Welcome to Santa Barbara named one of the top small cities in the u.s. Santa
Barbara is considered the American Riviera it's surrounded by natural
coastline red tile roofs and abundant and recreation activities and
entertainment best of all it's only 92 miles north of LA and reachable by
highway 101 or train we are in Santa Barbara this is the Santa Barbara Art
Walk they have this on Sundays in the afternoon
we are at real fun rentals we can run these really cool bikes on an hourly
basis and the trails go so we rented this quad and we're gonna go along the
ocean that's the pier right there biking is one of the best ways to enjoy Santa
Barbara the Cabrillo bike path is named one of the top bike paths in California
and stretches along the coast
so we just parked our tuk-tuk and we found
here you can take in the California culture and you can watch the skaters in
action as they practice their tricks
tons of wineries in Santa Barbara they're all centered around the pier and
there's one even on the pier Santa Barbara in the surrounding Santa Ynez
Valley is world-renowned for some of the best wine in California best of all you
don't have to go to the vineyard to enjoy the wine they're found right here
on the urban wine trail which offers over 20 tasting rooms in the walkable
region of the downtown any of the tasting rooms also offer a live
entertainment
the Santa Barbara Zoo is one of the coolest attractions it has 500 animals
that cover 30 acres
we just watched the penguin exhibit doing a feeding and you can do a private
feeding is called close encounters and you can inquire it about it at the
Discovery the Santa Barbara Zoo is ranked one of the best small zoos
admissions range from ten to eighteen dollars and there's exhibits for Lions
giraffes and gorillas
after our trip to the zoo it's time to go to the beach which is right next door
and if you like these ocean views as much as we do hit the thumbs up button
down below now we head to the downtown to the Santa Barbara Museum of Art
admission is $10 for adults and it's open till 5:00 p.m. the collection
showcases ancient through contemporary art as well as photography Asian
European and American artists
this is the downtown we walk down State Street which is one of the main
boulevards in Santa Barbara with beautiful Spanish colonial architecture
now it's time to get the best ice cream in town and that is Mcconnell's.
Mcconnell's has been producing ice cream in Santa Barbara since 1949 they offer
unique flavors such as Earl Grey which we got here and the ingredients come
from the Central Coast my downtown they have this old adobe building called casa
de la Guerra nineteenth-century building right in the middle of the downtown here
is a winery
this beautiful historic building smells like pine know is a good time to sum up
the things that we love about Santa Barbara at number one the architecture
the historic architecture number two the wine-tasting number three the amazing
beautiful views Mike what is your favorite thing about Santa Barbara
everything what's your favorite historic building in Santa Barbara
comment down below one of the most notable buildings in the Santa Barbara
downtown is the courthouse which was completed in 1929
is one of the best ways to get to Santa Barbara by taking the train but to avoid
all the traffic obviously and we take the Amtrak and it's about two hours from
Los Angeles to Santa Barbara so right behind me is the Union Station and the
good thing about it is that it's very close to the downtown you could
literally walk you can also walk to the beach from Union Station.
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we got our free snack pack with Santa Barbara trail mix. Now time to enjoy the coastal
views on the way back to LA. We'd be remiss if we didn't mention that just a
couple months before a visit the largest wildfire in California history as well
as a deadly mudslide affected this region and it's now rebuilding itself
one of the best ways to show your support is through patronage of the
local businesses and to visit Santa Barbara we hope that you enjoyed this
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