Franciscan Inn

2.0 star property

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Outdoor pool
Standard Room, 1 Queen Bed, Non Smoking
Combined shower/bathtub, towels
Lobby
Desk, blackout curtains, free WiFi, bed sheets

Reviews

6.4 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • Room service
  • Housekeeping
  • Pool
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Air conditioning
  • Parking included

Explore the area

Map
955 S Santa Fe Ave, Vista, CA, 92083
  • The Wave Waterpark
    ‪3 min drive‬
  • Moonlight Ampitheatre
    ‪4 min drive‬
  • LEGOLAND® California
    ‪16 min drive‬
  • Carlsbad, CA (CLD-McClellan-Palomar)
    ‪21 min drive‬

Room options

Standard Room, 2 Double Beds

  • 371 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds

Standard Single Room, 1 King Bed

  • 278.0 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed

Standard Room, 1 Queen Bed, Non Smoking

  • 325 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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About the area

Vista

With a stay at Franciscan Inn in Vista, you'll be within a 15-minute drive of Oceanside Pier and Broadway Theatre. .This motel is 10.7 mi (17.2 km) from LEGOLAND® California and 9.8 mi (15.7 km) from Oceanside Beach.

What's nearby

  • Broadway Theatre - 2 min drive - 1.9 km
  • The Wave Waterpark - 3 min drive - 2.0 km
  • Moonlight Ampitheatre - 4 min drive - 3.5 km
  • SoCal Sports Complex - 10 min drive - 9.3 km
  • LEGOLAND® California - 16 min drive - 17.3 km

Getting around

  • Carlsbad Poinsettia Station - 17 min drive
  • Carlsbad, CA (CLD-McClellan-Palomar) - 21 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Vista Village - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪Submarina California Subs - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Sonic Drive-In - ‬20 min walk
  • ‪McDonald's - ‬8 min walk
  • ‪Starbucks - ‬10 min walk

About this property

Franciscan Inn

Motel in Vista with a 24-hour front desk and an outdoor pool
Franciscan Inn offers 45 air-conditioned accommodations with blackout drapes/curtains. Televisions come with cable channels. Bathrooms include shower/tub combinations.

This Vista motel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones. Housekeeping is provided daily.

Recreational amenities at the motel include an outdoor pool.
Make yourself at home in one of the 45 air-conditioned rooms featuring microwaves. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Bathrooms with shower/tub combinations are provided. Conveniences include phones, as well as desks and blackout drapes/curtains.
Enjoy recreation amenities such as an outdoor pool or take in the view from a garden. Additional features at this motel include complimentary wireless internet access and a vending machine.
Take advantage of the motel's room service (during limited hours).
Featured amenities include a 24-hour front desk and a vending machine. Free self parking is available onsite.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.

Languages

English

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • Free self parking on site

Things to do

  • Outdoor pool

Family friendly

  • In-room microwave
  • Mini-fridge
  • Outdoor pool

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Vending machine

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)

Outdoors

  • Garden

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • No lift
  • Well-lit path to entrance
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible registration desk

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided
  • Blackout drapes

Bathroom

  • Private bathroom
  • Shower/bathtub combination
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • TV with cable channels

Food and drink

  • Limited room service
  • Microwave
  • Mini-fridge

More

  • Air conditioning
  • Desk
  • Phone

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: midnight
Late check-in subject to availability

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM

Special check-in instructions

An adult age 18 or older must assume all liability for the booking
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Payment types

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards and cash

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

Property is also known as

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Franciscan Inn Reviews

Reviews

6.4
Rating 10 - Excellent. 115 out of 483 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 121 out of 483 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 79 out of 483 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 73 out of 483 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 95 out of 483 reviews

6.6/10

Cleanliness

7.2/10

Staff & service

5.6/10

Amenities

6.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

5.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

4/10 Poor

Mark

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I stayed here for a little bit while I was waiting on my new permanent residence to be available. I booked a few days at a time because there wasn't a set date to as when it would be available. They charged me $20 extra every time I had to add days, and not only was the staff incredibly rude but the rooms were less than subpar. When I just had two days left they had me move rooms all the way on the other end of the property and I have no car and had to carry all my things from on end of the property to the other. I had booked a room with the same size bed etc. While after I get settled in I go to charge my phone and only one outlet is working to hold a charger in it. The rest of them are halfway hanging off the wall. I tried to shower next. The plumbing in there was horrible and I don't know how I finally got it to work. I finally try to put the television on to decompress and go to bed and it doesn't work either. I call the front desk and an hour goes by and no one comes. So, I go to the front desk and he says he's coming. After another 30-45 minutes later nothing. I go up there again. He says he's working on it, so I decide to stay and wait until he does. He says he is going to try and fix it from there first. That it might be the connection and it does it all the time. So, I was willing moved to a room that they knew needed repairs. It's also about 9 pm on a Sunday at this point so I don't think there was anyone available at that time to help with this.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2024

2/10 Terrible

Christian

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jenny

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
It was quiet. That is the best thing a hotel can offer is quiet so you can sleep.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Christian

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Julio C

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Treatment of the staff
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Loretta

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Helpful desk

I was grateful after my son left his key in my car and I had driven about 15 miles away I was able to call them up and they were very helpful in replacing the key with no hassle.thank you for that
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

2/10 Terrible

William

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Run down beat up hotel curtains torn some rooms have bedspreads some don't some have blankets some don't some of working heaters some don't
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

6/10 Okay

William

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Didn't have the room that I reserved first day TV didn't work heater didn't work move this to a different room heater worked TV didn't work had to get maintenance to come fix the TV curtains are all torn with holes obscene graffiti and rooms
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

4/10 Poor

Tyler

Disliked: Staff & service

You get what you pay for

The room was ok except the work didn’t work inside the room (tried multiple devices). The staff said they would look into it but nothing happened as far as I could tell. Also they charged me like 10 more dollars than my reservation that was supposed to already include all the fees.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

karina

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
N/A
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

2/10 Terrible

Mark

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

2/10 Terrible

Karla

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

2/10 Terrible

Mark

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

8/10 Good

Walter

Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2024

2/10 Terrible

Saul

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

2/10 Terrible

Jon

Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

HORRIBLE

Room smelled old. I was charged a $10 cleaning fee extra I wasn't aware of. TV didn't work. Shower broken. This place should be demolished. Seemed like a place for prostitutes and drug attics. I wouldn't recommend this place to dead people.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Sarah

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Sarah

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

6/10 Okay

Zeyad

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
TV didn’t work…loud people outside all night until 4 am…loud motorcycle blasting music early in the morning..
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

6/10 Okay

Pavlo

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

lisa

Liked: Amenities
Staff was very friendly & helpful. I would stay here again. Very clean and made me feel right at home.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Vic

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

4/10 Poor

Shianne

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
So there was a bunch of twacky wacky crazies around there,tht lived there. When i would go out on the alcony to smoke,i ft lime i was being watched,and felt like it was unsafe. People stay up all night.the last night we stayed there, we woke up in the morning to people fighting and a window got broken
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2024

2/10 Terrible

Diego

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Room was very poor
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

8/10 Good

Juan

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024