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Plan your visit

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Come for campus,
stay for fun

The UC Davis campus is a destination in its own right with a 100-acre arboretum and multiple museums. After a campus tour, get to know the town of Davis through its walkable downtown and delicious restaurants.

Visit the Welcome Center

Getting here

Directions and parking

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Where to stay

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Downtown Davis

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An obelisk made of bicycle parts in downtown Davis, ca

What to eat

Restaurants in Davis

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Food on campus

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A dining commons employee serves a cut of meat to a UC Davis student

Farmers’ market

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A female UC Davis student browses the fresh produce at the Davis Farmer's Market
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Four UCD students take a selfie next to one of our famous egghead statues.

Campus attractions

At UC Davis, you can walk through our campus gardens, discover art and insects at our museums, and stock up on Aggie gear at the UC Davis Stores.

Things to do here
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Exterior view of the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art at UC Davis.

Manetti Shrem Museum of Art

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A female student lets a large tarantula crawl onto her arm.

Bohart Museum of Entomology

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An abstract painting with a representational horse painted into it at the Gorman museum of native art UC Davis

C.N.Gorman Museum

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UC Davis Arboretum

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A be roots around a lavendar bloom to remove nectar in the Haagen Dazs Bee Haven on the UC Davis campus

Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven

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UC Davis Stores

Unique Davis facts

The city of Davis is the first city to create bike lanes.

With over 125,000 attendees, Picnic Day is the largest studen-run event in the country.

Along with wine and beer-making programs, UC Davis offers classes in coffee brewing as well.

UC Davis has its own airport where our students can learn to take to the sky!

sheep

See sustainable landscaping by our own campus sheep.

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