Tour Options in Santa Barbara and the Central Coast

Cloud Climbers Jeep and Wine Tours offers four types of daily tours: wine-tasting, mountain, sunset, and a discovery tour for families. These trips to the Santa Barbara/Santa Ynez mountains and wine country are conducted in open-air, six-passenger jeeps. Fares range from $79 to $99 per adult. The company also arranges biking, horseback riding, and trap-shooting tours by appointment. Central Coast Wine Tours' 15-passenger vans can take you on a scheduled trip to wineries in the Edna Valley, Paso Robles, or to Hearst Castle. Fares for wine tours are $50, with pickups in San Luis Obispo, Morro Bay, Pismo Beach, and Cambria. The Hearst Castle tour costs $60. Wine Adventures operates customized Santa Barbara County tours and narrated North County wine-country tours in 25-passenger minicoaches. Fares for the wine tours are $95 per person. The Grapeline Wine Country Shuttle leads daily wine and vineyard picnic tours with flexible itineraries in Paso Robles wine country; they stop at most Paso Robles hotels, and can pick up in Templeton, Cambria, and San Luis Obispo with advance reservations. Fares range from $38 to $85, depending on pickup location and tour choice.

Spencer's Limousine & Tours offers customized tours of the city of Santa Barbara and wine country via sedan, limousine, van, or minibus. A four-hour basic tour with at least four participants costs about $50 per person. Sultan's Limousine Service has a fleet of super stretches; each can take up to eight passengers on Paso Robles and Edna Valley-Arroyo Grande wine tours and tours of the San Luis Obispo County coast. Hiring a limo for a four-hour wine country tour typically costs $360 to $410 with tip.

Contacts

Central Coast Wine Tours (866/717-2298). Cloud Climbers Jeep and Wine Tours (805/965-6654. www.ccjeeps.com). The Grapeline Wine Country Shuttle (805/239-4747 or 888/894-6379. pasorobles.gogrape.com). Spencer's Limousine & Tours (805/884-9700. www.spencerslimo.com). Sultan's Limousine Service (805/466-3167. www.sultanslimo.com). Wine Adventures (3463 State St., #228, Santa Barbara. 805/965-9463. www.welovewines.com).