This isn't Santa Barbara, you won't find a bunch of Ken and Barbies running around. This is more of a slightly blue collar, pretty beachtown with an edgy feel to it. Almost everybody I ran into had full sleeve tattoos.
The beaches are clean and wide and it is very walkable to downtown. Downtown certainly has a bit of the bohemian, ...

Just got back. Nightmare. Tacky lobby. Inattentive staff. Slack restaurant. "Ocean-view," my ass. Loud halls. Doors that don't seal. Housekeeping that leaves your door open. Management that doesn't apologize for housekeeping leaving your door open. And a lobby-shop that was out of sunscreen. And the VISA gift cards promised.

What a rip.

Run away.

Ventura is a really easy-to-navigate, quaint beach town. It's an unpretentious place with a downtown that exudes character. The hotels are reasonable and many have nice ocean views. If you like to stay right on the beach, try the Holiday Inn. The beach itself is one of the best in Southern California and the beachwalk that follows the coast ...

The hotel is right on top of highway 101. In fact it was surrounded by it. Rooms described as having a "Pier view" in fact look out at a street and the highway right behind it. Our room was so close to the highway we heard it all night. Rooms with an "ocean view" do look at the ocean - but in between the ocean and the hotel is, ...

What a special so much to do and see the museums and of course the beach,tons of parking and not crowed at all the people seem to be real nice a must visit go shopping and lot's of restaurants!

To tell you the truth, I loved it! Ever since I was a kid I was always looking for adveture.At the Clocktower Inn I got the most unexspected adventure! You see in Ventura there are alot of Hotels that advertize that they are so called "haunted".
But I figured that they were just trying to get the rooms filled up if you know what I ...