Saratoga is a city in Santa Clara County, California, USA. It is situated on the west side of the Santa Clara Valley, directly west of San Jose, in the San Francisco Bay Area. According to the 2000 census the total population of the city was 29,843.

Saratoga is an upper-class community in the southwestern corner of the Santa Clara Valley. It is famous for numerous antique shops, French restaurants, and European-themed bakeries. Famous vineyards in the Saratoga foothills include the Garrod Estate Vineyards and the Mountain Vineyard. Saratoga has luxuriant redwood forests, foothills suitable for wine grapes and sunny valley floor once covered with prune and apricot orchards, now with suburban homes, schools and churches within its borders.

This type of lifestyle is highly preferred by many and therefore the Saratoga condos are highly in demand.

The city is surrounded by Brookview in the northeastern part of the city, Blue Hills in the northwest area, and Congress Springs in the southwestern corner. The real estate agents have nick named an area bounded by Saratoga Avenue, Saratoga-Sunnyvale Road and Cox Avenue as The Golden Triangle.

The city provides a lot in the form of attractions like: Villa Montalvo and Villa Montalvo Arboretum, Cooper-Garrod Vineyards, Savannah-Chanelle Vineyards, Hakone Gardens, Madronia Cemetery, Mountain Winery, Saratoga Historical Museum, Youth Science Institute Sanborn Discovery Center and Saratoga Federated Church. 

The area also has some of the best educational institutes for all age groups such as:

• Argonaut Elementary School
  
• Foothill Elementary School
  
• Saratoga Elementary School
  
• Redwood Middle School
  
• Marshall Lane Elementary School
  
• Rolling Hills Middle School
  
• Blue Hills Elementary School
  
• Christa McAuliffe School
  
• Saratoga High School
  
• Monta Vista High School
  
• Lynbrook High School
  
• Prospect High School
  
• Westmont High School