services and travel Cal Performances is the performing assistance in more than 140 languages . arts organization based on campus. To see their current schedule, go to: www.calperfs.berkeley.edu

Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive is the visual arts center of the , Berkeley. For

current exhibits, go to: Way Bancroft www.bampfa.berkeley.edu

Cal Athletics To learn about upcoming sporting events, visit Cal Athletics website: www.calbears.com

2 3 BERKELEY Vine St Bonita Ave Buena Ave Josephine St Euclid Ave Hilgard Ave Alvarez Cedar St R d Scenic Ave

California St Shattuck Ave Jaynes St Milvia St Virginia St

Grant St Edith St Lawrence Cedar St Le Conte Ave Berkeley NORTH Arch St Chu Rd Oxford St BERKELEY Spruce St National Ridge Rd Laboratory Lincoln St Martin Luther King Way NORTHSIDE Cyclotron Rd Virginia St Francisco St

Hearst Ave Gayley Rd Francisco St Deleware St

Deleware St Ohlone Hearst Ave Park Hearst Ave Berkeley Way Berkeley University Ave Stadium South Dr Berkeley Way The BERKELEY Addison St Haas Faculty School of University Ave Piedmont Ave Downtown Club Business

Addison St Grant St California St Roosevelt Ave Berkeley Spaulding Ave BART Edwards Track Stadium / Goldman Allston Way Field Hotel Warring St

Martin Luther King Way Hotel SOUTHSIDE Durant Allston Way Telegraph Ave Shattuck Bancroft Way Shattuck Ave Bowditch St Channing Way Hills Durant AveDana St id e CENTRAL Ellsworth St A BERKELEY Fulton St v Bancroft Way Haste St e Durant Ave College Ave

Jefferson Ave Recreational Options McGee Ave Dwight Way

Spaulding Ave

Benvenue Ave Warring St

Etna St Haste St Hillegass Ave

ChanningMilvia St Way Campus Gym Dwight Way Regent St The Recreational Facility is located at 2301 Bancroft Way. Dwight Way To check out all they offer go to: www.recsports.berkeley.edu. Blake St Cost for a day pass is $12.00.

Swimming Cal Recreational Sports maintains several pools available for recreational use. These include the Hearst Pool, Golden Bear Pool, Spieker Pool, and Strawberry Canyon Pool. For more information on the pools, visit: www.recsports.berkeley.edu/facilities/pools. Make sure to check the pool schedule.

Golf There are several golf courses around the Bay Area: • Tilden Park Golf Course Located in the scenic Berkeley Hills, just minutes away from the UC Berkeley campus, this challenging 18-hole, par 70 course is truly one of a kind. (510) 848-7373 www.tildenparkgc.americangolf.com

• Presidio Golf Course & Clubhouse The prestigious Presidio Golf Course opened for public play in 1995 and has quickly gained a reputation as one of the nation’s top public courses. (415) 561-4653 www.presidiogolf.com

• Lincoln Park Golf Course The Lincoln Park Golf Club has been an established club for over 99 years with memberships open year-round to the general public. (415) 221-9911 www.lincolnparkgc.com

4 5 San Things to See and Do In and Around San Francisco Francisco museums Museums FISHERMAN’S WHARF T • Legion of Honor Museum he Embarcadero Mason St

Taylor St 100 34th Ave Jefferson St Beach St SAN FRANCISCO Beach St Kearny St San Francisco, CA 94121 North PointStockton St St GHIRARDELLI Bay St (415) 750-3600 SQUARE Powell St Bay St

Hyde St www.legionofhonor.famsf.org Larkin St Chestnut St Francisco St The Embarcadero NORTH BEACH Lombard St Chestnut St Grant Ave

Battery St • De Young Museum Columbus Ave COIT TOWER 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden DrVan Ness Ave Lombard St Greenwich St TELEGRAPH Filbert St HILL San Francisco, CA 94118 Union St Sansome St Green St RUSSIAN EMBARCADERO Filbert St Union St (415) 750-3600 HILL Green St Vallejo St

Jones St Polk St

Union St Leavenworth St Green St Powell St

Hyde St Mason St Broadway St www.deyoung.famsf.org Larkin St Vallejo St Taylor St

