Admire the mansions and wonder what "those people do", stare for hours at the undulating blue ocean-please, not the driver! Look out for police who are wonderfully intolerant of distracted drivers. This is a beautiful drive but the roads can be narrow and curved so someone has to pay attention when taking this beautiful, scenic drive.
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Santa Barbara Scenic Drive
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Great scenic drive, a few nice twist and turns too. As others have mentioned there are only one or two places to see the ocean but the scenery and beautifully landscaped homes are lovely to look at two. Thrill seekers look elsewhere.
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Discovered the Botanical Garden. Saw Hope Ranch - beautiful area.
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Even the home gardens are delightful. Loved the tree lined streets and views from the hill tops. Parks in every neighborhood.
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It's easy to get to...driving experience was very nice - just need to take time to smell the roses, to enhance the experience.
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I feel SB is such a lovely area, we will come back again!!
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It is a short, lovely drive through Hope Ranch to the coast.
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We were driving at dusk when we found a great spot to see the sunset. We just got lucky with the timing and got a great photo. The rest of the drive was very pretty and we also enjoyed it.
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Ventura, California
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We drive the Coast almost weekly and always are in awe of how spectacular it is...We love to pull over along the way and have dinner at the Cliffhouse...it's hard to get to but it's worth the sunset!
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Lovely drive if you can work out the directions! End up at junctions with a poor map and no idea where to go because the signs seem to be non-existentent.
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