Santa Cruz Area Beachfront Townhouse with Spectacular Views ON the Beach

What an amazing way to spend Christmas Eve and Day. We were allowed to bring our husky and she loved the morning run on the beach!

The townhouse was really nice, very clean, and very homey! I enjoyed just watching the waves either from lying in bed or sitting in the living room. Very relaxing time for my family. We played games we had brought along, took dog to beach frequently during the day. I could have spent a full week right there! Hope to be back during the summer next time.

We arrived late in the evening and the property was pretty easy to find... The beach house was clean, nicely decorated and the views were magnificent! There was plenty of space and accommodated 5 women easily. The owners left a gift basket and wine and a personalized note which was thoughtful! We had a couple of needs, such as bath towels and batteries for the fire remote and the property manager (Kayla) was swift and reliable with our needs.

We were able to do day trips north and south to Monterrey, Santa Cruz and Altos to see the Redwood trees... but our favorite destination was outside our balcony down on the beach!

We saw numerous whales feeding not far off the beach each day we were there which was phenomenal to witness! The beach was sparsely populated and most times in early morning walk we had the beach all to ourselves.

If we had to do it all over again we'd stick up with wine and food and stay all days at the beach house (the traffic was frustrating, as it took a long time to go short distances)... it was a little slice of heaven!

We definitely would love to return again sometime in the future.

Thank you for a memorable birthday trip!

The beach house is absolute paradise and out family was sad to leave. The beach goes on for miles and we were often the only family on the beach. We had plenty of room for 2 adults and 3 children, sleeping comfortably. The kitchen is well stocked and barbecuing on the deck is picturesque. Our family will certainly be coming back to the La Selva beach house.

Thank you, Deb and Kayla

My wife and I thoroughly enjoyed our stay here with our two young sons. We created amazing memories grilling on the patio while watching whales spout in the distance, and the collection of sand dollars we gathered was pretty impressive. We were initially welcomed with a basket of goodies and wine, which we very much appreciated, and our general sense is that the owners and property manager are both friendly and welcoming. As other reviewers have mentioned, the location is excellent for access to both Monterey and Santa Cruz, and because it's off the beaten path, it felt like we had miles of beach to ourselves. However, considering the rates, there are a few things that were annoying to us. First of all, there is a surcharge for linen service, which is in addition to the cleaning fee. I'm not sure what the alternative is - we bring our own sheets and towels? Anyway, we paid the additional fees up front, along with our rental fees and the security deposit. Several weeks and several emails after our stay, we received part of our security deposit back, but the linen fee was deducted from our security deposit, despite the fact we had already paid it. I followed up with the property manager, who acknowledged her mistake and indicated she would forward the difference to me right away. Several more weeks have passed and we ave yet to receive the remaining security deposit back. Another thing we were frustrated with is that the jetted tub doesn't work. My wife was looking forward to using it, but the jets weren't functioning. Finally, the TV/internet wiring is quite interesting - there aren't enough outlets to operate the TV, wireless internet, and sound machine, so you get to play musical plugs depending on what you want to have working at the moment. Another power strip would easily solve that problem. We eventually got the wireless internet to work, but couldn't figure out how to operate the TV, which was probably a good thing anyway - after all, this place is ON THE BEACH!

I don't want to discourage anyone from renting this place - it's like a good spouse/s-o. Wonderful, but with some overlookable flaws.

This condo was the perfect beach vacation home for our family of 4. It had everything we needed for the trip - kitchen was equipped really well and was clean and neat.

Both the bedrooms faced the ocean and it was so relaxing to fall asleep to the sound of waves.

The location is simply unbeatable to drive to all the nearby attractions - Monterey, Carmel and Santa Cruz.

We saw dolphins and otters from the balcony - the views are so amazing...

Would definitely recommend this condo and we would love to have the chance to stay there again.