Neighbourhoods
Santa Barbara: Red-tiled historic centre
Santa Barbara County Courthouse → El Cuartel → Santa Barbara City Hall
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Santa Barbara, on foot
Spanish architecture, the mission and Pacific waterfront. 10 walks, 44 places. Area guides and walking routes
Read, then explore
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Neighbourhoods
Santa Barbara: Harbour, museums and Stearns Wharf
Santa Barbara Maritime Museum → Stearns Wharf → Moreton Bay Fig Tree
Neighbourhoods
Santa Barbara: Jeff Shelton’s unusual houses
Pistachio House → Vera Cruz House → El Jardin
Neighbourhoods
Santa Barbara: Mission, rose garden and wooded creek
Mission Rose Garden → Mission Historical Park → Rocky Nook Park
First walk
Santa Barbara without a car: station-to-courthouse walking map
Start at the train depot and walk past MOXI, De la Guerra Plaza and the Lobero Theatre to the courthouse, with time for the return train
All walking routes
Red-tiled historic centre ↗
Santa Barbara County Courthouse → Santa Barbara Central Library → Santa Barbara Museum of Art → La Arcada Courtyard → Lobero Theatre → Anacapa Street Post Office → El Cuartel → El Presidio de Santa Bárbara → Santa Barbara Historical Museum → Casa de la Guerra → De la Guerra Plaza → Santa Barbara City Hall
Harbour, museums and Stearns Wharf ↗
Santa Barbara Maritime Museum → Deepwater Diving Monument → Plaza del Mar → West Beach → Stearns Wharf → Sea Center → MOXI museum → Santa Barbara railway station → Moreton Bay Fig Tree
Jeff Shelton’s unusual houses ↗
Pistachio House → Ablitt Tower → El Andaluz → Vera Cruz House → El Zapato → El Jardin
Mission, rose garden and wooded creek ↗
Mission Rose Garden → Old Mission Santa Barbara → Mission Historical Park → Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History → Rocky Nook Park
Art museum and State Street theatres ↗
Lobero Theatre → La Arcada Courtyard → Santa Barbara Museum of Art → Granada Theatre → Arlington Theatre → Alameda Park → Alice Keck Park Memorial Garden
Adobe homes and a Victorian mansion ↗
Casa Dolores → Trussell-Winchester Adobe → Fernald Mansion → Carriage and Western Art Museum → Plaza del Mar
Seafront park and East Beach ↗
Stearns Wharf → Chase Palm Park → East Beach
Downtown museums: history and contemporary art ↗
El Presidio de Santa Bárbara → Santa Barbara Historical Museum → Casa de la Guerra → Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara → Casa Dolores
Western shore and maritime history ↗
Moreton Bay Fig Tree → Carriage and Western Art Museum → Plaza del Mar → Deepwater Diving Monument → Santa Barbara Maritime Museum → Leadbetter Beach
From the station to the courthouse tower ↗
Santa Barbara railway station → MOXI museum → Pistachio House → De la Guerra Plaza → Santa Barbara City Hall → Casa de la Guerra → Lobero Theatre → Santa Barbara County Courthouse
Places on the map
- Santa Barbara County Courthouse
- Santa Barbara Central Library
- Santa Barbara Museum of Art
- La Arcada Courtyard
- Lobero Theatre
- Casa de la Guerra
- De la Guerra Plaza
- Santa Barbara City Hall
- Santa Barbara Historical Museum
- El Cuartel
- El Presidio de Santa Bárbara
- Anacapa Street Post Office
- Granada Theatre
- Arlington Theatre
- Alameda Park
- Alice Keck Park Memorial Garden
- Casa Dolores
- Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara
- Pistachio House
- Ablitt Tower
- El Andaluz
- Vera Cruz House
- El Zapato
- El Jardin
- Old Mission Santa Barbara
- Mission Rose Garden
- Mission Historical Park
- Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
- Rocky Nook Park
- Santa Barbara railway station
- Moreton Bay Fig Tree
- MOXI museum
- Stearns Wharf
- Sea Center
- West Beach
- Chase Palm Park
- East Beach
- Santa Barbara Maritime Museum
- Deepwater Diving Monument
- Leadbetter Beach
- Carriage and Western Art Museum
- Fernald Mansion
- Trussell-Winchester Adobe
- Plaza del Mar
How these guides are made
Sources: tourism organisations, museums and heritage sites. Distance follows the walking track; time and elevation are estimates. Sources are checked remotely; an on-site walk has not been confirmed