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Chaminade Resort and Spa

Santa Cruz · historic and hotel

A hilltop resort above Santa Cruz with an outdoor courtyard terrace for ceremonies and two ballrooms indoors.

alcohol and music terms by phone
Visit their websiteOne Chaminade Lane, Santa Cruz, CA 95065

Chaminade's 'Seascape Ballroom' (150) is a different room from Seascape Beach Resort's 'Seascape Ballroom' (120-250) twelve miles away. Any contract or vendor brief should name the property.

The practical details

Capacity

Up to 200

200 maximum overall. Courtyard Terrace 200 outdoors, Santa Cruz Ballroom 200 indoors, Seascape Ballroom 150 indoors.

Indoor capacity

200

Santa Cruz Ballroom maximum 200; Seascape Ballroom maximum 150

Rain backup

Full

Curfew / end time

No event end time is published. The resort has quiet hours from 10pm to 7am.

Amplified music

Not published

Alcohol

Not published

Parking

Self-parking and valet are both $20 per vehicle per night with a permit issued at check-in, in front of the guest room buildings and in the lot past the tennis courts. Nine accessible spaces, four of them about fifty feet from the main building. Six Tesla and four universal charging stations. No RVs or outside golf carts. The cost for guests who are not staying overnight is not published.

Pricing

Not published

all-inclusive packages advertised but no figures published

Accessibility

Ramps from parking to the main walkway and front entrance, double-door main entrances, a lowered front desk shelf, a ramp from the front desk to the restaurant, bar, patios and meeting rooms, an elevator to the upper-level meeting rooms, braille and tactile signage, portable TDD devices, pool and spa lifts, and four accessible room types.

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These are public places with their own rules, not part of the venue. Paid photography on state park land goes through the California Film Commission.

See also: Santa Cruz wedding photographer

Checked against the venue's own page on September 1, 2026

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