Central location in Santa Monica, close to beach and art museums. The apartment was tastefully furnished and met our needs for a two-night mid-week stay. The included parking was a plus, since street parking is limited and the garages in the area are quite expensive. The apartment does directly overlook the 3rd Street Promenade, which is brightly lit all night, and the windows do not have black-out shades - only venetian blinds, which were inadequate to block the light. Also, there is a large and lovely farmers market right below on Wednesday and Saturdays, which we enjoyed, but the trucks start arriving in the wee hours, so there was constant beeping as they parked and unloaded. This is a renovated older building which appears to have the original single-pane windows - ours was pretty drafty, but there was an extra comforter and space heater in the closet which worked for us.