HI Santa Cruz Hostel

Get to Know HI Santa Cruz

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Sitting atop the lovely seaside Beach Hill neighborhood, HI Santa Cruz offers accommodations in five separate Victorian cottages with picturesque gardens. The hostel is conveniently located just two blocks from beaches, the wharf, and the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk amusement park, and only 5 blocks from downtown Santa Cruz.  Guests love relaxing in this hostel’s beautiful on-site gardens, cute common room, and covered porch area.

Santa Cruz is a laid-back coastal town known for its great hiking, surfing, and dining spots, as well as the University of California Santa Cruz. In the summertime, visitors and locals flock to the Beach Boardwalk which dates from 1907 and is the oldest beachfront amusement park on the West Coast. The boardwalk has a glorious old-school Americana vibe and its most famous rides include a vintage 1924 wooden roller coaster and a 1911 carousel – both National Historic Landmarks.