I have lived in Santa Clara for 18 years, previously 16 in Europe, that is why I love visiting Santana Row, which besides being 5 minutes from my house, has a lot of elements that remind me of the old continent. It is an open air mall. A few years ago we went daily to CLub One, a gym on the third floor of one of the Plaza de Valencia buildings. but unfortunately it closed and now we go many times during the week, which is quieter to have lunch and stay in one of its cafeterias to work online and drink coffee and matcha. There is a wide variety of food: French, Japanese, Mexican, Italian, seafood, Brazilian, vegetarian, Indonesian, Hawaiian restaurants. Also many clothing stores, perfumes, cosmetics, sportswear, several hairdressing and beauty salons, a dentist, a bank and even a pharmacy. Every Friday (before covid) we went to the movies to see the premiere of the week. Sweet popcorn is the tastiest, always freshly made. Parking the car is not a problem, it has many buildings to leave your car, in addition to several high-quality residential buildings. We were lucky to have friends there and spent several summers visiting the pool. For me it is the most chic and elegant area of ​​San Jose. I highly recommend this shopping mall for a fun day.