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• 2207 Piedmont Avenue, Room 141
• Berkeley, California 94720
• Phone: (510) 642-5215

UC Berkeley Campus Tours

We offer free 90-minute accessible walking tours of the campus seven days a week, rain or shine. Applying to Berkeley? Tourist? Nostalgic alum? A campus tour is perfect for you! Our expert tour guides are student ambassadors who cover academics, history of the University, health & safety, athletics, student life, and much more. The tour outlines our residence halls and dining options, but does not include viewing a residence hall (visit the Cal Housing website for more information). Registration is required for these tours (link at the bottom of this page).

These accessible walking tours are for individuals, families, and parties of up to 9 people. If you are a school group, organization, a bigger group, any size group requesting a Spanish or Mandarin language tour, or you’re interested in a private walking tour or golf cart tour for a fee, please visit the Special Group and Private Walking Tours page or Golf Cart Tours page for more information. Tours start at the Koret Visitor Center  at 2227 Piedmont Avenue in the historic California Memorial Stadium, except on home football game weekends  when the tour on Sunday will start at the Campanile , the tall clock tower in the middle of campus. Tours end near Sproul Plaza , an approximately 10 minute walk from the Visitor Center.

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Admitted & Waitlisted Student Tours

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We heartily congratulate you on this momentous achievement and want you to join us on a guided walking tour of UC Berkeley.

Please visit your Admit Hub in your MAP@Berkeley portal for all the information you need about these tours. Alternatively, you may call us at the Visitor Center (510-642-5215) during our open hours.

Tours start at the  Koret Visitor Center  at  2227 Piedmont Avenue  in the historic California Memorial Stadium. Tours end near  Sproul Plaza , an approximately 10 minute walk from the Visitor Center.

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My son will be transfer to berkeley. Any hotel near to the university comfortable and good price?

Travelodge by Wyndham is walking distance, has a Traders Joe's across the street, on site parking and is very accommodating. Nothing fancy. Reasonably priced. The only thing is they don't accept Wyndham rewards.

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Drove 6 hours from LA to SJ and then another 1 hour from SJ to UC Berkeley to attend my cousin's Class of 2023 Winter Commencement. Beautiful campus. My daughter also wants to attend this school when she finishes HS, so I am killing 2 birds with one stone. Congrats Grads!

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Iconic school. We went for a football game and it was very cool. The atmosphere was fun and everyone was nice. The university is set in a residential area on the edge of town. I really would like to investigate it more but didn't get past the football stadium. The were giving out replica decorations of the football stadium.

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Just love it ! Berkeley is a great place to go back to visit once in a while ! It bring back memories !

Spent hours walking this gorgeous campus. The architect was a mix of older and modern buildings connected with each other. In addition to the architecture there were plenty of sculptures and gardens.

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Absolutely love UC Berkeley, the balance of architecture and nature is stunning. Great location, lots of history, the campus was founded in 1868. Shout out to the Bears! Anthonyxibarrax

An immensely large campus you'd need an electronic scooter or take a bus line or a car to cover such a large area. There are offices, residence halls, Greek houses, multi floored halls of learning and many eateries surrounding the area. The trunks of the timbering trees are HUGE. There are a conglomeration of building styles and materials used around campus. Berkeley was a household word in reference to high caliber students and institution I heard mentioned during my growing up years. Doc gave us a drive through the campus commenting on notable buildings, the Quad and how COVID has changed the routines of past normalcy. If it wasn't a rainy day it might have been nice to explore on foot a bit for a few family photos. Affluence and pride endure here, Go Cal!

