Santa Barbara
Good to know
- Best time to go
- March to November
- Budget
- $$
- Accessibility
- wheelchair-accessible
- Coordinates
- Open in maps
Santa Barbara is a coastal city on a south-facing crescent of shoreline between the Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific, maintaining a distinctive Spanish Colonial Revival architectural character in its downtown core. The Old Mission Santa Barbara, established in 1786 and rebuilt after an 1812 earthquake, is among the best-preserved of the California missions. The waterfront Stearns Wharf and the grid of State Street anchor a compact city center walkable from the beach.
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