Santa Monica

Pros: Lots to do and see; great eateries for foodies; exercises, outdoors chess
Cons: Expenses

You may have been missing out on a great California beach town to spend your holiday in if you don't read this review. The following one is the result of my recent trip to this quaint and lively city by the sea. Santa Monica, located at the western end...

Pros: Outstanding food and service
Cons: Expensive

Review Topic:  Sights & Attractions

This is a restaurant review for The Hump, a sushi restaurant located at the Santa Monica Airport.

LOCATION:

The Hump is located at the Santa...

Pros: Wide range of good restaurants and shops.
Cons: Can be a little overcrowded on summer weekend nights.

I work across the street from the 3rd Street Promenade and hope that this "insider" review will be helpful to visitors! All places I've listed (with the exception of Montana and a couple hotels) do not require a car.

Why I Like the...

Pros: Beautiful beach, rollerbladding, excentric people, 3rd avenue
Cons: homeless, mentally disturbed, and drugs

Santa Monica is one of my favorite places to enjoy a nice sunny saturday afternoon. Actually it's pretty much the same temperature all year round. You'll find you'll recognize many an area from the movies, etc. Once you've been to Santa Monica you'll...

Pros: Plenty to do to keep you busy, but you can fit it all in a day.
Cons: Tourist trap. Costly.

Santa Monica has plenty of things for tourists to do, but, if you organize your time, it is possible to turn it into a day trip.

The Beach: I don't think either Santa Monica or Venice have the prettiest beaches in Southern California, but...

Pros: Has everything
Cons: expensive

My husband and I traveled to LA last month and stayed at the Double Tree Guest Suites in Santa Monica. I had never been to California before. I was in for a real treat!! The hotel was locate only blocks from the ocean. If you have never seen it...

Pros: Great Beaches, Amazing Views!
Cons: None!!

I traveled in Santa Monica last week with my husband who was on his official trip to LA. After all the snowstorms and gusty winds in Chicago, I really needed a change of place and weather. We stayed in Santa Monica at the newly built Casa Del Mar hotel,...

Pros: Fun, Beach, Restaurants, Shopping
Cons: Can get a little crowded during the summer weekends.

Santa Monica is an oasis in the pit that is LA. It was what most people associate "California free and easy" lifestyle. It is very accessible and takes about 10 minutes to get there by auto or a little longer by bus. No sweat on directions - just ...

Pros: Great location and fun times.
Cons: not well advertised , but busy non the less.

Santa Monica , Yankee Doodles, is a must see.
I love this sports style , more of a restaurant than a bar setup. We discovered this along the stroll through the city away from the beach. The large interior and rows of televisions on the...

Pros: A bit of action at the beach
Cons: Crowded, expensive, traffic

Santa Monica, like many parts of L.A., is probably better suited to daily life than to a vacation - though you could enjoy a few days vacationing in S.M. when it's beach weather. There are times throughout the year when you can avoid the smog here, but...

Pros: Free Entertainment, Beaches, Food
Cons: Always busy on weekend nights :)

Santa Monica was a blast. The third street prominade is the place to be for all the events and great cuisine. Delightful, little Italian resturants surround Santa Monica, with outdoor seating along third street. You will see it all in one weekend at...

Pros: Attractive, good variety of shops and restaurants, great ocean view
Cons: Can sometimes get crowded; some shops are expensive

A good variety of restaurants. A hip, multi-cultural crowd. Good shopping. A classic boardwalk and pier. Which area of San Francisco is this? Sorry, L.A. haters, this is right outside the City of Angels, in cozy Santa Monica.

Santa Monica...

Pros: You won't be bored-- movies, restaurants, bookstores, wild entertainers!
Cons: Scary homeless, crowded, parking, traffic

Santa Monica epitomizes both the best and worst of Los Angeles and California. Formerly a slum area back in the 1980's, it was developed and transformed into a must-see destination as part of an L.A. visit. There are still homeless people lying ...

Pros: Nice atmosphere.
Cons: Could be expensive.

I really enjoy Santa Monica because there are so many things to do. You have your choice of the beach, the pier, and the third street promenade all within walking distance of one another. Depending upon how much time you plan on spending there I would ...

Pros: Pier is an attraction.
Cons: Homeless problem dramatically increased in last four years.

We just returned from California, a trip from San Francisco to Newport Beach. I was in Santa Monica four years ago and the homeless seem to have multiplied tenfold. They are extremely aggressive, rude, dirty and arrogant. The city and the police seem...