Monterey Bay and Santa Barbara hotels

[little tink]

Hi planning our West coast trip for this Sept, 3 adults no kids wanting to stay at Monterey Bay for a couple of nights and a night at Santa Barbara. Please can anyone give us some good hotel recommendations as there are so many to chose from. Many thanks

[Guest]

We’ve booked the Hotel Abrego in Monterey and the Marina Beach Motel in Santa Barbara after lots of research and recommendations.

[grant_w]

Seconded.
Hotel Abrego in Monterey was lovely, we stayed there for my wife's 40th in October. Had a fire in the room (didn't need it fortunately), and they gave my wife chocolates and wine for her birthday. Nice easy walk into town, or there's a Denny's pretty much next door

Eagle Inn in Santa Barbara was nice, we were only there for 1 night, but everything was nice.

[jocat]

We stayed at the Abrego last year and would recommend it.

[little tink]

Thank you for the replies so far. I’ve just found Hotel Pacific which looks nice, has anyone stayed there?

[Allan]

We also stayed in Hotel Abrego last October and enjoyed it.

[landandword17]

Marina Beach motel in Santa Barbara is good value. Free breakfast. Kitchen in room and patio. There are a few other hotels on the same street - West Beach Inn, Lavender Inn, Castillo Inn but they were all much more expensive for our dates.

There are a lot of budget motels and chain hotels up the north end of State Street but they are further from the beach. There's a trolley that goes from the pier along State Street for .50c per person but it stops about 1-2 miles from those motels so you would have to use your car to get about.

[Guest]

Nice to hear good things about Hotel Abrego as we have booked that hotel for our trip . Booked Ramada in Santa Barbara.

[miked1e]

Monterey Plaza... amazing hotel and amazing restaurant! One of our best hotel stays during the holiday!

[emmabanana]

Originally Posted by miked1e

Monterey Plaza... amazing hotel and amazing restaurant! One of our best hotel stays during the holiday!

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We stayed here too, it was such a lovely hotel and a great location.

We stayed at Brisas Del Mar in Santa Barbara, that was a short walk to get the trolley.