The place it's quite close to the center of Santa Monica, if you walk it takes about 15' to get there and other 15' for the beach. If you have a car, you can park it there. The host has a lovely dog that does not bark at night, so no worries about that. Unfortunately, we found the place to be dirty, especially the bathroom. For this reason, I would not recommend it and I don't believe it's good value for money.