ITH Santa Barbara Surf Hostel

–Excellent location - show map
+161 photos
Scored 8.7
Rated fabulous

Property highlights

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About this property

Comfortable Accommodation: ITH Santa Barbara Surf Hostel in Santa Barbara offers adults-only accommodation with a sun terrace. Guests enjoy a lounge, outdoor fireplace, shared kitchen, minimarket, evening entertainment, outdoor seating area, picnic area, full-day security, bicycle parking, barbecue facilities, and car hire. Breakfast and Amenities: A continental buffet breakfast with pancakes is served daily. Shared bathrooms include showers. Additional facilities include a shared bathroom, shower, and paid on-site private parking. Local Attractions: West Beach is a 4-minute walk away, Amtrak Station Santa Barbara is 300 metres nearby, and Santa Barbara City College is a 14-minute walk. Other attractions include the Santa Barbara Museum of Art (1.9 km) and Granada Theatre (2 km). Guest Services: Highly rated for its convenient location, public transport options, and attentive staff, the hostel offers pub crawls and film nights. Boating is available in the surroundings. Santa Barbara Airport is 16 km away.

Couples particularly like the location — they rated it 9.4 for a two-person trip.

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Most popular facilities

  • Private parking

Perfect for a 3-night stay!

Top location: Highly rated by recent guests (9.6)

Breakfast info

Continental, Buffet

Private parking available on-site

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Guests who stayed here loved

Gabriele
Denmark Denmark
“Nice rooms, with nice dark duvets, comfortable ladders for bunk beds.”
Marju
Estonia Estonia
“Wonderful place that I can always recommend for a stay in Santa Barbara. Although the hostel is located across the street to Tran station, this actually did not disturb (the signals of the trains entering the station). Definitely a plus are...”
Buchner
South Africa South Africa
“Listen, I did a 3 week Roadtrip in California and stayed in all the major cities and surf towns in between. This is hands down the best one. The best vibe and atmosphere. Great location and loads of good events daily. Facilities were top notch....”
Jordan
United Kingdom United Kingdom
“Really nice and friendly hostel. Location is perfect too. You will meet good people here”
Agnes
United Kingdom United Kingdom
“The location was fantastic, right near the beach and also the Amtrak station. The staff were so friendly and helpful - I’d accidentally booked the wrong dates and they sorted it out and rearranged for me no problem. The hostel was clean with great...”
Katherine
Costa Rica Costa Rica
“It was one of the most welcoming hostels I have ever been, they were all so gentle and warm and specially Gerald and Reuben they both made us feel like home, we arrived on Thanksgiving so they invited us to join dinner and table games afterwards,...”
Alexia
United Kingdom United Kingdom
“the location is amazing literally next to the Amtrak and a 1 min walk from the beach. even though it's next to the Amtrak there is somehow no noise nice and hostel is spacious (showers) dorm is a good size beds all of charging ports abd storage...”
Alexis
United States United States
“Great location for everything we wanted to do. It felt safe, and the beds were SO comfy! The bathrooms were clean and the showers were absolutely lovely, loved that they had a private toilet for added privacy. They have lots of lockers and good...”
Camille
Brazil Brazil
“The hostel has a perfect location, good rooms (beds with curtains), amazing breakfast, with pancakes and eggs, great staff, clean bathrooms, good vibes and cute decoration. 100% would stay again!”
Simon
France France
“Perfect location, next to the train and bus station and close to the beach. Staff friendly and professional. Nice breakfast.”

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Facilities of ITH Santa Barbara Surf Hostel

Great facilities! Review score, 8.9

Most popular facilities

  • Private parking

House rules

ITH Santa Barbara Surf Hostel takes special requests - add in the next step!
Check-in
From 16:00 to 22:00
Guests are required to show a photo identification and credit card upon check-in
Check-out
From 08:00 to 11:00
Cancellation/ prepayment
Cancellation and prepayment policies vary according to accommodation type. Please check what conditions may apply to each option when making your selection.
Children and beds

Child policies

Children of any age are welcome.

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Cot and extra bed policies

Cots and extra beds are not available at this property.

No age restriction
There is no age requirement for check-in
Pets
Pets are not allowed.
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Guests are required to show a photo identification and credit card upon check-in. Please note that all Special Requests are subject to availability and additional charges may apply.