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HI Point Montara Lighthouse Hostel

2.0 star property
Beachfront hostel for sun and fun

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On the beach
Exterior
View from room
Interior
Property grounds

Popular amenities

  • Kitchen
  • Laundry
  • Free WiFi
  • Parking included

Room options

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About the neighborhood

Map
94037, CA, Moss Beach, 16th Street and Highway 1

What's nearby

  • Montara State Beach - 18 min walk - 1.5 km
  • JV Fitzgerald Marine Reserve - 19 min walk - 1.7 km
  • Pillar Point Harbor - 5 min drive - 6.4 km
  • Mavericks Beach - 8 min drive - 6.8 km
  • Miramar Beach - 9 min drive - 9.6 km

Getting around

  • Broadway Station - 24 min drive
  • San Francisco Intl. Airport (SFO) - 24 min drive

Restaurants

  • โ€ชTaco Bell - โ€ฌ8 min drive
  • โ€ชStarbucks - โ€ฌ8 min drive
  • โ€ชMcDonald's - โ€ฌ8 min drive
  • โ€ชSoul Grind - โ€ฌ8 min drive
  • โ€ชSam's Chowder House - โ€ฌ5 min drive

About this property

HI Point Montara Lighthouse Hostel

Property highlights
You can look forward to a terrace, a coffee shop/cafe, and a garden at HI Point Montara Lighthouse Hostel. Free in-room WiFi and laundry facilities are available to all guests.
You'll also enjoy perks such as:
  • Free self parking
  • Smoke-free premises, barbecue grills, and luggage storage
Room features
All guestrooms at HI Point Montara Lighthouse Hostel offer amenities such as free WiFi.
More conveniences in all rooms include:
  • Communal kitchens and heating

Languages

English, Spanish

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Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • Free self parking on site
  • Limited onsite parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available

Food and drink

  • A coffee shop/cafe

Family friendly

  • Laundry facilities

Conveniences

  • Laundry facilities
  • Limited-hour front desk
  • Luggage storage

Outdoors

  • Barbecue grill
  • Garden
  • On the beach
  • Picnic area
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible path of travel

More

  • Smoking not allowed

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Shared bathroom
  • Towels provided

Food and drink

  • Shared kitchen access

More

  • Heating

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:30 PM; Check-in end time: 10:30 PM
Contactless check-in available
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM
Contactless check-out available

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 7:30 AM - 10:30 PM
Guests must contact the property in advance for check-in instructions; front desk staffed during limited hours
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in
To make arrangements for check-in please contact the property at least 24 hours before arrival using the information on the booking confirmation

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Property payment types

Important information

Fees

You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:

  • Club Card: USD 3 per person, per night

We have included all charges provided to us by the property.

Guests who do not present a Hostelling International membership card will be charged a club card fee of USD 3 per person, per night at check-in, payable to the hostel.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards
Only bookings from non-local guests are accepted; guests whose residence is within 10 mi (16 km) of the property will not be allowed to check in
Safety features at this property include a carbon monoxide detector, a fire extinguisher, a smoke detector, a security system, and a first aid kit
Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property; the policies listed are provided by the property

We should mention

Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms

Property is also known as

Hostelling International Montara Point Montara Lighthouse Hostel
Hostelling International Montara Point Montara Lighthouse
HI Point Montara Lighthouse
Hi-Point Montara Lighthouse Hotel
HI Montara Point Montara Lighthouse
HI Point Montara Lighthouse Hostel Moss Beach

Frequently asked questions

Is HI Point Montara Lighthouse Hostel pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

How much is parking at HI Point Montara Lighthouse Hostel?

Self parking is free at this property.

What time is check-in at HI Point Montara Lighthouse Hostel?

Check-in start time: 3:30 PM; Check-in end time: 10:30 PM. After-hours check-in is not available.

What time is check-out at HI Point Montara Lighthouse Hostel?

Check-out is at 11 AM.

Where is HI Point Montara Lighthouse Hostel located?

Nestled on the beach, this Moss Beach hostel is within 3 mi (5 km) of JV Fitzgerald Marine Reserve, Devils Slide Beach, and Montara State Beach. Santa Cruz Mountains is 2.5 mi (3.9 km) away.

