Santa Cruz Vacation Rental

A beautiful Santa Cruz vacation rental has various activities offer for your next trip to Northern California. Santa Cruz is an amazing modern town that has surf, sun, sand, shopping, nature to explore, cultural activities, museums and diverse foods. A Santa Cruz vacation rental will put you close to downtown Santa Cruz, which is a year round recreation and tourist destination with over 3,000 days of sunshine per year. It has many shopping and entertainment activities for all interests. Pacific Avenue exists as the cultural and social center for all visitors of Santa Cruz. The pedestrian-friendly, tree-lined streets are filled with vibrant shops and galleries, outdoor bistros and sidewalk musicians ? all in keeping with the city's offbeat personality. The newly renovated downtown showcases an upscale residential district, historic Victorians, galleries, a modern museum and a vibrant nightlife all enhanced by the areas natural beauty and style.

Santa Cruz is the quintessential beach town. It was here that Hawaiian royalty first introduced surfing to the mainland--and locals and visitors alike have been riding the waves ever since. Not far from the surf break, calliope music and laughter fills the air at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, the West Coast's last remaining seaside amusement park. The beaches are perfect for building sand castles, learning to surf, playing a round of beach volleyball, hiking along the coastal bluffs, feasting on a picnic or taking a romantic sunset stroll. Your Santa Cruz vacation rental will have breathtaking views of the ocean. Whether it is during the day, when the sun reflects off the water or in the evening, when the moon's reflection is captured in the silver lined curl of the waves, you can catch a spectacular view of the ocean at Santa Cruz. The 26th Avenue Beach, located between the Capitola and Santa Cruz piers just west of Pleasure Point, sets your rental home farther out towards the ocean than any multi-million dollar homes on either side of your Santa Cruz vacation rental. You will have a complete 180-degree panoramic view of the ocean at your Santa Cruz vacation rental home.

Santa Cruz may be known around the world as "Surf City," but it has much more activities than surfing. If there's an activity involving water, boards, wheels or feet, you can bet that there's a place for it in Santa Cruz. Kayaking, mountain biking, cycling, hiking, golfing, sailing, fishing, camping, horseback riding, kite boarding, windsurfing, skateboarding, and of course surfing, are just some of the activities you can enjoy in Santa Cruz's great outdoors. One-of-a-kind items of character and personality make Santa Cruz County a den for shopping diversity. You can find items from yesterday and today in every price range. Galleries and shops are tucked into the appealing neighborhoods of Santa Cruz, Capitola and antique havens populate Soquel and Aptos. With flower sellers and garden shops sprinkled throughout, it's easy to satisfy all the senses. There is any kind of food you can imagine in Santa Cruz and your Santa Cruz vacation rental will be in an unconventional city. There are more artists, musicians, historians and cultural event organizers in Santa Cruz than possibly anywhere else in the world. There are art fairs, music festivals, historic re-enactments or ethnic celebrations held here during anytime of the year.

You can experience the beauty of Santa Cruz while you are cooking or washing the dishes, by enjoying the ocean's activity from the peacefulness of breaking waves or the abundance of wildlife, such as sea otters, porpoises and a variety of birds. All you need to do is find a Santa Cruz vacation rental to come and experience Santa Cruz for yourself!