good and bad in santa monica
 

Hi

Are there areas in Santa Monica which are unsafe to walk around? Good, reasonable, safe hotels. Regards
Caroline

Has a reputation for lots of homeless but not unsafe.

CalMarHotel
BaysideHotel
SeashoreMotel

Best reasonable hotel in SM is the Embassy Hotel Apartments www.embassyhotelapts.com
(NOT an Embassy Suite).

No restaurant or gym, but super-charming original Mediterranean in a perfect location for walking - two blocks from the 3rd Street Promenade and three blocks from the ocean. Cheapest rooms are around $150. There are also fabulous apartments with full kitchens.

Don't walk around the residential area between Olympic and Pico in the teen-numbered streets.

My parents live a few blocks east of Lincoln Blvd, (about a mile from the beach) between Santa Monica blvd & Willshire. That area is not bad at all for walking around, have walked around that area many times, day & evening, although the only part of that area that you may really want to walk around in is on Wilshire. The other parts of that area are residential & not too interesting. I don't know if I would walk around there late at night, but during the day & evening is fine. I agree with crosscheck on the Olympic - Pico area.

Forgot to add that if you are interested in walking the main street area. Here is a website specific to that area: http://mainstreetsm.com/homepage.shtml
& the Main Street Farmer's Market:
http://santa-monica.org/farmers_market/sunday.htm

Santa Monica is overall pretty easy and safe to walk around, in my opinion, especially the tourist-y areas.

We stayed at:
http://www.georgianhotel.com/
which has ocean views and w/in walking distance to the Promenade.

Not sure about the safety of the Santa Monica Pier, but either way I don't think it was worth the visit.

Good luck!

We let our young teens go to the Pier unsupervised in the afternoon, not at night.