Santa Barbara is located on the South Central Coast of California facing the Pacific Ocean, about 90 miles northwest of Los Angeles and 350 miles south of San Francisco. The…
Full of mystique and grandeur, history, and beauty, Montecito, approximately eight square miles of hidden neighborhoods and expansive estates, has been the destination of choice for celebrities and millionaires for…
From 1888 until the 1920s, the Pacific Improvement Company shaped the destiny of Hope Ranch, molding it into its present image as a wealthy suburb of Santa Barbara. Many of…
City planners regard the Upper East as perhaps the most important factor in Santa Barbara’s growth. More undeveloped space and a higher percentage of older one-family homes exist in the…
Mesa, a Spanish word meaning “table”, has been applied to the flat beach fronting the ocean along Santa Barbara’s southwestern border since mission days. The Mesa is one of the…
Bridging the 2-mile span that separates Mission and Sycamore Canyons, the sylvan uplift which padres knew as the “mission ridge” has for the past 65 years been known as “the…
Few residential neighborhoods of Santa Barbara can boast the rich historical background of the San Roque and Rutherford Park areas. The neighborhood got its name when the first white men…
Samarkand meant “the land of heart’s desire” in the archaic Persian tongue. As the dominating landmark of a hilly, elevated neighborhood, the Samarkand gave its name to an area bounded…
Tucked between lush green hillsides and the sparkling Pacific lies Goleta Valley. Just minutes from downtown Santa Barbara, the Goleta community is characterized by comfortable single-family homes, and outstanding public…
The Carpinteria Valley is located in the southeast corner of Santa Barbara County. It’s a little piece of coastal paradise tucked midway between Ventura and Santa Barbara, seeming to shy…
Summerland is a little pocket of paradise perched right on the coast off Highway 101 south of Montecito. The charming small beach town serves up sweeping ocean and Channel Island…
