Zelda's on the Beach in Capitola is open 7 days a week for breakfast, lunch and dinner and offers indoor as well as outdoor seating on the beachfront deck. Enjoy Weekly Dinner Specials and enjoy your favorite Cocktail, Beverage or Wineocktails in happy hour from Monday to Friday 2:30 to 5:00. The food at Zelda's on the Beach in Capitola is hearty and wholesome and breakfast specialities features fresh Santa Cruz Coffee Roasting. Co. Coffee and a full service espresso bar.READ MORE

Shadowbrook Banquets and Groups in Capitola, California offers four dining rooms, each with its own unique setting in a magnificent surrounds coupled with fine cuisine and professional service. The Owner?s Private Reserve is warm and private and serves up to 18 guests, and The Redwood Room is perfect for intimate gatherings of up to 26 guests, while the Wine Cellar remains a delightful setting for dinner parties of up to 46 guests and the Greenhouse is enclosed in glass and set on the banks of gentle Soquel Creek accommodating up to 54 guests in a comfortable and casual environment. READ MORE

Capitola Historical Museum depicts a landmark History of Capitola with an extensive collection of photographs and artifacts. Changing exhibits show the history of art in the area and depict various themes, the Capitola Historical Museum also has a reconstructed cottage from the era of the early 20th century beach resort, and a wash house. Walking tours are available and are ideal for Travel writers, Tour directors, Seniors, Convention groups and more.READ MORE

Capitola Suites is a fourplex with 4 European styled furnished luxury apartments just steps from the beach. Amenities include 1 bedroom suites with quality linens, living/dining/kitchen combo and the upper level units have sunny decks with BBQ and dining while the lower units have a small porch. The Capitola Suites are an ideal base for walking to great shops and restaurants and of course the beach in the delightful village of Capitola.READ MORE

Capitola Beach Co. is the one stop beach shop supplier for all your beach and surf needs. Rentals include surf boards, body boards, wetsuits, beach chairs and more and surf lessons are available for private individuals or groups. Located in the Esplanade just off the beach Capitola Beach Co. is your retail supplier for all beach and surf needs.READ MORE

Capitola Begonia Festival began it's inception when Peggy Matthews a local resident who taught swimming noticed that Begonia flowers were going to waste on the Brown Bulb Ranch because they were only interested in propagating bulbs for market. Peggy was given permission to pick as many flowers as she wanted and that year the Capitola Water Follies featured paddleboards decorated with Begonias, and that is basically how the Begonia Festival got its start. Today the festival is in it's 58th year and attracts many locals and visitors.READ MORE

The fabulous Capitola Hotel with it's breezy Caribbean decor offers beautiful, comfortable rooms that includes free Wi-Fi, Refrigerator, Free local telephone, Ceiling Fan, Private Bath a Plasma screen television with HBO and more. Before heading out to explore the beach and the area enjoy a cooked to order breakfast each morning at Cafe Violet. Later relax in the private garden courtyard that offers tranquil sounds of the fountains among flowering vines and leafy foliage.READ MORE

Capitola Boat and Bait have shops located on the Santa Cruz and Capitola wharves that offer boat rentals, fishing gear and other rental equipment. Kayaks and water bike rentals are also available for rent as well as motorized ocean skiffs and the gift and tackle shop stocks plenty of provisions from snacks to jewelery, as well as everything you need to get fishing off the wharves and the boats.READ MORE

Rent a kayak from Capitola Boat and Bait Kayaks and experience the ocean first hand, with single and double seat kayaks available there's bound ot be fun out there on the water. Kayaks come with oars and a life jacket for each person on board. If you enjoy the wind wait for the easterlies, otherwise earlier in the day is better for calmer conditions.READ MORE

Capitola Book Cafe occupies 5,400 square feet of floor space with an inventory of 65,000 titles of mainly Fiction, Politics, Foreign Language, Business, Computers and Children's books, and there is also an excellent selection of greeting cards, magazines, and foreign and domestic newspapers. Lulu?s at Capitola Book Cafe serves light Meals, Coffee, Beer & Wine - enjoy a welcome break from your book selections, you won't leave empty handed though, there's something for everyone and the events and book club are a special highlight of the Capitola Book Cafe.READ MORE