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    Santa Barbara Adventure Company

    • Type: Adventure, Classes or Instruction, Day Trips, Outdoor Activities, Tours and Excursions
    • Neighborhood: Santa Barbara
    5

    based on 172 TripAdvisor Traveler Reviews

    From horseback pack trips, and kayaking and surf lessons, to a trip to the wine country, this travel...  Read more »

     
     
  • 2

    Santa Barbara Botanic Garden

    • Type: Gardens
    • Neighborhood: Santa Barbara
    4

    based on 60 TripAdvisor Traveler Reviews

    Specializing in native West Coast flora, this stunning botanic garden features a variety of habitats....  Read more »

     
     
  • 3

    Lotusland

    • Type: Gardens
    • Neighborhood: Montecito
    5

    based on 54 TripAdvisor Traveler Reviews

    Designed by eccentric Ganna Walska, a Polish opera singer who accumulated wealth (in part) thanks to her...  Read more »

     
     
  • 4

    Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History

    • Type: History Museums, Museums, Outdoor Activities - Summer, Planetarium / Observatory
    • Neighborhood: Mission Canyon
    4

    based on 12 TripAdvisor Traveler Reviews

    A giant skeleton of a baby blue whale greets you at the entrance to the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural...  Read more »

     
     
  • 5

    El Presidio de Santa Barbara State Historic Park

    • Type: Historic Sites, Military
    • Neighborhood: Santa Barbara
    4

    based on 13 TripAdvisor Traveler Reviews

    Dating from 1782, this military compound is the only extant one of four that the Spanish built in the area....  Read more »

     
     
  • 6

    Chumash Painted Cave State Historic Park

    • Type: Historic Sites
    • Neighborhood: Santa Barbara
    4

    based on 10 TripAdvisor Traveler Reviews

    Just a brief drive from Santa Barbara rests a sandstone cave housing pictographs created by the Chumash...  Read more »

     
     
  • 7

    Casa de la Guerra

    • Type: Historic Sites, History Museums, Museums
    • Neighborhood: Santa Barbara

    Prior to California statehood, the Santa Barbara region was overseen by Presidio commandantes. The fifth...  Read more »

     
     
  • 8

    Casa del Herrero

    • Type: Historic Sites
    • Neighborhood: Montecito
    5

    based on 5 TripAdvisor Traveler Reviews

    Completed in 1925, this gorgeous Spanish Colonial Revival home is the collaboration of owners George and...  Read more »

     
     
  • 9

    Santa Barbara Historical Museum

    • Type: History Museums, Libraries / Archives, Museums
    • Neighborhood: Santa Barbara
    5

    based on 2 TripAdvisor Traveler Reviews

    Offering one of the state's best collections of regional history, this museum enjoys a downtown location...  Read more »

     
     
  • 10

    Santa Barbara Maritime Museum

    • Type: History Museums, Museums
    • Neighborhood: Santa Barbara
    5

    based on 14 TripAdvisor Traveler Reviews

    Before it opened as a museum in 2000, this structure served as a training facility for the Navy for more...  Read more »

     
     

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