Broadway St

Battery St FINANCIAL • SFMOMA Vallejo St Pacific Ave Drumm St DISTRICT Davis St Golden Gate Park 151 3rd St Broadway St Jackson St WINE TASTING San Francisco, CA 94103 Pacific Ave Washington St FERRY Wine Tasting in Napa and Sonoma Golden Gate Park JACKSON Montgomery St BUILDING Jackson St SQUARE Napa Valley and Sonoma County are known for This large, beautiful park is filled with gardens, (415) 357-4000 CHINATOWN EMBARCADERO Clay St Kearny St BART Washington St NOB Front St delicious wine and beautiful scenery. There are museums, art, flowers, trees, lakes, birds and wildlife. www.sfmoma.org HILL Sacramento St Stockton St Spear St Clay St Pine St numerous wineries in this area. A rental car • www.golden-gate-park.com California St Main St • Contemporary Sacramento St Pine St Howard St is required. Here are websites to help you plan California St Jewish Museum Bush St Mission St Sutter St Market St Fremont St your trip: Pine St 1st St 736 Mission St Folsom St BIKE RIDING Bush St LOWER Post St • NOB HILL www.napavalley.com Bike Riding UNION MONTGOMERY San Francisco, CA 94103 Sutter St ST BART Harrison St • www.napavalley.winecountry.com Biking and exploring the city allows you to enjoy SQUARE Geary St 2nd St Post St RINCON (415) 655-7800 Van Ness Ave HILL • www.sonoma.com the beautiful scenery of the area. There are several O’Farrell St Bryant St www.thecjm.org Geary St bike rental companies that provide a map Hawthorne St O’Farrell St Ellis St POWELL SF MOMA ST BART Harrison St of bike trails you can take (including across the • Yerba Buena 4th St 3rd St sporting events Ellis St Eddy St SOUTH Sporting Events Golden Gate Bridge). BEACH Center for the Arts Eddy St Turk St

Market St 5th St • – Regular season runs April – October • Bay City Bike: www.baycitybike.com 701 Mission St Turk St : www.sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com • Bike and Roll: www.bicyclerental.com SOUTH Brannan St San Francisco, CA 94103 Golden Gate Ave Mission St PARK CIVIC CENTER/ 6th St : www.oakland.athletics.mlb.com • Blazing Saddles: www.blazingsaddles.com (415) 978-2787 UN PLAZA BART McAllister St Howard St Townsend St www.ybca.org Fulton St 7th St • – Regular season runs CHINA Folsom St BASIN

Van Ness Ave Grove St September – December Other Activities Market St SOUTH OF • Oakland Museum Hayes St MARKET Harrison St Alcatraz Island 8th St : www.49ers.com King St AT&T PARK of California Fell St Bryant St Alcatraz Island is one of the main destinations on 10th St 9th St Oakland Raiders: www.raiders.com China 1000 Oak St Berry St Basin Park most visitors’ lists. Tours sell out quickly, advance Brannan St Townsend St • Soccer – Regular season runs March – September ticket purchase is necessary. Oakland, CA 94607 (510) 318-8400 7th St : www.sjearthquakes.com • www.alcatrazcruises.com 11th St www.museumca.org • Hockey – Regular season runs October – April • www.alcatraztickets.com Harrison St : www.sharks.nhl.com Angel Island • – regular season runs October – April Angel Island is a hilly, grass and forest-covered www.nba.com/warriors Cable Cars island, the largest in San Francisco Bay. It is well San Francisco Cable Cars suited for hiking, biking, boating and exploring. See some of the city’s best sites on an iconic cable car. performing arts To find out more, visit: www.angelisland.org. • www.streetcar.org/map Performing Arts • San Francisco Ballet: www.sfballet.org Sailing Other Resources • San Francisco Opera: www.sfopera.com Tour the Bay via Sailboat. • San Francisco Travel: www.sanfrancisco.travel • San Francisco Symphony: www.sfsymphony.org • OCSC Sailing: www.ocscsailing.com • Berkeley Convention and Visitors Bureau: www.visitberkeley.com • Berkeley Rep: www.berkeleyrep.org • Yoshi’s Jazz: www.yoshis.com/oakland

6 7 Transportation Information Public Transportation Airport Transportation • AC Transit • Shared-Ride Vans Buses in Berkeley and Oakland Airport Express (510) 891-4700 (415) 775-5121 www.actransit.org www.airportexpresssf.com • Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) BayPorter Express Subway around the Bay Area, (877) 467-1800 including into San Francisco www.bayporter.com (510) 891-4700 SuperShuttle www.bart.gov (415) 558-8500 www.supershuttle.com Taxis • Car Service • Bayporter Cab Service until 6:00pm Universal Limo (510) 912-4400 (855) 361-LIMO www.universallimo.com • Yellow Express Cab 24-hour service Peace Limousine & Car Service (510) 409-5034 (415) 272-2867 www.peacelimo.com • Abdel Taxi Cab 24-hour service Pleasant Limo (510) 460-2005 (650) 697-9999 www.pleasantlimo.com • DD Cab Company 24-hour service • Public Airport Transportation (510) 472-0683 BART www.bart.gov/guide/airport Rental Cars • Enterprise Rent-A-Car 3001 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley (510) 704-4640 1990 Oxford St, Berkeley (510) 705-8989 • Avis Car Rental 2000 Kittredge St, Berkeley (510) 548-7363 • Alamo 920 University Ave, Berkeley (866) 228-5004

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