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Inn of the Spanish Garden in Santa Barbara
The luxury downtown hotel comes with all the extras.
Upscale Santa Barbara hotels try to offer guests something extra: a complimentary breakfast, the plushest linens, a higher level of concierge service. Inn of the Spanish Garden, which describes itself as the only luxury hotel downtown, does all three successfully.
Quiche or frittatas for breakfast, Frette linens on the beds, extensive assistance from the desk. All are standard fare at the attractive 23-room inn, which is on a quiet side street in the city's Historic Presidio District, just three blocks from State Street.
The hotel, built on the onetime site of a Santa Barbara art colony, was designed to feel like a gracious Spanish home, unfolding as you walk through it, said manager Rebecca Johnson.
The landscaped grounds of the hotel include a central courtyard, fire pit and pool. All rooms have fireplaces and patios or balconies. Amenities such as a French press coffeemaker, high-speed Internet and turndown service are standard. Locally produced wines are featured at a free evening wine bar.
Rates at the hotel range from $295 to $350 in the winter and $339 to $515 during the summer high season.
For information and reservations, call (866) 564-4700 or www.spanishgardeninn.com.
 This city got its name in the 1860s. The operation shown here has been under the same management since 1987. |
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