Harbor Inn
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Fast facts
Check in from: | 15:00 |
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Check out before: | 11:00 |
Pets | Pets not allowed |
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Harbor Inn
Within 10 minutes’ drive of the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk and Pleasure Point, this Santa Cruz inn offers accommodations with charming décor and free WiFi in all rooms. Kayaking, boating and fishing opportunities are available nearby.
Reviews from 
Family traveller
Comment: 24 Dec 2025
Stayed in: Dec 2025
Comfortable and Safe
Cute and comfortable. Good beds, fridge, microwave, safe location. Plenty of parking. Beware of the other hotels downtown. Highly recommend.
Solo traveller
Comment: 10 Oct 2021
Stayed in: Oct 2021
Small hotel facing a noisy street
This is a quaint boutique hotel, with small rooms and a feel of a farm house with apple trees in the back yard. I don’t like chain establishments and usually stay in smaller hotels. Eric (staff/owner) let me check in after 2pm, which was nice, and offered an available room when I mentioned that my room faced a noisy street. And this is the reason for 3 stars. When booking a hotel, one relies on other reviews and pure luck. Unfortunately, the hotel location was not great, facing 7th Ave on one side and a PG&E station with lots of traffic on the other side. If you’re a light sleeper like me, bring ear plugs and eye mask because the window blinds don’t block street lights.
On the positive, the room was small but clean, with own bathroom and small kitchen. Harbor cafe was closed for a staff appreciation week, so I brought my food. Only a 10 min walk to the beach and a 10 min drive to downtown.
Suggestion to management for better customer experience:
* install noise/light blocking curtains
*provide plastic plates/utensils
* replace a heavy frame picture above the bad with a light one, to avoid injuries during an earthquake
On the positive, the room was small but clean, with own bathroom and small kitchen. Harbor cafe was closed for a staff appreciation week, so I brought my food. Only a 10 min walk to the beach and a 10 min drive to downtown.
Suggestion to management for better customer experience:
* install noise/light blocking curtains
*provide plastic plates/utensils
* replace a heavy frame picture above the bad with a light one, to avoid injuries during an earthquake
Other
Comment: 29 Jun 2021
Stayed in: Jun 2021
Charming and reasonable
Homey and clean, friendly staff, wi-fi worked most but not all of the time. Appreciated the refrigerator, microwave and coffeemaker in room 306. The walls are thin, so I would bring earplugs just in case you don't have the quietest neighbors. The bed was fine for me, but soft and oddly slants a bit from the middle to each side. Unless you want to stop at the small deli/grocery about 1/2 way to the beach on 7th, I'd advise turning right at the first signal (Eaton, sign toward East Harbor) and walk to the beach via 6th Ave. - much quieter and you can see how folks have fixed up their homes and gardens (or not). For larger supply run there's a Safeway about 5 - 7 min drive away.
Couple
Comment: 24 Oct 2018
Stayed in: Oct 2018
Close to the beach
A nice small motel close to the beach of Santa Cruz. close to supermarket and small places where you can have breakfast (no option for breakfast at the hotel). The room was comfortable and clean. Free parking.
We had a problem with the WiFi connection but the woman at the reception just checked us in and went away so we had nobody to ask to solve the problem. We stayed 2 nights but the reception open up only on 10:00, (we left before) and by the time we came back it was already closed.
We had a problem with the WiFi connection but the woman at the reception just checked us in and went away so we had nobody to ask to solve the problem. We stayed 2 nights but the reception open up only on 10:00, (we left before) and by the time we came back it was already closed.
Couple
Comment: 13 Apr 2019
Stayed in: Apr 2019
Homey but a little creaky
Stayed two nights, mid-week off-season. Check-in was easy, but check-in hours restrictive. Older property, room clean, bright and tidy, but bed comfort only so-so for us. Nice to have microwave, small fridge and coffee maker, but missed not having any breakfast. Good cafe down the street, but breakfast for two will run you something like $35.
Walls pretty thin and building creaky, but fortunately the neighbors were quiet and considerate when we were there. Quite a bit of road noise in the morning -- if you are a light sleeper bring ear plugs.
Even though the daytime high temperature was only in the 60's, the room was pretty warm and there is no a/c. We did use the fan, which helped.
45 minute walk to the part of downtown where we had dinner (and we are not slow walkers), many small hotels quite a bit closer.
Nice that this is not a national chain, and price (about $100/night on our visit) was not unreasonable, but we'll likely look elsewhere next time.
Walls pretty thin and building creaky, but fortunately the neighbors were quiet and considerate when we were there. Quite a bit of road noise in the morning -- if you are a light sleeper bring ear plugs.
Even though the daytime high temperature was only in the 60's, the room was pretty warm and there is no a/c. We did use the fan, which helped.
45 minute walk to the part of downtown where we had dinner (and we are not slow walkers), many small hotels quite a bit closer.
Nice that this is not a national chain, and price (about $100/night on our visit) was not unreasonable, but we'll likely look elsewhere next time.
Very good location
645 7th Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA 95062, United States|2.96 km from city centre
Check in and check out
Check in from:
15:00
Check out before:
11:00
Good to know
Pets not allowed
Guests must provide a credit card that matches the name on the booking when checking in. The property will pre-authorize your card and release the preauthorization if there are no additional charges or damage to the room when checking out. Some properties and room types have special policies; please check with the property for more information.
Please contact the hotel for details about adding extra beds.
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