University Inn & Conference Center

Just a short stroll from the famous Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, downtown’s University Inn and Conference Center, Santa Cruz, Calif. is within a mile of the harbor, beaches ideal for surfing, and the shops, coffee houses and cafés of Pacific Garden Mall.
Perks include complimentary breakfasts in the poolside Sunset Room, wireless Internet access throughout the hotel, including the guestrooms, a technology help desk; fitness equipment, a cabana-style hot tub; business services; meeting, ballroom, banquet, catering facilities; and everything from steak to sushi in neighborhood restaurants. The hotel’s staff can helps guests plan tours.

The five-story Santa Cruz hotel features 171 guestrooms and six suites with 27- inch cable/satellite TVs, premium cable channels and daily housekeeping. Customers can get microwave ovens and refrigerators in their rooms just by asking.

Reachable by the hotel’s shuttle, San Jose International Airport stands 35 miles from the University Inn and Conference Center.