Guidebook for Santa Cruz

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Guidebook for Santa Cruz

Food Scene

Best sushi in Santa Cruz, better for adults than kids.
54 locals recommend
Akira Sushi
1222 Soquel Ave
54 locals recommend
Best sushi in Santa Cruz, better for adults than kids.
Coffee snobs love this place.
220 locals recommend
Verve Coffee Roasters
816 41st Ave
220 locals recommend
Coffee snobs love this place.
Great eclectic Pan Asia Fusion food. Order take out on their website and it is $1 off per dish but it is hard to beat the flavors hot off the wok if you feast there.
11 locals recommend
India Joze
418 Front St
11 locals recommend
Great eclectic Pan Asia Fusion food. Order take out on their website and it is $1 off per dish but it is hard to beat the flavors hot off the wok if you feast there.

Arts & Culture

Our local treasure for art lovers...check it out.
133 locals recommend
Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History
705 Front St
133 locals recommend
Our local treasure for art lovers...check it out.
Music, film festivals, etc. check out what is happening at the center of our neighborhood.
52 locals recommend
Rio Theatre
1205 Soquel Ave
52 locals recommend
Music, film festivals, etc. check out what is happening at the center of our neighborhood.
Great small venue for high quality musical acts.
52 locals recommend
Kuumbwa Jazz Center
320-2 Cedar St
52 locals recommend
Great small venue for high quality musical acts.
Mostly blues, but also other genres of music as well.
83 locals recommend
Moe's Alley
1535 Commercial Way
83 locals recommend
Mostly blues, but also other genres of music as well.

Sightseeing

Wilder ranch is my favorite place in Santa Cruz. Safe, mostly easy biking for kids, great picnic spots, amazing coastal walking, world class mountain biking....all just North of town.
219 locals recommend
Wilder Ranch State Park
1401 Coast Rd
219 locals recommend
Wilder ranch is my favorite place in Santa Cruz. Safe, mostly easy biking for kids, great picnic spots, amazing coastal walking, world class mountain biking....all just North of town.
Explore the local marine visitors center. Amazing Blue whale skelaton.
80 locals recommend
Seymour Marine Discovery Center
100 McAllister Way
80 locals recommend
Explore the local marine visitors center. Amazing Blue whale skelaton.
The best organic strawberries on the planet. I can eat 3 baskets all by myself in the 10 mile drive back to Santa Cruz. We buy them by the flat and freeze them for the winter.
35 locals recommend
Swanton Berry Farm
25 Swanton Rd
35 locals recommend
The best organic strawberries on the planet. I can eat 3 baskets all by myself in the 10 mile drive back to Santa Cruz. We buy them by the flat and freeze them for the winter.

Shopping

The heart of downtown Santa Cruz. Great bookstore.
57 locals recommend
Bookshop Santa Cruz
1520 Pacific Ave
57 locals recommend
The heart of downtown Santa Cruz. Great bookstore.