Los Angeles Hostel in Venice Beach, CA | Cheap beach hostel in LA

The only ocean front hostel in Venice Beach, California

Located in the St. Charles Hotel building, the oldest hotel in Venice, Samesun’s hostel in Venice Beach focuses on connecting people from around the world & introducing them to Venice. Our family atmosphere brings people together and you can expect good times and new friends to come out of your experience at our hostel. Our friendly staff, including many who are travelers themselves, work hard to make sure your stay is as easy and carefree as possible. Our International Hostel’s in Los Angeles want to make backpacking in LA easy, so we’ve just launched a Venice Beach to Hollywood shuttle bus just for our guests! Please ask for the latest schedule upon check in.

25 Windward Ave is formerly The Venice Cotel, and now the a proud member of Samesun Backpackers Hostels. Samesun Backpackers have 2 decades of experience providing top quality hostel accommodation in Canada.

We know travelers want, because we are travelers too!

Budget accommodation in Venice Beach with ocean front views

Samesun Venice Beach is like no other travelers hostel in Los Angeles. It is the oldest remaining hotel in the area & has been in countless films, music videos & advertisements over the past 100 years. Previously The Venice Beach Cotel, Samesun Hostels took over in 2024 bringing nearly 2 decades of experience in the backpacking industry. Since moving into the historic St Charles building in 2024 we’ve done various renovations to bring the building back to life.

Continuing the building’s long history in the community and our focus on high quality hostels, Samesun Backpackers is the perfect haven for international travelers in the heart of Venice, California. Our affordable rates and perfect location make the hostel your number one choice in LA. We would love to have you visit and join the Samesun family.

With ocean front views & modern clean facilities you’ll love the quality of our budget accommodation in the best location in Venice Beach. We offer clean, safe & spacious dorm rooms from 4 to 8 beds with choice of private ensuite or shared washroom. Our double bed private rooms have TV’s & mini fridges as well as choice of ensuite or shared washroom - giving you a range of budget accommodation options to suite your needs.

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Private rooms based on double occupancy.

All prices are subject to government tax of 14%.

All room rates are subject to availability.

24 hour cancellation policy: Our cancellation policy is 24 hours prior to arrival date. To cancel your reservation, you must do so at least 24 hours prior to arrival date (via our web site, by email or phone) without any charge. For later cancellations and ‘no shows’ we will charge one night on your credit card.

Hostel policies: We require a valid passport for all guests., including US citizens. Please bring yours with you, as you will need it upon check in. Guests without a valid passport will not be able to check in.

Samesun Venice Hostel Facilities & Amenities

Samesun Venice provide a hotel experience for hostel prices. That means free breakfast, free wifi, free daily hostel activities, daily cleaning service, linens, and much more. Our friendly staff are trained to help make your experience as enjoyable as possible by providing directions, sight-seeing suggestions and anything else we can. Our recent renovations included adding reading lamps for each dorm bed, lockers for each dorm guest, kitchen facilities upgrade and breakfast revamp so you get the best stay possible. We are also currently working on installing a laundry room for the first time in the heritage building’s 110 year history. Samesun guests can leave a laundry bag at the front desk and our staff will wash & dry your items for you - how’s that for hostel service!

HOSTEL AMENITIES

24 HOUR RECEPTION

BREAKFAST INCLUDED

FREE WIFI

FREE DAILY HOSTEL ACTIVITIES

LINENS PROVIDED

Heading down Windward Ave towards the beach you’ll see the last hotel on the north side covered in murals. Look for the neon “hostel” sign & the archway doors. You can get to our hostel in Venice Beach from LAX Aiport in about 20-30 mins, making our budget accommodation the perfect option for a layover in Los Angeles.

25 Windward Ave
Venice Beach
California, USA
90291

Telephone:
1.310.399.7649

Toll-free in North America:
1.888.718.8287

Samesun Venice Beach is located on Windward Ave in the original St. Charles Hotel building, the first hotel in Venice. Windward Avenue was the hub of Venice at its beginnings and still maintains that popularity now, mostly due to new attractions such as the beachfront skate park, artist markets & surf culture. Santa Monica is about a 15 bike ride or 30 min walk along the ocean front from our hostel in Venice Beach.

From LAX with Shuttle Bus
Venice Beach Parking Map

LAX Super Shuttle

For arrivals at LAX we recommend the Super Shuttle. They are located out front of each terminal and do not require reservations between 8am-10pm. For times outside of this please make a reservation at www.supershuttle.com. The cost for this service is $16. Alternatively a taxi costs around $30 (tell the driver to take Lincoln).

Parking near our Venice Beach hostel

There is plenty of free street parking nearby to the hostel, you just need to know where to look. So we’ve created a special map showing the different types of parking available in our area of Venice Beach. Paid parking lots usually charge from $20 p/day, coin operated meter parking is around $1 p/30mins & there is free parking listed on the map (and many more on the surrounding streets). If you have a lot of luggage, it might be easiest to take a metered street parking right on Windward outside the hostel for 15 mins while you load your bags upstairs, then move your vehicle to a free spot afterwards.

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Awesome hostel, perfect location, great beach views. Staff are really friendly, special thanks to Jordan for looking after me and shout out to Bae for being her brilliant self. Also, high five to Kyle - hardest working man in America.

Female 25-30 AustraliaSamesun Venice Beach

I stayed at Samesun hostel last week and i think it was my best stop through out all my vacation it was a great hostel , great location and especially very lovely and helpful staff.

Male 25-30 Saudi ArabiaSamesun Hollywood

Samesun Venice Beach

The only ocean front hostel in Venice Beach, California

Rooms & Rates

Budget accommodation in Venice Beach with ocean front views

Facilities

Samesun Venice Hostel Facilities & Amenities

HOSTEL AMENITIES

Directions

LAX Super Shuttle

Parking near our Venice Beach hostel