Hiking
Inspiration Point. Hike up a mountain, enjoy views of the ocean, come down. Wide trail.
Sunday Art Walk
Open 10:00am - dusk, features arts and crafts along the oceanfront bike path from the Pier towards East Beach.
Santa Barbara Mission
Open 9:00am - 5:00pm, self-guided tours available daily ($5). Nice park and rose garden across the street from the Mission.
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
Open 10am - 5pm
Santa Barbara Historic Courthouse and Sunken Gardens
Open 10:00am - 4:30pm, great views from the top of the clock tower.
Santa Barbara Zoo (great for kids)
Open daily from 9:30am to 5pm. Online tickets purchased in advance are currently required for ALL guests.
Museum of Natural History (great for kids)
Open Wednesday to Monday from 10am - 5pm.
Wine and beer tasting
Funk Zone. Think of it as an epicenter for craft beer and wine tasting rooms. Walk from tasting room to tasting room to sample local beers and wine. If you want to combine soaking in the ocean views with wine, travel a block further to Deep Sea out on the Pier. Great restaurants in this area as well.
Watersports
Right at the tip of the UCSB lagoon is Campus Point (you can see it from our conference center). There's a trailer there (open until 7pm) where you can rent wetsuits, surfboards, and paddle boards. Campus point surf/SUP/wet suit rentals: info, prices
Inspiration Point. Hike up a mountain, enjoy views of the ocean, come down. Wide trail.
Sunday Art Walk
Open 10:00am - dusk, features arts and crafts along the oceanfront bike path from the Pier towards East Beach.
Santa Barbara Mission
Open 9:00am - 5:00pm, self-guided tours available daily ($5). Nice park and rose garden across the street from the Mission.
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
Open 10am - 5pm
Santa Barbara Historic Courthouse and Sunken Gardens
Open 10:00am - 4:30pm, great views from the top of the clock tower.
Santa Barbara Zoo (great for kids)
Open daily from 9:30am to 5pm. Online tickets purchased in advance are currently required for ALL guests.
Museum of Natural History (great for kids)
Open Wednesday to Monday from 10am - 5pm.
Wine and beer tasting
Funk Zone. Think of it as an epicenter for craft beer and wine tasting rooms. Walk from tasting room to tasting room to sample local beers and wine. If you want to combine soaking in the ocean views with wine, travel a block further to Deep Sea out on the Pier. Great restaurants in this area as well.
Watersports
Right at the tip of the UCSB lagoon is Campus Point (you can see it from our conference center). There's a trailer there (open until 7pm) where you can rent wetsuits, surfboards, and paddle boards. Campus point surf/SUP/wet suit rentals: info, prices
