Marco's place is in a great location in a quiet neighborhood of Santa Monica. While you definitely need a car to get around the LA area, you can walk to most of the hot spots in Santa Monica in 30 minutes from Marco's AirBnB (make sure you hit up Tacos Chidos for late night tacos - it's less than 5 minutes away on foot). The place's accommodations are really nice and it was especially handy to have 2 full bathrooms. The garage parking was super convenient. The bed was really comfortable too. Would stay here again! Only minor quibble is that, at the time of this review, there was no hairdryer.