Just a few hours north of Los Angeles, the rural vineyard town of Santa Ynez Valley boasts some of California’s most picturesque hotels.

Santa Ynez will ring in the holiday season with its annual Country Christmas Tree Lighting event on Thursday, bringing music, treats and small-town charm to the grounds of the Santa Ynez Valley ...

Book a stay at the Sideways Inn, a motel that was basically a supporting actor in an Oscar-winning movie. Get a bird’s-eye view of Santa Barbara County via California’s longest and fastest zip lines.

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Ask the people who work in all of those places where they like to eat, and they’ll likely all say the same thing: On their days off from pouring the wine and cooking the food all the tourists post on ...