Santa Cruz is a place that seems to make it on many peoples vacation
radars. Mostly we have vacationers from California, though we have many
from out of the the country. When I travel and I mention where I am
from, often people know of Santa Cruz California.
Some know of it as a surf spot, but many have heard it is a cool and
pretty beach town. It is both those, but Santa Cruz is a place with
many different faces for different reasons. Rio Del Mar beaches are great long beaches good for getting that long reflective walk.
Santa Cruz beach homes
are often in demand for rentals when people come back once they have
determined that yes, this is a cool spot to visit or live. Santa Cruz
was recently named by a national magazine, Travel + Leisure as one of
the 10 top spots to enjoy Christmas. Not sure why exactly, but hanging
out at the beach for Christmas is actually pretty cool. Actually it is
often warm and sunny, which may be the reason. Now you won't confuse
our waters with those of Bali's, but Santa Cruz is a whole lot closer
for most folks.
Travel + Liesure Magazine- Top places to enjoy Christmas
Some of the Top 10 places are in the states. I would think you could
make a list of just California as well. The other spots are world wide.
Here is the list of the Top 10 greatest places to spend Christmas,Santa Cruz Ca included.
- Charleston, SC
- Bali
- Bay of Islands, New Zealand
- Boston
- Edindurgh, Scotland
- Montreal, Canada
- Munich, Germany
- Park City, Utah
- Puerto Rico
- Santa Cruz, California
There are many beautiful lighted displays and different areas have appeal for vacation and holiday travel. For instance Park City, Utah real estate
gets a lot of interest in the winter time, because is has fabulous
world class snow, and has it's day during the winter primarily. For
many skiers having a home at a ski resort town is great family fun year
round. Many winter cities have a great summer business with mountain
bikers and hikers too. Santa Cruz has nice year round weather and is
not just a nice place to visit in summer. I think that probably the Rio
Del Mar beaches are prettiest in the fall, though people come here for
the nice beach weather mostly in the June-September time frame.
Santa Cruz has a wealth of natural beauty and activities from world
class surfing, to mountain biking, kite board sailing, fishing and a
variety of wineries to sample. Santa Cruz is a great year round place,
and not just for Christmas. Santa often is seem surfing at Pleasure Point surf breaks or in Capitola, so check for homes in the area if you like to surf or go to the beach.