- Visit the Rose Garden, run by UC Berkeley. There are some lovely inns around there, all with nice views of the city.
- The Phoebe Hearst Anthropology Museum, also on UC Berkeley's campus, has a good collection of Pacific Northwest and Alaskan artifacts.
- The Pacific Film Archive on campus has film festivals and shows art-house film and documentaries.
- Takara Sake offers tours, tasting, and a history of Sake production.
- Tilden Park Botanical Gardens showcases a selection of California's native plants and trees.
- Grizzly Peak between the Lawrence Hall of Science and the Steam Trains has some of the best views of Berkeley, Oakland, and San Francisco.
