good and bad in santa monica
Feb 1st, 2007, 10:27 AM
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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.
(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.
Feb 1st, 2007, 12:57 PM
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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.
Feb 1st, 2007, 01:21 PM
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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
& the Main Street Farmer's Market:
http://santa-monica.org/farmers_market/sunday.htm
Feb 1st, 2007, 02:22 PM
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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 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!
