East Bay
Lying across the Bay Bridge from San Francisco, the East Bay consists primarily of Contra Costa County and Alameda County. It has a unique culture that's more laid back and uncomplicated than its western neighbors. Oakland, the area's largest city, is famous…| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Oakland and Berkeley.
Oakland
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Oakland is a port city in the Bay Area of California in the United States of America. Once an industrial area overshadowed by San Francisco, its larger neighbor to the west, this city of 440,000 people has begun to step out from under San Francisco's shadow with its notable natural and architectural features and its rise as the multicultural "hipster" city of the Bay Area.
Berkeley
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Set on sparkling San Francisco Bay, Berkeley will surprise those who recall it as the counter-culture center of the 1960s. Free Speech and flower power are forever in the city "DNA," but Berkeley has evolved into a culinary and cultural travel destination.
Pleasanton
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Pleasanton is a city in the outer East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area. It is one of the wealthiest cities of its type, with many upscale restaurants and historic districts.
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East Bay
- Type: Region
- Description: eastern region of the San Francisco Bay Area, California, USA
- Category: geographical feature
- Location: Bay Area, California, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“East Bay” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “شرق الخليج”
- Bulgarian: “Източен залив”
- Catalan: “Badia de l’Est”
- Chinese: “东湾 (旧金山湾区)”
- Chinese: “东湾”
- Chinese: “旧金山湾东湾”
- Chinese: “舊金山東灣”
- Chinese: “舊金山灣東灣”
- Dutch: “East Bay”
- Esperanto: “Oriento de la Golfo”
- French: “East Bay”
- German: “East Bay Area”
- German: “East Bay”
- Hebrew: “איסט ביי”
- Italian: “San Francisco East Bay”
- Japanese: “イーストベイ”
- Korean: “이스트 베이”
- Serbian: “Источни залив”
- Spanish: “Este de la Bahía (área de la Bahía de San Francisco)”
- Spanish: “Este de la Bahia”
- Spanish: “Este de la Bahía”
- Turkish: “Doğu Körfezi”
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