Gilroy Gardens Family Theme Park

3050 Hecker Pass Hwy (Hwy 152) Gilroy, CA 95020

3.5

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Phone:

+1 408 842 2121, +1 408 846 6474

Website:

www.gilroygardens.org

Attention, gardeners! The Gilroy Gardens Family Park is an amusement destination that is devoted entirely to plant awareness, horticulture, and techniques at shaping our natural environment. Rides, boats and mini railroads run through the park; there are also events that cover such topics as paleontology and California history.

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18 reviews

3.5

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3.5

18 reviews

100% of guests recommend this place.

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We bought season passes for this year that was a great deal. more on Yahoo! Travel

I find this place to be very beautiful and reasonably relaxing compared to other venues like Great America. more on insiderpages.com

Peace and beautiful. more on TripAdvisor

Food selection was also great, with authentic Mexican food. more on ThrillNetwork.com

The landscaping at Bonfante Gardens is phenomenal. more on ThemeParksOnline

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5.0

4 reviews

Top Reviews From Yahoo! Travel

Lets see the wasnt nothing I disliked about the park I loved the last your me and my family visited the park servel times. I love that the park all about little people, no long lines the park is very quite and its a very affordable ... more on Yahoo! Travel

This place is too tame for typical teens. Great for everyone else. Summertime, be prepared for very warm temperatures in a ... more on Yahoo! Travel

We loved the circus trees and just seeing shaped animal trees in between of other trees. You had to pay attention and look at everything in detail. We didn't dislike ... more on Yahoo! Travel

This is a great park for preteens and adults that like beautiful gardens and good wholesome fun at a reasonable price. There are even a lot of rides that young toddlers enjoy. Warm in the summer but the park has so many trees there ... more on Yahoo! Travel

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10 reviews

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What great park!! We took our girls to Gilroy Gardens yesterday for our 1 year olds … 1st Birthday. We had so much fun. This is a great place for little kids. Our 1 year old was just about able to go ... more on TripAdvisor

We spent July 5th at Gilroy Gardens with our 2-year-old. We saw a half off the regular price admission coupon on weekdays in June and July on the internet @ www.sfbayfun.com/coupons.html making our pr ... more on TripAdvisor

Five of us spent most of a day at this park last week and enjoyed every minute. I looked at the reviews from earlier years and it would appear that many issues have been adressed from that time period ... more on TripAdvisor

Our stroller was stolen under three minutes when we were riding the marry-go-around. Stroller had bags of kids clothing and my wife's wallet in a dual-seating stroller. As it turns out they had very l ... more on TripAdvisor

Unfrotunately when you want to take little children to amusement parks are filled with teenagers, packs of people with long lines, and you tend to get gouged in your pocketbook. Gilroy Gardens was mad ... more on TripAdvisor

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Beautiful atmosphere and a fantastic place to take toddlers, lush & green I was impressed by the beauty of the park - it obviously was a labor of love for the designers. Let me get to the low score. This is NOT Disneyland where the ... more on ThemeParksOnline

Bonfante Gardens is definitely worth visiting. It is a high quality, pleasant, fun, and very attractive facility. Bontante Gardens caters to families. It has rides spread throughout the park, and there are plenty that are geared toward ... more on ThemeParksOnline

We just visted the park for the first time. We had low expectations and I really thought it was going to be a dog based on the 1/8th full parking lot outside. One word: "Wow"! I've never seen a more beautiful theme park! We took our ... more on ThemeParksOnline

I was expecting more gardens and less commercialism. Bonfante Gardens touts its non-profit status as a botanical garden with rides for the under 12 set. Well, the rides are not much more than you'd expect at the local carnival or ... more on ThemeParksOnline