Creating a self-guided walk to explore Santa Cruz is easy. Choose the attractions that interest you the most, and let our software create a walking route based on your selections. Afterward, retrieve your walk in the GPSmyCity app on your mobile device. The app will guide you from one tour stop to the next as if you had a personal tour guide. Our short
tutorial video shows the steps needed to create your walk.
Step 1: Select Attractions
Select "Interface" below to select the 'List' or 'Map' interface. Use "Filter Sights" to filter attractions by category. Maximum 20 sights per walk. If you select the 'Map' interface, click a map pin to view the sight information and select the sight.
Interface* :
Map and List of attractions
List of attractions
Map with attraction pins
Filter Sights* :
-- Show all sights --
Must-see
Attraction/Landmark
Museum/Gallery
Religious
Food/Drink
Disco/Nightclub
Shopping
Park/Outdoor
99 Bottles of Beer
Arboretum at the University of California
Artisans Gallery
Asti
Blue Lagoon Cocktail Lounge
Callahan's Pub
Calvary Episcopal Church
Capitola Historical Museum
Capitola Reef
Capitola Wharf
Congregation Kol Tefillah
Craft Gallery
Del Mar Theater
Evergreen Historical Cemetery
First Congregational Church
Golden Gate Villa
Hidden Peak Teahouse
Hinds House
Holy Cross Church
Hula's
Ideal Bar & Grill
Jury Room
Kuumbwa Jazz Center
La Bahia Apartments
Lighthouse Field State Beach
McNaught Fine Art
Messiah Lutheran Church
Monterey Bay National Marine
Mystery Spot (must see)
Natural Bridges State Beach (must see)
Neary Lagoon
Neary-Rodriguez Adobe (Oldest Building in Santa Cruz)
Neptune's Kingdom
Octagon Building
Om Gallery
Pacific Avenue
Paper Vision
Prophet Elias Church
Red Room
Regal Santa Cruz 9
Rosie McCann's
Santa Cruz Art League
Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk (must see)
Santa Cruz City Museum of Natural History
Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium
Santa Cruz Harbor
Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park (must see)
Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History
Santa Cruz Surfing Museum (must see)
Santa Cruz Wharf (must see)
Serpent's Kiss & Mama Chola's Botanica
Seventh-Day Adventist Church
Seymour Marine Discovery Center (must see)
Stephans Fine Jewelry
The Catalyst
The Circle Church (Disciples of Christ)
The Surfer Statue
Twin Lakes State Beach
United Methodist Church
University of California
Venetian Court
Zen Center - Santa Cruz
Step 2: Select Starting Point
Indicate walk's starting point which can be either one of the selected sights (shown on the map in 'Step 3') or a custom sight of choice, e.g. your hotel or a metro station.
Select One* :
Use one of the selected attractions
Use my hotel or a location specified by me
Use a walk friendly hotel
Enter Place Name* :
GPS Coordinates* :
Locate the place on map
Choose a Hotel* :
Pacific Blue Inn (view info)
Hotel Paradox, Autograph Collection (view info)
Dream Inn Santa Cruz (view info)
Starting Point* :
Step 3: Create/Update Route
The selected attractions are displayed on the map below.
Walk Distance:
Your walk is not saved yet. To save it, please proceed to the final 'Step 4' below.
Selected Attractions:
Step 4: Save Your Custom Walk
Enter a name for your custom walk, along with your email address, in the fields below. You will receive the instructions for retrieving your custom walk in the GPSmyCity app by email. The GPSmyCity app offers turn-by-turn travel directions to guide you from one attraction to the next.
Walk Name* :
Email* :