The Beach at Hotel Erwin

"If you’d rather your beach time not include street performers, tattoo artists, skaters and assorted hangers-on, look elsewhere"

"There’s no gym at the hotel, but ask the front desk for complimentary passes to Gold’s Gym or partake in free yoga at Muscle Beach"

"An eccentric 119-room hotel for budget-conscious travelers that's an easy walk to Venice Beach and plays off the area's hippie-centric history"

"This branch of the Best Western is a pleasant Venice Beach hotel, giving you easy access to interesting cafés and stores"

"Turquoise-painted walls, striped rugs, simple white desks, and geometric-print curtains give rooms a beach-meets-1960's-mod look"

"Rest your head in one of the oceanview rooms or stay up at your own beach house party in the two-person tub and turntable–decked Dogtown Suite"

"Overlooking famous Muscle Beach, this boutique-style hotel is just a few blocks away from the dining and shopping of busy, trendy Abbot Kinney and close to the historic Venice canals"

"Two hundred feet from the beach, and from most of the rooms, a perfect view of boardwalk-adjacent shenanigans"

"There are bars both on the roof and on the ground level, the former with a bird's-eye view of Venice Beach antics, the latter right in the middle of it"

"Like the tats you're seeing on the beach? Get inked at Black Diamond Tattoo, where resident artist Shingken, from Tokyo, pens beautiful patterns"