Hotel Milo Santa Barbara

Colorful rooms in a seaside Spanish Colonial-style lodging with courtyard gardens & 2 outdoor pools. Across the street from the beach and an 8-minute walk from the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Sea Center, this trendy hotel, in a Spanish Colonial revival-style property, is also 2 miles from the Alice Keck Park Memorial Gardens. The chic, colorfully decorated rooms (some with sea views) feature flat-screen TVs, iPod docks and minibars. A daily service fee covers in-room Wi-Fi. The tropical-style courtyard gardens feature 2 heated outdoor pools, poolside cabanas and a hot tub. The service fee includes continental breakfast and 2-hour hire of bikes. There's also an exercise room and a meeting room.