• Photo: Saschaporsche [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
  • Photo: Joseph Sohm / Shutterstock

Santa Ynez

Founded in 1882, the tiny town of Santa Ynez still has many of its original frontier buildings. You can walk through its three-block downtown in a few minutes, shop for antiques, and hang around the old-time saloon. At some of the Santa Ynez Valley's best restaurants, you just might bump into one of the celebrities who own nearby ranches.

Explore Santa Ynez

Sights 3

Restaurants 3

Hotels 1

Sports and Activities 1

Elsewhere In The Central Coast

Avila Beach

Because the village of Avila Beach and the sandy, cove-front shoreline for which it's named face south into the Pacific Ocean, they get more sun...

  • 2 Restaurants
  • 4 Hotels
  • 4 Things To Do

Big Sur Coastline

Long a retreat of artists and writers, Big Sur is a place of ancient forests and rugged shoreline, stretching 90 miles from San Simeon to...

  • 5 Restaurants
  • 8 Hotels
  • 7 Things To Do

Buellton

A crossroads town at the intersection of U.S. 101 and Highway 246, Buellton has evolved from a sleepy gas and coffee stop into an enclave...

  • 1 Restaurants
  • 1 Hotels
  • 5 Things To Do
See All Places In The Central Coast
Trending Stories
Arts & Culture
Guide to the 2014 Santa Barbara International Film Festival
More

Advertisement

Find a Hotel

Guidebooks

Fodor's California: with the Best Road Trips

View Details

Plan Your Next Trip