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Santa
Barbara Motels
Santa Barbara is one of my
favorite locations in California. I may be a little bit
biased seeing how I lived there for five years, but I’ve been
a lot of places and Santa Barbara was certainly amongst the most
memorable. If you live fairly nearby, say in the Bay Area or
the Los Angeles region, I definitely recommend Santa Barbara as a
weekend getaway.
As a former resident, I didn’t spend a lot of time in Santa
Barbara motels personally. However, whenever my parents came
into town to visit, which was often, they’d pick out a Santa
Barbara motel and I quickly became familiar with most of
them. Now that I now longer live there, I find myself using
this knowledge whenever I come back for a visit.
Depending on your reasons for visiting, there are two basic categories
of Santa Barbara motels. There’s the cheaper,
affordable variety that’s basically designed for people
passing through, business trips, or other short visits. Then
there are Santa Barbara hotels that are full of charm and character
that are designed for more vacation oriented or romantic stays.
For the more business oriented stay, Santa Barbara motels include all
the chains you’re probably familiar with, like
Day’s Inn, Best Western, etc. These are what
you’d expect for the chains, but the one Santa Barbara motel
that I find myself coming back to a lot is called ‘The
Sandpiper Inn’. A locally owned Santa Barbara
motel, The Sandpiper Inn is everything you’d get from the
other chains yet usually has better deals available and always seems to
have space free. While its on State Street, It’s a
little ways from the ‘downtown’ area, but is
centrally located in the greater Santa Barbara/Goleta area.
Of course, when I’m visiting Santa Barbara with a girlfriend,
the Sandpiper Inn just won’t do at all. For a
little more money, there are some nice romantic Santa Barbara hotels to
choose from. One of my favorites is the West Beach
Inn. Right on the beach and walking distance from the nicest
parts of town, the location couldn’t be any better.
The motel itself is certainly decent enough, but it is the area that
really sells it. Surprisingly, the rates aren’t
normally that much more than the cheaper chains or the Sandpiper.
For an even more luxurious Santa Barbara hotel, there’s the
Harbor View Inn and the Villa Rosa. These are both very
classy Santa Barbara hotels with great locations, beautiful rooms, and
good service. Of course, they are more expensive!