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If you're in Boston, you visit Harvard University. If you're in Palo Alto, you check out Stanford University. And if you're in Berkeley or anywhere in the East Bay, you've GOT to visit the University of California at Berkeley, commonly referred to as Cal. A walk through​ Sather Gate will lead you directly into Sproul Plaza, where the eyes of the world watched during the Free Speech Movement protests in the turbulent 1960s​. Be sure to take in all the interesting architecture of the buildings as you walk from the south to the north end of the campus. Definitely don't miss seeing the Sather Tower (the Campanile). It's Cal's most famous landmark! You can even go to the very top to catch a birds-eye​ view of the East Bay. Note its striking similarity to the Campanile in St. Mark's Square in Venice. Did you know UC Berkeley was ranked #2 among the best public universities in the country by US News and World Report (2020)? It has also been consistently ranked in the top 4 among the best public and private universities in the country by US News and World Report. Cal has long been recognized​ worldwide​ for its prestige in academics and prominent role in research. Admissions into Cal is an epic achievement these days, but a diploma from here showcasing a high GPA along with a couple of ​solid internships and an affable personality is a coveted golden ticket into the job world! Cal ​is definitely a beautiful and easily walkable campus. Add this world-class university to​ your list of places to visit whenever you're in the great East Bay. And share this gem with out-of-towners too!

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I studied a session of civics, law, policy research topics at the UC Berkeley campus they offered in partnership with Johns Hopkins University and Northwestern University. This was another campus that was of interest in me later on pursue a fuller education at. There is just such intense intellect here that anybody can feel walking around. Besides the sense of seriousness, which somewhat permeates the city, there is delicious food & culture down on Telegraph Rd from thrifting to stores. (Boba!) It is also nicely located to San Francisco Chinatown, a nice hiking trail, and the now Silicon Valley. Though I am most likely to continue my technology/engineering career, the idea of pursing a Berkeley or Harvard Law education is still on my mind. It may be a place to visit again? Who knows. There are other interesting reviews about how students are treated though so I have to see. I had already also chosen a much more balanced undergraduate education elsewhere, I could call home for some time.

I started my PhD program in Geophysics here at the University of California, Berkeley in August 2015. I passed my qualifying exam and advanced to PhD Candidate. I published multiple papers. Then I quit with no degree on the 31st of October 2019 as a last stand for morals and ethics, something the school lacked in my experience. Coming here was a mistake. Not something I regret, because I live my life to have no regrets. It was a mistake though, and I can learn from my mistakes. If you are a graduate student here, do not expect to be treated fairly. One of the problems I encountered multiple times while attending UC Berkeley included not getting paid, or getting paid too little for the work I had performed. Then being expected to continue working even though the University still had not paid me. That is a problem when one's rent reaches $2100 for a studio apartment in the Berkeley area... Might be a nice place as a visitor, but was not in my experience as a graduate student.

Sad to see the stadium empty on a Saturday, but it's nice to know football will resume November 6, 2020. Loved this Cal Bear sculpture. What a fun piece. I also visited Fraternity row while I was there.

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Free Guided Accessible Walking Tours

*** Please start on our Free Guided Accessible Walking Tour website for all the information you need regarding our free guided tours for families and tourists. If you are looking for a special group, private or golf cart tour, please visit our Special Group Tour page or Golf Cart Tour page . *** Below is a calendar of available free guided Campus Walking Tours. Click on the box for the tour you wish to reserve. Our walking tours are currently in very high demand and we apologize if there are no spots available.

• Detailed information about our accessible walking tours can be found here . Please visit this page if you have any questions.
• The “Campus Walking Tour" is a general accessible walking tour of our campus. We have an accessible route for wheelchairs, strollers and any other wheeled device. Also, we frequently stop to talk and rest!
• Please note our campus tours are conducted completely outside and you may wander inside buildings on your own at your own pace.
• If you see a plus sign with a number, it is a link to the full tour schedule for that day.
• If a day is blank, tours are either not being offered or are completely full. The calendar may be empty due to very high demand. Please continue to visit the calendar because if someone cancels, those spots will become immediately available.
• Unfortunately, we are unable to offer a waitlist or accommodate unregistered visitors on any tours.
• We do not accept reservations on Cal Day , Saturday, April 13, 2024 as this is our Admit Day for newly admitted students and their families.
• We are currently booking through August 2024 .

NOTE! If you don't receive an email immediately , your reservation was not successfully completed. The email comes from "[email protected]" so please also check your spam folder.

Thank you for your interest in UC Berkeley!