San Juan Bautista State Historic Park

Oscar Sanchez

2024-04

It is my first time at this place, which I never knew existed. The mission has a cool church and it was partially turned into an awesome museum. There is a decent size onsite free parking as well as free street parking

Richard

2024-04

San jaun bautista is a wonderful Historic little Town I visited 10 days ago mainly because of "Alfred Hitchcocks" film Vertigo, I stumbled upon a Spanish/ American Festival with Street foods and many other goods, there was a band playing such a wonderful atmosphere, the people were so happy and welcoming. I spoke with Linda in her little Store "Vintage Curosity" she was very interesting to talk to and informed me where in town I could sleep in my car as I was touring the States on the cheap. Next morning after a piecefull night I went for breakfast at the little dinner with red & white chequered floor the lady was great, wonderful Coffee & tasty toast and marmalade, next I visited "Windmill Market" this was the best little Supermarket I stopped at whilst in the States for 3 weeks highly recommend. I was sad to leave many folk said come back and see us again, fantastic slice of old traditional America i loved it. 👌❤️Restrooms: Excellent they were clean and well keptPicnic area: I saw people having a picnic on field in front of the old "San jaun betista Mission" everybody were so relaxed.

Gala García Prieto

2024-04

A must to visit for those interested in history. Great historic park, very well maintained and super friendly volunteers. First Saturday of the month "Living history days".

Dharmendra Tomar

2023-06

It’s a historical place so if you have someone from native town, you will love knowing about the region. There are some interesting stories about here. I had one of my friends who has been living here since very long and she gave me a guided tour to the town.1) I saw the church and got to know that it is never closed since it was open2) I saw the old original 101 fwy3) the museum/ BotanicalGarden4) historic square architecture5) a lot of dry fruits trees around5) Red peppers treeAnd a lot.I actually loved know the history associated with it.Thank you to my friend and her husband for being kind and giving a lot of information about the town and the park.

Ram Dongre

2023-05

Well maintained state park that preserves the artifacts linked to the Mission San Juan Bautista. The entrance fee is $3 per person.Part of the exhibits were the horse carriages, a historic residence, an Adobe, Hotel Plaza. We did witness blacksmith and fur-trade demonstrations.Worth visiting!

chuck sprague

2024-04

We stopped in for a quick visit. With the Mission being still active and promptly closing at 430pm recommend getting there early before the school crowds. In the same area is the state park as well. Had a great experience and would recommend taking the tour of both.

Jill B

2024-04

In a compact space, this museum covers a lot of early California history - from the late 1700s as the capital of Mexican California through to about 1900. Stage coaches, wars, the gold rush, even the Donner Party played a role. You'll learn about individuals with amazing life stories!The setting is peaceful, with a pretty view and opportunities to walk nearby. I'm sadly docking a star for the obvious lack of funding to properly maintain some of the old buildings (especially the pink Zanetta house, rotting quietly). Outside of the main museum in the old hotel, signage is minimal.But for a mere $3 entry fee, it's well worth a visit. And it's less than an hour south of San Jose.

Claudia Sand

2023-05

One of my favorite places to go, you can walk and breathe clean air. Walking distance to restaurants.

Vanessa C

2023-05

Beautiful place to walk. It was chilly but my son's loves to hear the birds. No one was out so parking was pretty easy to find.

Town Traveller

2022-05

Worth seeing with only $3 entrance fee you will be able to see the Plaza Hotel, Castro/Breen Adobe, Plaza Stables and Plaza Hall.

Julie DiMaio

2024-04

Very clean. It was quiet on a rainy Friday afternoon. I like the water bottle filling stations around town.

Don Yang

2020-05

Interesting place with lots of historical artifacts. Definitely worth a visit if you are looking for a quaint backdrop with a quiet atmosphere.

NoeHill Webmaster

2020-05

San Juan Bautista Plaza is a National Historic Landmark and a California State Historic Park.San Juan Bautista, founded in 1797, is the most striking architectural example in the United States of a 19th century village built on the traditional Spanish-Mexican Colonial plaza plan.Grouped around the original plaza, which was first used as a parade ground by the Spanish soldiers guarding the mission, are five historic structures: Plaza Hall, Plaza Stable, Castro House, Plaza Hotel and San Juan Mission Church and Convent.When we visited the plaza in 2011, a crew was setting up a mobile theater to screen Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo.As you recall, near the end of the movie, Scottie and Judy (Madeleine) visited a mission at some distance from San Francisco. Dreadful things happened in the bell tower. The mission they visited was Mission San Juan Bautista, but there is no bell tower here.There once was a bell tower, but it was demolished after a fire. Hitchcock added a post-production bell tower at the Paramount studio in Los Angeles using scale models and matte paintings. The interior staircase shots were filmed on a studio set.

Wojtek Rocko

2023-05

1st visit to a mission, it was nice to learn some history, little downtown is cute with interesting shops too. Good place to visit with kids

Michael Nicolai

2023-07

Super cool historic area that was peaceful and fascinating.

Ken Spurlock

2023-12

Large grassy plaza to explore the historic old buildings, museums, and interpretive signs. A mission church that is in use today. Gift shop.Restrooms: Public restrooms.

Nitin Barot

2023-12

Cool historical preservation of California's Spanish, and Irish heritage.The Plaza hotel is worth visiting..Restrooms: Ordinary stalls as typically found in state parks.Dog-friendliness: Meadow around the buildings.Picnic area: Nice tables outside, and number of eateries around in walking distance

Michelle Da Rock

2023-05

Beautiful town and great people ❤️

jerome cardon

2023-12

Really great, so much better than the mission, brings to life both families, very well done.

Ronald W.

2023-05

Great place to learn about the history of the area. San Juan Bautista State Historical Park is extremely interesting and for the cost of $3.00 it was well worth it. There is so much to see, you could spend a whole day there. The town is nice. Main street area has a lot of shops of various interests. Good place to see and not spend a lot (maybe).

arthur jones

2022-05

Beautiful Park. Incredible artifacts starting with the buildings themselves. Then chock full of history of what was a very busy town just across from a beautiful mission. Each building is pretty much its own seperate museum, but they are connected in time and location. Real nice grounds with multiple gardens, and auxillary buildings. Had a great day. $3 entry fee - sold! The ranger up front was real cool, knew his stuff, the history and gave solid tips when I wanted to go eat after :) Great place.

SKC

2024-02

Beautiful small town, Hollister, is proud to have such ancient

Rita R

2023-07

Beautiful flower garden. Wonderful historic info on the mission. Beautiful rooms to view history. They are closed Mon & Tues.

Erfan Jazizadeh

2023-07

Don’t waste your time here. It does not have anything interesting for blind people. It’s only good for sighted people. Overall, I will give it 1 star

Zero Cool

2023-05

This town is gorgeous. A true time capsule. We spend more our time eating and shopping. It my favorite thing to do is just chill.

Tom Duggan IV - Realtor

2024-04

Great area to walk around

C. M.

2023-05

Excellent! Our group of 9 enjoyed this so much.Definitely recommend the guided tour, so that you know what is what and how California is what it is today!

Cameron Phillips

2024-04

Very informative and a fair price.

Niki

2020-05

Awesome! We stumbled upon this by accident when heading home from a trip to the pinnacles... and it was such a great surprise. Feels like walking through a true piece of the past. We will definitely be back to check out more!

Charles Hall

2023-05

A place you don't want to miss historically. Sad however on how many Native Americans were slaughtered in the name of Religion forced upon them by the Spanish