Destinations
Executive & aspirational travel for the Central Coast
Celebrate citrus at the Goleta Lemon Festival
Get your lemon fix at the 28th annual Goleta Lemon Festival on Sept. 28-29 at Girsh Park. One of Goleta’s biggest celebrations has outgrown the Stow House where it began because of the thousands of people who attend annual events celebrating the citrus. Goleta’s history with lemons traces back to the Stow family, which started Read More →
Read More →Support Humane Society at ‘SPAYghetti — No Balls’ fundraiser
The Humane Society of Ventura County’s “SPAYghetti — NO BALLS” fundraiser will be held from noon to 3 p.m. Sept. 15 at Four Brix Winery in Ventura. The event will feature Italian food from LC Imports Pizza of Ventura, dessert from Danny’s Deli and Grill, Four Brix wine and hard cider, live music by Fish Fry, Read More →
Read More →Wine makers, weed farmers ponder joint tourism effort
Wine makers and weed farmers are getting together in an effort to float everyone’s boats when it comes to Santa Barbara North County’s tourism industry. Good Farmers Great Neighbors, a collective of North County cultivators and advocates, and North County Farmers Guild hosted a panel to discuss the potential for industry partnerships at a packed Read More →
Read More →SB County museums free on Sept. 21
On Sept. 21, five Santa Barbara County museums will open their doors free of charge along with hundreds of other participating national venues for the 15th annual Museum Day. The participating local venues are Elverhoj Museum of History & Art, Guadalupe Dunes Center, Santa Barbara Maritime Museum, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, and Wildling Museum Read More →
Read More →SLO airport adding flights to San Diego and Portland
The San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport will add direct flights to San Diego and Portland, Ore., with Alaska Airlines. It announced the two daily, non-stop flights in partnership with Visit SLO Cal on Sept. 4. Both services are slated to begin in 2020—San Diego on Jan. 7, and Portland on June 18. The flights Read More →
Read More →Summerwood Inn ranked fourth best wine country hotel in U.S.
Summerwood Inn in Paso Robles has been named one of the best wine country hotels in America by USA Today’s “10 Best Readers’ Choice Awards.” The contemporary farmhouse style inn and winery — which features nine suites and is located on its own estate vineyard — was ranked No. 4 on the list. The reader’s Read More →
Read More →Summer tourism numbers are up across the Central Coast
The Tri-Counties fought off June gloom and signaled disaster recovery resilience with a strong pulse for the tourism industry as summer travel winds down. Although overcast skies in June and July may have dampened tourism, especially from Los Angeles driving markets, destination marketing officials in Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties all reported Read More →
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