Editor's Bests in Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara has some fantastic places to explore! Here are our favorites!
This maritime museum at Santa Barbara Harbor keeps kids and adults busy learning for hours!
Giant wooden castle playground set among tropical palms.
A popular beach with families and dog owners. Come for a long walk under beautiful cliffs.
A long perfect beach popular with locals! The water stays shallow for ages making it nice for kids!
Peek over the high cliffs at little coves below, look out over Santa Barbara harbor, and sit on a whale's tail!
Twenty-minute wooded hike that leads to a high waterfall over mossy walls.
The main pier in Santa Barbara, which offers spectacular views and a festive atmosphere!
Sit here on a red brick terrace in the sun and look out on the colored umbrellas and bell tower.
A walk along a clifftop to a popular surfing area with gorgeous sand dunes and exotic plants.
A park of exquisite beauty, with flowering trees and a picnic lawn fronting a pond full of turtles and koi.
An exceptionally beautiful courthouse, sunken garden, and tower with 360 degree views of Santa Barbara.
Bike riding around this lagoon, with its backdrop of the mountains and the Montecito Country Club, is bliss! Note: Stinky since the drought.
Joggers enjoy the wide trails and expansive views at Lake Los Carneros.
A pedestrian-only area on State Street with sidewalk cafes, good shopping, and colorful Spanish architecture.
A salmon-pink mission set among gorgeous countryside with little rooms that transport you to the 1820s.
Area with wine bars, breweries, cafes, and bakeries, where you can sit on a patio surrounded by ivy-covered walls.
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