Ocean View Hotel Santa Monica

... to the Qantas check in desks at arrivals where someone had dumped it. A $50 taxi ride got me to my hotel - The Georgian on Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica - at about 11pm. Things started to improve as soon as I arrived. The concierge grabbed my bag and led ...

... in LA close to midnight, and it was around 2.00am by the time we were all settled & asleep. Anyway, we are now in Santa Monica. Our room overlooks the Santa Monica Pier (Lily's 16th birthday venue for Hannah Montana fans), so we are looking forward to ...

... as he took us to many places & explained a whole lot about what we were seeing. In short we did :- - A good look at Santa Monica & Venice Beach area (including where some canals still exist) - Driving through Hollywood, Beverly Hills & Bel Air ...

... . The rest of us got mildy wet. After we got home from Universal, we enjoyed a few drinks on our balcony overlooking the Santa Monica Beach & Pier, and then wandered up the pier where there are eateries, carnival rides and even a Cirque Du Soleil Big ...

A lot of running around the first few days for the wedding. Traffic around LA is horrible. Especially when you have to go from Santa Monica to Buene Park to Newport Beach. But once things settled down we were able to get in a few days of relaxation. The ...

Today we awoke to just another perfect LA day - not a cloud to be seen, and a forecast of around 27C.  I'd hate to be a farmer here, as it never seems to rain. The Dads got up early and went to get our hire cars and we were off to Universal Studios ...

... on 3rd street promenade, which is a pedestrianised road lined with shops, bars and restaurants.  The other benefit of Santa Monica is the beach and ocean and its proximity to Venice Beach which I thought was fab – more on that later.  The ...

Hi everyone   Well, after we left Derek and June's, I really wanted to explore Malibu and Santa Monica nearby, on our drive up the coast. So we did. First of all, we went to Santa Monica and the famous pier. Much like Brighton pier really. ...

... to find a nice restaurant to eat in, but we didn't mind as we got to see loads of different parts of the city. Santa Monica is a beach town centred around the shops and restaurants on Santa Monica Blvd/3rd St/Wilshire Bld. It's also a very Bristish ...

... it's amazing) on the 101 driving through downtown L.A, past the old Hollywood sign and on bypassing Malibu and Santa Monica.  We reach our hotel, the Sandman Inn, in Santa Barbara, the weather is perfect with deep blue sky ...

... where I was fortunate to stumble across Ocean View Hotel, while looking for the Hostelling International. Ocean View Hotel, 1447 Ocean Avenue (between Santa Monica blvd + Broadway Ave), Santa Monica, Tel: 1800 452 4888, Web: ...

... it "Three's Company." We went out to dinner to a fairly inexpensive, yet delicious, Thai restaurant called Siam Best in Santa Monica. The waitresses were dressed in beautiful Thai silks that made the experience that much more...cultured. We all ordered ...

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... out to the supermarket and got some provisions for my stay. Then I came back and went to watch the sunset over the ocean right by Santa Monica Pier. Then I came back and did some washing and finally went to bed at about midnight. I had every intention of ...

... T-van when we returned and then when Neil and Helen came back we packed the rig away, said goodbye and headed to Santa Monica to the Ocean View Hotel. It's not a bad place and we wandered the wide beach, and the famous pier. It's all very nice but you'd ...

... beach town with lots going on and last residence of Dennis Hopper. Our first two nights were spent in Santa Monica at the Ocean View Best Western Hotel, the remaining week was spent with Brian's sister Chrissy in Westwood / Century City.    ...

... the ones that asked in the afternoons and evenings. A true bummer (pardon the pun).   I stayed in an awesome hotel in Santa Monica (The Fairmont Miramar) with a balcony that overlooked the beach and ocean. The famous Santa Monica Pier was close ...

... of the city below. Leaving The Hollywood Sign we headed to Mulholland Drive, a two-lane road loosely following the ridgeline of the Santa Monica Mountains and the Hollywood Hills. We were there on dusk and the view of the Los Angeles basin was amazing - ...

... nurse living in Santa Monica for over 40 years, who only now at the age of 60 has stopped referring to Canada as home. Santa Monica in the sunshine is beautiful. A proper seaside town, only this town has an ocean rather than the sea. With the ...

... because of the fog and the darkness closing in. It's quite chilly once the sun goes down. We stroll back to Santa Monica along the ocean. Well we can't actually see the ocean, but we assume that it's still there. We're getting quite heady from all ...