Santa Maria Hotels

Santa Maria's Holiday Inn is the largest hotel in town, and one of the main places to stay when visiting the central coast of California. The all-suite inn has spacious grounds and an easily-reached location, on the north edge of town next to exit 173 of US 101 (N Broadway), 2 miles from the town center. Some of the 207 rooms (on 4 floors) have fine views over the highway and the Santa Maria River to the wooded slopes of the Sierra Madre Mountains, though the immediate neighborhood does not have much of interest. Full service amenities at the hotel include a restaurant/bar/grill (Portabella), a large outdoor pool, fitness center, newsstand, free evening reception (Mon-Wed) and guest laundry.

The newly built (summer 2009) Candlewood Suites hotel brings high quality, extended stay accommodation to Santa Maria, offering 72 well equipped suites featuring a full kitchen, flat screen TV, DVD player, work desk, sofa bed and pillow top mattresses. Other amenities for the long stay traveler are free laundry, free internet access, a convenience store, fitness center and daily housekeeping. Bbq grills in the garden provide an alternative to in-room cooking, and there are many restaurants nearby, along the main route through town (Broadway St). The hotel has a quiet location on a side street on the north side of Santa Maria, half a mile from US 101.

Best Western Big America has a peaceful setting on the edge of a residential district towards the north side of Santa Maria, along the main road through the town center, N Broadway (CA 135). The inn is a clean-looking, motel-style building of 106 rooms on 2 floors, enclosing a large parking area, with an outdoor pool on one side. The staff are friendly & efficient, and the hotel receives many good reviews for its cleanliness, spaciousness and the quality of the free continental breakfast. Lunch & dinner are also available on-site, at the Francisco's Country Kitchen Restaurant.

In the leafy suburbs on the east side of Santa Maria, the Quality Inn is a medium sized motel of 62 rooms, 2 floors & an outdoor pool, connected to one fast food restaurant (IHOP) and close to at least half a dozen others. Access is easy since the property is right next to US 101, the Main Street exit, and about a mile from the town center. The tree-lined gardens also contain a hot tub, children's playground & picnic area, while indoor amenities include free continental breakfast and guest laundry.

Formerly the Stardust Motel, the new Rodeway Inn of Santa Maria provides some of the cheapest lodging in town, with 22 clean rooms (all equipped with microwave & refrigerator), and free coffee & pastries in the morning. The inn has the familiar 2 storey, exterior corridor design, and is found along the main north-south road through Santa Maria (Broadway), 1.4 miles from the Betteravia Rd exit of US 101.

Open summer 2009, the new Fairfield Inn by Marriott hotel in Santa Maria caters for guests in 88 rooms & studio suites, all bright and modern, and looking out over a generally quiet, mixed business/commercial area on the north side of town. The hotel is half a mile from US 101, and 17 miles from the Pacific Ocean at Pismo Beach. Free continental breakfast, free internet access, an exercise room, pool and copy/fax service are the main amenities. Rooms are decorated bright, bold colors, and feature extra comfortable bedding, an executive desk and LCD TV.