The Santa Barbara Zoo Reopens on June 23rd!
Welcome back! The Santa Barbara Zoo will reopen on June 23 with limited capacity. During the initial reopening phase, advance reservations and online tickets are required for all guests and members

To ensure adequate social distancing between guests, visits are limited to 90 minutes, and attendance is
capped each day to limit the total number of guests in the Zoo at one time.

For more information, visit https://www.sbzoo.org

The American Riviera is officially open for leisure travel.Our hotels and lodgings, restaurants, bars, wine tasting rooms, wineries,breweries, retail stores, museums and galleries have been hard at work to make the operational and physical changes necessary to protect your health and safety while you and your loved ones enjoy a social distancing friendly escape in paradise on the pacific.

For more information visit https://santabarbara.open4biz.us/

Key Largo in Florida, Moab, Utah and Anna Maria Island, also in Florida, were named first, second and third, respectively.The “trending” category for the travel platform is a new one and recognizes destinations that saw the biggest increase in positive reviews, booking interest and searches over the last year.

Santa Barbara is ranked third on The New York Times’ annual “52 Places to Go in 2019” list and is one of only two cities in California (Los Angeles was the other) and 11 destinations in the United States to make the newspaper’s prestigious list.

Santa Barbara, Calif. (December 13, 2018) — Montecito was named one of the “50 Best Places to Travel in 2019” by Travel + Leisure.

It was the only place in California to be named to the list and one of only 14 cities in North America, sharing the ranks with New York City, Houston, Toronto and more.

 ”Travel + Leisure‘s annual list of Best Places to Travel is the ultimate resource for travelers who are looking to plan their next big trip,” said Jacqueline Gifford, editor in chief of Travel + Leisure. “These are the most compelling destinations across the globe—places that are thriving because of standout culinary scenes, marquee hotel and museum openings, or new tours that are opening up a destination in ways our editors have never seen before.”

Santa Barbara has been recognized as one of the nation’s “Best Small Cities in the U.S.” by Condé Nast Traveler 2018 Readers’ Choice Awards. Santa Barbara first appeared on the list in 2015. The destination, which welcomes more than 7.2 million total visitors per year, is one of 15 winners ranked in the category among other top reader favorites. More than 400,000 readers took part in the annual survey casting hundreds of thousands of votes, according to Condé Nast Traveler.