My family loved our stay at Gabriel's Santa Cruz beach house. The house is beautiful and homey with an incredible backyard for hot tubbing and BBQing. The house is almost like two separate spaces - both the upstairs and the downstairs have their own kitchen - as well there being a kitchen with a Viking oven outside. If you are staying with another family or older teen/adult family members, it works really well. I loved the Talavera ceramics and tile throughout the house. Everything is pristine but also homey. I appreciated the many really nice touches - an outdoor shower to wash your feet after going to the beach, lots of beach towels, all the spices and kitchen gadgets. It is a very short walk to a big, sandy beach. The hosts were responsive and friendly. I highly recommend!