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Preparing your trip to Santa Barbara: advices & hints - things to do and to obey
1. Santa Barbara is connected to the city of Los Angeles with a railway system. A trip will take about two hours. A tour to neighboring cities will turn to an engaging entertainment for travelers who have enough vacation time.
2. City guests have a chance to rent a car. To make a deal one will need a common set of documents. All the city districts are equipped with special parking lots. First two hours of rental of a car are absolutely free. Every next hour of car rental will cost about 1.5USD.
3. The resort city of Santa Barbara features mild and favorable climate all the year round. Beach recreation fans will have an equally good time with sun bathing and swimming as in July so in January. However evenings at the seaside are rather cold that is why evening hiking enthusiasts should have some warm clothes.
4. The city offers its guests to visit numerous interesting museums and galleries. Some cultural establishments of the city are open to public and are free to enter. All the museums and galleries offer sufficient discounts for children and students. Young people should have documents of identification proving a status of a student.
6. One of the most popular souvenirs among foreign guests of the city is wine of local production. To hunt some memorable gifts tourists should visit one of the local wineries as each of them features a wine shop. Before buying some wine visitors will be offered to taste the chosen sorts of this drink.
7. Close to the seaside tourists will find numerous rental centers of sport equipment and beach gears. As a rule the longer the term of the rent the lower a day price will turn.
The main historical landmark of the resort city of Santa Barbara is a missionary church which was built at the end of the 18th century. The construction of this religious landmark was … 
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What to visit being in Santa Barbara - unique sights
San Andreas Fault
From the series “Dangerous Faults and Rifts of Earth Crust”
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Distance from Santa Barbara center - 79.6 km.
San Andreas Fault is the most dangerous in the world. The scientists claim that it can lead to a global catastrophe that will become a reason for a civilization destruction. Notwithstanding the destructive power of earthquakes, they help the fault to relieve the accumulated pressure and prevent a global disaster. It is quite hard to foresee the next earthquake. Not so far, the scientists begin to monitor the plates movements with GPS- coordinates. Today the most earthquake-prone area of the fault is the place near Los Angeles. This area didn’t have earthquakes for a long period of time and a new quake can be rather powerful. …
Read further Distance from Santa Barbara center - 79.6 km.
Santa Susana Field Laboratory
From the series “The Most Radioactive Zones on the Planet”
Check on the map: Distance from Santa Barbara center - 94.3 km.
All this time, thousands of people, including scientists and industrialists with their families, were living in the territory of the laboratory. Everything that happened in the test area was kept in the strictest secrecy. Only ten years later, horrific details about the environmental situation in the region became known. Regularly dozens of employees died there. The main cause of death was cancer. The area of the laboratory is officially recognized a unique natural landmark, as ancient caves with preserved petroglyphs have been found there. …
Read further Distance from Santa Barbara center - 94.3 km.
Flintstones House
From the series “The Most Bizarre and Fancy Living Houses”
Check on the map: Distance from Santa Barbara center - 94.8 km.
The original cottage is located in the surroundings of Malibu, not far from the coast. It is surrounded by the extensive tropical garden, from the huge panoramic windows of the house opens the beautiful view of the exotic scrub and the coast. In 2012 Dyn Clark and his wife decided to sell the original apartments in Malibu. The house of Flintstones was rated by the owners in 3.5 million US dollars. The stone-built house has the excellent modern facilities. In the house there is the bedroom with the design furniture, the excellent kitchen and two bathrooms with jacuzzi, the living room with the wood fireplace and even a large veranda. …
Read further Distance from Santa Barbara center - 94.8 km.
City tours, excursions and tickets in Santa Barbara and surroundings
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Preferred to Open 9 New Hotels in 2022
In September 2022, the Sommerro hotel in Oslo will start operating in a carefully restored 1930s Art Deco building. This building is a true landmark of Frogner, a historic neighborhood of the Norwegian capital. A multi-million-dollar renovation carefully turned the largest preservation project in Norway into a modern hotel with 231 rooms, including 56 residences. Preferred will open five more hotels in 2022, namely, The Wall Street Hotel in New York, Amrit Ocean Resort & Residences on Singer Island (Florida, the US), TOA Hotel & Spa in Zanzibar, Pendry hotel in Washington, and Pendry Park City hotel in Utah.
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25.04.2024
In September 2022, the Sommerro hotel in Oslo will start operating in a carefully restored 1930s Art Deco building. This building is a true landmark of Frogner, a historic neighborhood of the Norwegian capital. A multi-million-dollar renovation carefully turned the largest preservation project in Norway into a modern hotel with 231 rooms, including 56 residences. Preferred will open five more hotels in 2022, namely, The Wall Street Hotel in New York, Amrit Ocean Resort & Residences on Singer Island (Florida, the US), TOA Hotel & Spa in Zanzibar, Pendry hotel in Washington, and Pendry Park City hotel in Utah.
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25.04.2024
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Travelling to Santa Barbara - advices and tips. What should be provisioned in advance, the rules you might want to follow, and the things you better avoid doing in Santa Barbara. We help you to make your trip smooth and easy, with no unexpected surprises.
