Guests: Most guests had accents and hailed from Western Europe or Australia. Others have adopted the hostel for a long-term stay, including one guest hunting for an apartment and an East Coast transplant who stayed for weeks.
Location: A bona fide California beach town, Venice Beach captures everything weird and wonderful about the West Coast. Artists and street musicians line the colourful boardwalk, and shops vend flowing bohemian silk dresses and medical marijuana. The hostel is a block from the beach, which featured a wandering flute player and fabulous funnel cakes. The hostel entrance is lodged between the Zen Massage parlour and a skate shop. But safety can be a concern. With the vicinity’s transients, numerous liquor stores and drug use, guests should not wander this area alone. Some female guests noted the boardwalk was “creepy” enough that they returned to the hostel early.

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