The area is lively during the day with sun dwellers, dog lovers, vendors, beach lovers, surfers etc. At night it's very quiet and peaceful.
If this is your first time visiting, my advice is to hit the ground running, there is SO much to see and do here. If you have time, try the GoCar Tour (ask for Layla)- we learned alot abt SD, and had fun.
So glad we opted for the parking option. The area is very walkable, but parking on the weekends is a challenge. Grocery stores, 7-11 (abt 4ish blocks away), Pubs, Restaurants, Acai Bowls are all within walking distance. In 1 direction, the beach is about 4ish blocks away, in another direction the beach is about 1.5 blocks away.
The studio is very clean, modern and well built. It's very cute :-) looks just like pics.
There are no stairs, so no worries about carrying luggage up/down steps.
I felt safe, I slept well.
Julia is responsive and kind. The ideal host. If you have questions, she responds very quickly. We enjoyed our stay and would definitely book with Julia again and again.