Hotel Solares Santa Cruz
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Hotel Solares Review
Set in the Westside Santa Cruz district, within a 5-minute drive of Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk Iconic Amusement Park, the 2-star Hotel Solares offers a terrace. Situated at walking distance to the Wide Main Sandy Beach, the hotel has a heated swimming pool as well as a hot tub and an outdoor swimming pool.
Each morning, the Solares Santa Cruz serves a continental breakfast. The pizzeria Little Caesars is located around 6 minutes' walk away.
The accommodation is placed about 55 km from Mineta San Jose International airport and 5 minutes' drive from such cultural venues as Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Exploration Center. Natural attractions in the area include Cowell Beach, a 5-minute ride from the Solares, and a beach is around 0.9 km away.
This property is placed only minutes from Santa Cruz Wharf Pier, and Santa Cruz Metro Center bus station is around 5 minutes' walk away.
There are 144 rooms with a balcony and a dressing area. Some of them offer Wi-Fi and a flat-screen TV with satellite channels together with a minibar, coffee and tea making facilities. These comfortable units are furnished with a carpeted floor along with a cupboard and a writing table. Offering amenities such as hair dryers and towels, the bathrooms also feature a hot tub and a walk-in shower.
Hotel Solares is 750 metres of Sky Glider cable car.
A picnic area and a community pool can be booked at the accommodation at an extra charge.
Impressions
Positives and negatives
- Ideal hip new hotel with an absolutely perfect central setting.
- Located directly in the Westside Santa Cruz district and a super close walk to Mike Fox Skate Park.
- Surrounded by the bay and a river.
- A good choice of reasonably large and updated rooms available with a quiet refrigerator, a large lounge chair and a bathroom.
- Some units with nice decor.
- Continental breakfast with good food options.
- Great restaurant serving local cuisine.
- Excellent service and an early check-in.
- Rates are great.
- A few guests were dissatisfied with rock hard beds.
- A few vacationers mentioned that Wi-Fi was weak.
Rooms
Facilities
Facilities
- Flat-screen TV
- AM/FM alarm clock
Rooms
- Air conditioning
- Heating
- Sitting area
- Dressing area
- Patio
- Terrace
- Garden furniture
- Tea and coffee facilities
- Ironing facilities
Dining facilities
- Picnic area/ Tables
Services
- Housekeeping
- Shops/Commercial services
Relax
- Heated swimming pool
- Outdoor swimming pool
- Beach access
- Beach umbrellas
- Sun loungers
- Shallow end
Reviews
Location
Landmarks nearby
- Santa Cruz Surfing Museum 2.16 km (1.34 mi.)
- Santa Cruz Wharf 1.61 km (1.00 mi.)
- Giant Dipper 750 m (2461 ft)
- Sky Glider 820 m (2690 ft)
- Pacific Garden Mall 700 m (2297 ft)
- Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History 1.44 km (4724 ft)
- Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park 1.05 km (3445 ft)
- Tea House Spa 700 m (2297 ft)
- Mark Abbott Memorial Lighthouse 1.93 km (1.20 mi.)