Some of the most historic hotels in Santa Barbara include the Montecito Inn (built by Charlie Chaplin and a group of ...
The Old Mission Santa Barbara was founded by Spanish Franciscans in 1786, and it's just one of the picturesque sights that help put Santa Barbara on the map. The bells have been ringing at the mission ...
No need to bookmark—get it straight to your inbox. Santa Barbara’s grand Hotel Californian has endured for nearly a century—the Spanish Colonial Revival hotel was built in 1925—but a makeover in 2017 ...
Santa Barbara, with fewer than 90,000 people, barely makes it into California’s 100 largest cities. But this coastal enclave has an outsize role in the state’s history. Settled by the Spanish as a ...