Unique Santa Barbara Area Weekly Walking Tours

Tour Unique Santa Barbara, Goleta, Carpinteria, Montecito, Cachuma and Coastal Areas

Saturday and Sundays 2-4 pm

Goleta

Rancho La Patera and Historic Stow House Tours
(photo from stowhouse website)

304 North Los Carneros Road, Goleta

$5/adults; free children 12 and younger

964-4407; http://www.stowhouse.com/

Sundays 10-noon

on the coast north of Goleta
Arroyo Hondo Preserve Docent Tours

Between Refugio State Beach and Gaviota State Park

(photo by Randy Leffingwell from Landtrust website)

Join docents on hike along creek and to lookout point with ocean and canyon views.
The 782-acre Arroyo Hondo Preserve is called the "Jewel of the Gaviota Coast.". 

Reservations required 567-1115; arroyohondo@sblandtrust.org  Free

Daily 9am -5 pm

Santa Barbara Botanic Garden

1212 Mission Canyon Road, Santa Barbara
(photo of painting by B.J. Stapen; http://www.bjstapen.com/ )
Admission:  $8/adults - $6/seniors, children13-17,

active military with ID,

$4 children 2-12, under 2 free

682-4726; http://www.sbbg.org/

Daily 2pm; 10:30 am Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Fridays

Santa Barbara County Courthouse Tours

 

1100 Anacapa St, Santa Barbara

begin in the Mural Room on second floor

Courthouse Garden Tours

10:30 am first & third Saturday of month

Meet under large Courthouse Arch on Anacapa Street

Free

Saturday (Sabado) Tour  10-noon
Historic Downtown Santa Barbara Art and Architecture Walking Tours
See the historic de la Guerra Adobe, El Paseo, The Hill-Carrillo Adobe
the Meridian Studios, Lobero Theatre and much much more.
Learn what created the stunning transformation and forever changed
Santa Barbara from ordinary to extraordinary.
Leaves from the centrally located de la Guerra Plaza

Sundays (Domingo) 10-noon

Central Library 40 E. Anapamu Street

Post 1925 Earthquake Architecture, Landscape Design and History of Santa Barbara

Both Tours Presented by the
Architectural Foundation of Santa Barbara

no baby strollers or dogs; rain cancels.

$10 general, free to children age 3-12 (must be accompanied by adult)

965-6307 or http://www.afsb.org/

Wednesdays-Saturdays through April 23rd

10 am - 1:30 pm

Madame Ganna Waleska's Lotusland

Montecito

Art Exhibit and Tour

"Gone," 25 paintings of extinct plants, recreated from historical descriptions by botanists.

Docent-guided tour.

$35 adults 19 +, $10 youth, $10 5-18, free children 4 and younger

reservations must 969-9990; reservation@lotusland.org

Saturday 10 am

Carpinteria Salt Marsh Nature Park Docent Tour

Park entrance across from Sandyland and Ash avenues in Carpinteria

Docent-led tour provides history of the landmark's rescue and geology, flora and fauna

free 684-4060

Saturdays 10 am - noon

Cachuma Nature Walk

Meet at Cachuma Lake Nature Center

2265 Highway 154

Lake Cachuma naturalists and volunteers lead one-mile walk on Oak Canyon Trail

Free with $8 park admission/per vehicle
Also available are 2 hour Nature Lake Cruises approapriate for all ages including handicapped.

688-4515 or www.cachuma.com
Watch for the April 16th Annual Trout Derby April 9 & 11th