Santa Barbara B&B?
 

We are spending 5 days in Santa Barbara in May. We generally prefer B&Bs to hotels. Any suggestions? Thanks

We stayed at
http://www.spanishgardeninn.com/
Its lovely!!!!

Do you have a preference to being near the ocean or the downtown and do you have certain amenities you want and a price range? That will be helpful in making recommendations.

We stayed at the Secret Garden, but it was some years ago, definitely not close to the ocean but we liked it, it was very quiet. Check out reviews for current pricing and exact location. We reserved in advance but cannot remember who/how we came across it frankly.

Stayed at the Old Yacht Club Inn, walking distance to beach. It was very nice, but it's been a couple of years ago and don't recall price.