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HI Point Montara Lighthouse Hostel Reviews

Reviews

9.0

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 77 out of 125 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 34 out of 125 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 12 out of 125 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 125 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 125 reviews

8.8/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Staff & service

8.6/10

Amenities

8.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

ted, Los Angeles

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
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Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Cute hostel in the building next to the lighthouse. Full kitchen, clean bathroom, clean bedding. Felt safe and secure. Happy to have found this place!
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Could have used a more pwerful heater. Pretty cold in the "Tool Shed" at night.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

10/10 Excellent

Douglas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Million dollar views; cozy interior and amenities

his is the first time I've stayed at a hostel in the U.S. I normally stay at hotels and motels. But it was a great choice. This particular location was the selling point. You're right on a cliff with a lighthouse, overlooking crashing waves and the great blue Pacific! I spent a lot of time sitting out on the benches absorbing the scene, even after dark. Inside the hostel, you go to the front desk to check in and are given bedding and a towel, plus a magnetic key card to open your room and your private locker in the room. y small room had one bunkbed and one single bed, which I took. I had one roommate, who was friendly. We negotiated when to shut the lights and whether or not to leave the window open. The kitchens and dining areas are a pretty wild scene, with people moving every which way preparing their meals, eating, and washing dishes. The facility is stocked with all the pots, pans, dish towels, utensils, stove, microwave, fridge, etc. that you need to deal with meals. It's a very generous setup. There are also community lounging areas, which people were using. While there, we were hit by one of California's rolling blackouts. This made things a little less convenient, with people using flashlights to move around at night. Also, we were asked to really limit our use of water, which is somehow tied to electric power. But the staff was great. They ran a generator to keep the infrastructure operating, and told people we didn't have to do any dishes. Great place!
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
wonderful place to stay. fresh ocean breeze and comfortable atmosphere
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Ken

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful location. Nice people vibe. Really great value. Wish I could stay with my wife. Very comfy bed despite having to sleep in the same room with 5 other guys.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Matthew

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Great

Nice, relaxing place
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service, amenities
Ocean location and view is great! Bed was comfortable.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

Nelishah

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
The staff could be a little more forthcoming with information on how things are run. The bathrooms need to be cleaned more often, but the dorms and the communal areas are great!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
์ด๊ณณ์„ ๋ฐฉ๋ฌธ์€ ํ–ˆ์ง€๋งŒ ์ฒดํฌ์ธํ•˜์ง„ ์•Š์•˜์–ด์š”. ์•„์นจ ์ผ์ฐ ๋น„ํ–‰๊ธฐ๋ฅผ ํƒ€์•ผํ•ด์„œ ๊ทธ๋ƒฅ ์ž ์‹œ ๋จธ๋ฌผ๊ธฐ๋กœ ์ผ์ •์„ ๋ฐ”๊ฟจ์Šต๋‹ˆ๋‹ค. ์ฒดํฌ์ธํ•˜์ง€ ์•Š์•„์„œ ์•ˆ์ด ์–ด๋–ค์ง„ ๋ชจ๋ฅด์ง€๋งŒ ์˜คํ”ผ์Šค์— ์ปคํ”ผํ•œ์ž” ์‚ฌ๋Ÿฌ ์ž ์‹œ ๋“ค๋ฆฌ๊ธด ํ–ˆ์Šต๋‹ˆ๋‹ค. ๊ฒฝ์น˜๋Š” ๋„˜ ์•„๋ฆ„๋‹ต๊ณ  ์ข‹์•˜์Šต๋‹ˆ๋‹ค. ์—ญ์‹œ ์˜ค๊ธธ ์ž˜ํ–ˆ๋‹จ ์ƒ๊ฐ์ด ๊ฐ€์žฅ ํฌ๋„ค์š”.. ์‹œ๊ฐ„์ด ํ—ˆ๋ฝํ–ˆ๋‹ค๋ฉด ์ข€๋” ์˜ค๋ž˜ ๋จธ๋ฌด๋ฅด๊ณ  ์‹ถ๋˜ ๊ณณ ์ž…๋‹ˆ๋‹ค. ์ œ๊ฐ€ ์ด๋ฒˆ ๋ฏธ๊ตญ์—ฌํ–‰์—์„œ ๊ฐ€์žฅ ์ข‹์•˜๋˜ ๊ณณ์ด๋ผ๊ณ  ์–˜๊ธฐํ•˜๊ณ  ์‹ถ์–ด์š”
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I requested cancellation and they denied it to me, I called them on advanced to cancel the reservation and they declined. So unprofessional.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

yael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Great experience

I wished I stayed more than 1 night. I was comfortable even though it was a full house. Office staff was friendly. Room mates were friendly. But I wish they had more bathrooms.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Susan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Perfect place. Good housebrew coffe at very reasonable price. Smart guests. My alltime favourite hostel.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019

6/10 Okay

A

Liked: Staff & service
Very unique location near an old lighthouse. Facilities need major maintenance on the exterior and more lighting in the dorm rooms.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

6/10 Okay

Maria

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Tom

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

8/10 Good

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I had a hard time finding the place, but that could be my problem! The road sign is there but partially obscured and at an angle to the road. Signage to the beach is also inadequate.The layout is well thought out, and is much more comfortable than the exterior may indicate. The esprit de corps among staff at hostels is always inspiring! I recommend this hostel, especially for seasoned travelers.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Eine sehr besondere Lage an der Kรผste. Ruhig und abseits der StraรŸe.
Stayed 1 night in May 2019