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Top Santa Cruz Hotel Reviews

La Quinta Inn & Suites by Wyndham Santa Cruz

La Quinta Inn & Suites by Wyndham Santa Cruz

10/10 Excellent
"No complaints and everything met or beat expectations"
Stephen 3-night trip
Posted 2 hours ago
La Quinta Inn & Suites by Wyndham Santa Cruz
Hotel Solares

Hotel Solares

10/10 Excellent
"Clean room, safe"
francisco 3-night trip
Posted 3 hours ago
Hotel Solares
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Santa Cruz by IHG

Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Santa Cruz by IHG

10/10 Excellent
"Everything was great close to a lot of things around the area"
Luis 2-night trip
Posted 3 hours ago
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Santa Cruz by IHG
Hyatt Place Santa Cruz

Hyatt Place Santa Cruz

10/10 Excellent
"Great Breakfast. Great pool and hot Tub. Very Nice Room. Wonderful Staff."
Guy 3-night trip
Posted 5 hours ago
Hyatt Place Santa Cruz
Carousel Beach Inn

Carousel Beach Inn

10/10 Excellent
"I’m a mom that was traveling alone with my 2 kids. What I really appreciated, even tho it was a open air type hotel, all entry points to access hallways and rooms had locked gates that required keycard to access to hallways and bedroom doors, so that made me feel safer with the kids. It was like 10 steps to the front of the board walk, which was awesome! The whole reason we came, a little fun weekend at the boardwalk before school started again. I thought maybe it would he noisy being so close to boardwalk but we got back to hotel about 9pm and I had no problem getting my youngest to sleep, no loud noises from parking lot or park and we had a slider and balcony facing boardwalk parking lot. The free breakfast was great too! My kids LOVED getting to make their own waffles. For the cost of hotel, can’t beat it. I will 100% be coming back again. :) also, icing on top, I’ve stayed in other hotels and parking was a nightmare, this hotel had easy access parking at no extra cost AND they let me park a few hours before my check in time so I didn’t have to pay to park in the boardwalk parking lot. I was able to get a parking pass from hotel to park then we just came back a few hours later and checked into our room and went back to boardwalk."
Amanda 1-night trip
Posted 17 hours ago
Carousel Beach Inn
Hilton Santa Cruz/Scotts Valley

Hilton Santa Cruz/Scotts Valley

10/10 Excellent
"Straightforward service & great amenities available."
Ma Luz 1-night trip
Posted 22 hours ago
Hilton Santa Cruz/Scotts Valley
Casablanca On The Beach

Casablanca On The Beach

10/10 Excellent
"Great stay. Luv this hotel"
Margot 2-night trip
Posted 22 hours ago
Casablanca On The Beach
Seaside Inn & Suites

Seaside Inn & Suites

8/10 Good
"Clean and good"
Abhinav 1-night trip
Posted 2 days ago
Seaside Inn & Suites
Chaminade Resort & Spa

Chaminade Resort & Spa

10/10 Excellent
"Clean room. A bit small but that’s ok. Attentive staff easy check in and out. Only issue was A/C did not work. Room was at 73-75 during our stay"
Brad 1-night trip
Posted 3 days ago
Chaminade Resort & Spa

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