UC SANTA CRUZ ACCOMMODATIONS
& TRAVEL DIRECTIONS
LOCATION
UC Santa Cruz is located on California’s Monterey Bay – 75 miles south of San Francisco, 45 miles north of Monterey and Carmel, and just over the coastal mountains from Silicon Valley and the San Jose International Airport.
The University of California, Santa Cruz is a Conference
Center. They require all attendees to reside on campus in student housing.
(We are allotted a certain number of ‘local’ slots. See Registration for
those fees). They have allotted 3, 4 and 5 bedroom apartments for our
use. Each unit can accommodate three to five students. Stoves are not
operable in the summer but each unit has a refrigerator, lockable bedrooms
and a living room. Most Areas on campus have Wireless Service. We will
make every effort to accommodate your particular needs for quiet areas.
Three meals per day and parking are included with your UCSC Housing Costs.
All students under the age of 18 are required to register with a Chaperone. Chaperones are allowed to share housing with the student. Housing costs for the Chaperone with a single Occupancy are $725. Sharing a bedroom will reduce housing costs for both the student and the Chaperone to $610 for the student and $625 for the Chaperone.
Do you need housing options
for Chaperones and Family Members?
Click here for ON CAMPUS HOUSING OPTIONS
For mandolinists not requiring housing, a limited number of day registrations are available for $700 (including lunches and parking pass). This limited option is available on a first-come basis until May 1, 2008. After May 1st you would need to check with us if you plan to use alternative housing.
Because the Mandolin Symposium will schedule activities during the day as well as in the evening, students may prefer to reside on campus.
Smoking and Alcohol are prohibited in all public buildings at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
When you register, you will have an opportunity to provide us with information that will help us place you with suitable housing. If you have friends who are also attending, and you wish to share an apartment, please let us know at the time of registration.
ALTERNATIVE
ACCOMMODATION OPTIONS
Santa Cruz is a beautiful location in the summers and offers a lot of recreational opportunities. Hotels are hard to find in the summer but not impossible. Our arrangement with the University of Santa Cruz is such that we encourage all students to use the housing option offered by The Mandolin Symposium. We have a very small number of day slots available for our classes. A source for Rental housing if you are bringing your family can be found here: http://www.ahouseinsantacruz.com/. Other options may be available to you upon searching.
HOW TO GET THERE
Getting to the CAMPUS from the AIRPORTS:
from San Francisco Airport:
Go North from San Francisco Airport onto US-101 N toward San Francisco.
(1.4 miles) Stay in the Right Lane and then Merge onto I-380 W toward
I-280 / San Bruno. Merge onto I-280 S towards San Jose. (30.0 miles) Merge
onto CA-85 S toward Gilroy. (7.6 miles) Merge onto CA-17 S toward Santa
Cruz.
from San Jose Airport:
As you leave the Airpot, you want find Hyway 17 to Santa Cruz. You will
be leaving the airport to Coleman Avenue which will take you onto Hyway
17, about 30 miles thru the mountains to Santa Cruz.
AIRPORT SHUTTLES: There is an Airport Shuttle Service that goes to both San Francisco and San Jose Airports. Toll Free number is 1-800-497-4997. In 2006 the cost from San Francisco Airport, was $50 running till 10pm on the even hours. The cost from San Jose Airport was $40 running till 11pm on the odd hours. You will be going to the UCSC Campus, Kresge College. They may only take you downtown to the Bus stop and if that is the case and you are unable to get a bus (they run every 20mins I believe), make arrangements with us to help get you to campus.
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Getting to the CAMPUS by ROAD:
from Southern and Central California:
Take Route 101 north to Route 156 west to Route 1 north. Then follow Route
1 north to Santa Cruz.
from Northern California:
Take Route 5 south to Route 80 west to Route 680 south to Route 280 north.
Then take Highway 17 south to Route 1 north to Santa Cruz.
Directions to get to University of Santa Cruz Campus:
An option is to use Mapquest for specific directions. You are going to
the University of Santa Cruz (UCSC), Santa Cruz, California 95062 http://www.mapquest.com/
ONCE YOU GET TO SANTA
CRUZ ...
DRIVING DIRECTIONS TO THE CAMPUS
As you come into Santa Cruz on Highway 17, it will direct you towards the Beach or Hyway 1 North and stay on Hyway 1. The freeway will end at a signal and you just keep going (about 1/4 mile) and at the 2nd signal it will sweep RIGHT (both right hand lanes) onto MISSION STREET. You are now on a 4 lane road with houses and stores on both sides. About 1 mile or so, you come to Bay Street (sign Universtiy of Santa Cruz) and turn RIGHT onto BAY STREET. Follow Bay Street about 2 miles to the Campus main entrance. You will come to a signal at the main Entrance and this is HIGH Street. You want to turn LEFT on HIGH St and follow it about 1 mile to the WEST ENTRANCE. Turn Right at the WEST Entrance and drive onto Campus. You are on HELLER STREET. You are headed for KRESGE COLLEGE. Returning students- this is a new location.
Stay on this road for about 1/2 mile until you come to the signs on the left for Kresge College/ Porter College and turn left. Keep on that road around to the right as it winds thru apartment buildings to Kresge College. You will come to a set of Buildings on the RIGHT, with a parking lot on the left. This is our home for the week. Please park in the lot on the left and walk thru the opening in the whitish Stucco buildings into the Courtyard (the Piazetta) and this will be our registration area. You can leave your luggage at registration once you get your parking permits, then go park your car and come back to get your luggage and move into your apartment.
Check http://maps.ucsc.edu/ for specifics. You are looking for KRESGE COLLEGE