Berkeley, California

Berkeley is a model California city noted for its academic wealth, cultural diversity, and progressive principles.

It is a college town with all the eateries, cafes, museums, bookstores, art galleries, movie theaters, and performance venues one could want. The city is also very photogenic, thanks to its abundance of parks, magnificent gardens, and secret passageways and stairways.

Berkeley's many communities are home to a wide variety of architectural types, from cozy Victorians and Craftsman bungalows to quaint California cottages and secluded hillside retreats with exquisite period revival architecture. The distinctive architectural styles of most of Berkeley's real estate are well known; architects like as Bernard Maybeck, John Hudson Thomas, and Julia Morgan all contributed to its development.

Residents of this area have easy access to San Francisco, Oakland, and Silicon Valley, and they are also near the famed University of California, Berkeley. The city is serviced by AC Transit buses and three Ashby, Downtown, and North Berkeley stations of the Bay Area Rapid Transportation (BART) system. Tilden Regional Park is a great getaway with its 2,065 acres of trails, meadows, and forests, and it's only a few minutes from the city. There are also hiking trails, a golf course with 18 holes, a bathing lake, and a botanical garden. Children can enjoy the environmental education center, pony rides, steam train trips, petting zoo, and carousel.

Check and explore Berkeley for yourself and see why it's the home of so many of our agents.

 

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