Santa Barbara County

Santa Barbara is a nice county placed on the south part of US State, California. The county has an estimated population of 421.625 people, according to data from 2008. Santa Barbara is the capital of the county and Santa Maria is the largest city.

Public transportation

Santa Barbara County can be reached by using Greyhound Lines or Amtrak trains. The Transit District of Santa Barbara serves the southern part of the county.

The county in the northern part has cities like Lompoc, Santa Maria, or Buellton/Solvan and these ones have bus services of their own.

Airports

The Santa Barbara Airport is located at Goleta, at Santa Barbara’s west. Santa Maria Airport is on the southern part of Santa Maria.  Lompoc Airport is also on the northern part of Lompoc. The airport of Santa Ynez is south of Santa Ynez. Commercial flights come from LA and Las Vegas.

Things to do there

Wine tasting is one of the best things you can do as the county has about 100 wineries. You can easily go to Santa Ynez Valley. You can get a list with all the locations from the Vintner’s Association). But instead of driving you can rely on the wine tour companies. They can make a very interesting trip for you.

The Grapeline Wine Country Shuttle is highly recommended for you. the guide is also accommodating and offers a lot of details.

Cloud Climbers Jeep Tours are rugged by they might fit your pers8onality. You can learn a lot about the wild life, plants and more.

Sustainable Vine Tours are great as you will learn the history of wine and other important winery details. Even if the price is a big high, it is worth all the cents that you might pay.