Santa Barbara Wine Country
Hiking Santa Barbara: Great Santa Barbara Hikes
Monday, May 31st, 2010In addition to all the other advantages of having a Santa Barbara vacation rental as your home base during your vacation, here’s one most people don’t think about. After a day of hiking in Santa Barbara, you’ll look as weathered as Indiana Jones after the truck sequence in Raiders. Which would you rather do – [...]
Local Area Guide for Santa Barbara Vacation Rental Guests: Insider Santa Barbara Travel Tips
Friday, April 30th, 2010Welcome to your Santa Barbara vacation rental. Here are some welcoming insider tips to help you create the perfect Santa Barbara vacation. You’ve made a smart choice because a Santa Barbara vacation rental home gives you twice the space for half the price of a luxury hotel room. To help you get the most out of your Santa Barbara vacation, here are a few tips for dining, shopping, art, hiking, antiquing, and wineries to help plan your time in our wonderful city.
Santa Barbara Vacation Rentals Helps You Wine Like a Local
Wednesday, April 28th, 2010For wine lovers around the world, Santa Barbara is a major wine trip destination. The area’s varied geography, with misty mountains, deep valleys, oceanside hills and sun-baked flats, creates many microclimates that make Santa Barbara ideal for growing almost every grape varietal. Now Santa Barbara Vacation Rentals will show you how to sample some of the best award-wining wines Santa Barbara has to offer.
Santa Barbara Vacation Rentals Guide to the Local Art Scene
Thursday, April 22nd, 2010Santa Barbara has one of the best art scenes anywhere. Not only do we have hundreds of local artists, but we have a concentration of art galleries downtown within easy walking distance of a number of our Santa Barbara vacation rental homes. For art lovers, a Santa Barbara vacation rental home makes more sense than a hotel. You can store your art purchases securely away from prying eyes. If you want to create a little art yourself, a Santa Barbara vacation rental is a spacious place to release your inner Gaugin in private. Most of our Santa Barbara vacation rental homes have wonderful vistas and a yard or balcony where you can set up your easel for inspiration. Even if all you want to do is stroll from gallery to gallery, there’s a Santa Barbara vacation rental home just a few steps away.
Discover Santa Barbara’s Surprising Music Scene!
Tuesday, March 30th, 2010Musical Charms in the Santa Barbara Area “Music hath charms to soothe a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.” We’re not sure why anyone would want to “bend a knotted oak,” but we can get behind playwright William Congreve’s sentiment about music. In fact, if you or a loved one feels [...]
Santa Barbara’s Mouthwatering Food Festivals
Tuesday, March 30th, 2010“Food, Glorious Food!” Vacationers who make the smart choice to rent a Santa Barbara vacation home during the spring and summer months often find themselves tempted to just stay at their new “home” and relax. But if you’re in the mood for a brisk stroll or a quick drive, you’ll find many opportunities to mingle [...]
Can’t-Miss Santa Barbara Summer Vacation Events
Wednesday, March 24th, 2010Whether you enjoy multicultural, art, wine, beach, food, music, comedy, or theater events, you’ll want to plan ahead to make the most of your Santa Barbara summer vacation. Santa Barbara is one of California’s primo summer vacation spots – complete with relaxing ocean breezes and enriching and diverse events. Check out this preview of 2010 events and know that a Santa Barbara vacation rental home is your best bet to enjoy these popular summer vacation events while avoiding the crush of hundreds of fellow hotel guests.
Santa Barbara Vacation Rentals’ Tips For Exploring Santa Barbara Wine Country
Friday, February 26th, 2010During your vacation getaway, Santa Barbara Vacation Rentals encourages travelers and wine enthusiasts to tour one of California’s most diverse grape growing regions. A majority of the 21,000 acres of vineyards planted in Santa Barbara County are family owned properties. This has proven to be a delightful discovery for every traveler. In order to create [...]