This property is excellent for spending time near Santa Cruz. You can easily visit Aptos, Watsonville, and Capitola as well. As someone who has grown up in northern California, I really enjoy the small town feel of Soquel but if you are looking for the bigger sights, it's only a 15 minute drive to downtown Santa Cruz where there is plenty of affordable parking. We loved the cottage as a romantic getaway. It was very clean, the bed sheets were soft, and the copper tub was truly luxurious. They left us tea and biscotti, which was a nice touch. Plus, there was a refrigerator for us to put some nice wine we had brought. I checked in a couple of times over the airbnb message app with our hosts, and they were very responsive. We went on this trip to celebrate our engagement and couldn't have been happier with it!