Santa Barbara Tourist Hostel

First thing to know about this hostel, it is incredibly expensive during summer (May to September): 37$ a night, plus 20$ cash deposit for the key and 2$ cash to rent a towel.

Like Santa Cruz, the hostel is very well located, next to the beach after you pass the interstate HW101. It is three blocks away from the beach, 20 meters from the Amtrak station and 800 meters from the Greyhound Station. It has only one floor, compare to the building-typical-hostels that you find in the big cites. The front-desk is very welcoming like the "living room" with comfortable coaches and open spaced areas. The dorms are however hella small, something like 4*7 meters with 12 beds in eat! There are no lockers, no space to put your luggage and it is hard to get to the top buck-beds! For the price I paid, I thought it was ridiculous.



But it has its own charm, and I guess you will get use to it pretty quickly. Moreover, you never plan to stay more than 2 or 3 nights in those kind of hostels. There are 4 "public" showers for the men, free wifi and some computers to access internet if you don't travel with your laptop. There are like everywhere washers and dryers.

I liked the atmosphere of the hostel, which fortunately and obviously didn't have any curfew policy. The music keeps playing in the common room, and it is really easy to meet people and starts hosteller conversations. The hostel is close to the State Street, which is boarded by all the best bars and night clubs of Santa Barbara, so if you want to party, this hostel (and city) is definitely for you!