Besides visiting wineries, vineyards, and tasting rooms, there is plenty of things to do in Santa Barbara wine country. These are some suggestions.
Los Olivos Things to Do:
- Have a delicious cup of coffee at R Country Store on 2948 Grand Avenue
- Have a massage or body treatment at Fess Parker’s Champagne Spa & Boutique
- Shop the galleries and unique stores on Grand Avenue
- Buy a deli lunch at Panino, 2900 Grand Avenue and picnic at Zeca Mesa winery on the Foxen Canyon Wine Trail
- Taste wine at a few of the many tasting rooms along Grand Avenue
- Hike a trail in the nearby (30 miles) Figueroa Mountain Recreation area
- Dine at the Los Olivos Café – featured in the Movie “Sideways.”
- Ride a horse with Vino Vaqueros for a wine tour on horseback.
Solvang, the Authentic Danish Village, Things to Do:
- Have a pastry and coffee at Olsen’s Danish Bakery, 1529 Mission Drive
- Shop for interesting gifts along the streets of Solvang
- Visit the Hans Christian Andersen Museum – located in the Book Loft Building
1680 Mission Drive - Take a break at Hans Christen Andersen Park
- Go wine tasting on Copenhagen Drive – Stolpmans and Lucas & Lewellen are tops
- Visit the Old Mission Santa Inés
- Have dinner at Cafe Angelica, 490 First Street
- Take in the Elverhoj Museum of History and Art
Buellton Things to Do:
- Eat dinner at the Hitching Post Restaurant – Featured in the Movie “Sideways.”
406 E. Highway 246