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Sea & Sand InnvsHotel California
Both Sea & Sand Inn and Hotel California are rated very highly by travel writers. On balance, Sea & Sand Inn is preferred by most reviewers compared to Hotel California. Sea & Sand Inn comes in at #14 in San Jose with accolades from 2 sources such as Lonely Planet, Travel + Leisure.
Sea & Sand Inn
Travel + Leisure
Lonely Planet
201 W Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
From $169/night
- Free Internet
- Free Breakfast
- Smoking Rooms
- Family Friendly
- Free Parking
- Beach
Travel + Leisure "Just steps from the Boardwalk, the property offers ocean views from every room and a neo-boho attitude that jibes with Santa Cruz’s surf-city heritage." Full review
Lonely Planet "With a grassy lawn at the cliff’s edge, this spiffy, if seriously overpriced motel overlooks Main Beach and the wharf." Full review
Hotel California
Rough Guide Lonely Planet
2431 Ash Street, Palo Alto, CA 94306
From $0/night
- Free Internet
- Shuttle Bus
- Restaurant
- Air Conditioning
Rough Guide "Conveniently placed and with a free shuttle to campus, this friendly hotel has twenty compact but nicely furnished rooms. And yes, the website opens with “Welcome to….”"
Lonely Planet "Alas, no pink champagne on ice, but it does provide frosted tequila shots upon check-in and wine and cheese nightly." Full review
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This bay-windowed, vintage-1920s hotel has small rooms with laminate floors and sometimes-thin walls but also cheery yellow paint jobs, fluffy beds and double-pane windows that (generally) block street noise (request a quiet room).
