The Sunset Travel Awards celebrate the best in travel in the West. These resorts and hotels are the 2025 winners of the Where to Stay: Coastal Gems category. Check out the complete list of winners here. For our definitive and searchable travel directory to help you plan your next trip in the West, click here. 100 years since its…
The Sunset Travel Awards celebrate the best in travel in the West. These restaurants are the 2025 winners of the Where to Eat & Drink: Top Tables category. Check out the complete list of winners here. For our definitive and searchable travel directory to help you plan your next trip in the West, click here. Tucked into Santa Barbara’s Hotel Californian,…
Occupying three prime blocks of Santa Barbara real estate just a stone’s throw from the beach, the refreshed Hotel Californian has been more than two decades in the making. Styled in part on the original Hotel Californian built in 1925, the new iteration is composed of three separate buildings, resulting in a charming village-like feel. Featuring a…
Adjacent to the Santa Barbara, California, waterfront in the city’s Funk Zone area, this Preferred LVX outpost delivers Spanish colonial-style architecture and modern Moorish decor. Guests will find large flat-screen TVs, Nespresso coffee makers, custom Hotel Californian bath products, stocked cocktail carts and Martyn Lawrence Bullard furnishings, light fixtures and wall coverings inside all of the stylish accommodations. What’s more,…
Top 20 Hotels in Southern California: Readers’ Choice Awards 2024. Condé Nast Traveler readers rate their top hotels in Southern California.