A luxurious hotel and family experience in Santa Barbara, California

Experience laid-back luxury and contemporary comfort at Bacara Resort & Spa, a beachfront hotel that sprawls 78 acres of the pristine Santa Barbara coast. With direct access to beautiful beaches and world-class golf, Bacara provides the ideal vacation setting.

At Bacara, every one of the 305 lavish guestrooms and 49 specialty suites are equipped with either a private balcony or patio with breathtaking ocean, garden or mountain views. Pamper yourself in the 42,000-square-foot, full-service spa and state-of-the-art fitness facility. Take a dip in one of the three zero-edge saline swimming pools. And if you have kids, Bacara’s kid’s club, offers a comprehensive selection of outdoor activities the whole family can enjoy, including hiking, mountain biking and stargazing.

Bacara’s three signature restaurants boast a variety of mouth-watering, culinary delights ranging from casual to healthy organic to fine dining. Plus, an expansive wine cellar housing more than 12,000 bottles showcases wines from around the world as well as from the award-winning Santa Barbara wine region.

The resort opened in the Fall of 2000, and draws its name from the Chumash Native Americans who lived and flourished in the area for thousands of years. Their word for this enchanted land was Anacapa, which means mirage. The name Bacara marries Barbara (from Santa Barbara) and Anacapa.

Bacara is located within Santa Barbara County, and is very much a Goleta hotel.

In July, 2011, the Bacara Resort was purchased by Ohana Real Estate Investors. Ohana owns other luxury properties including Montage Laguna Beach, Montage Beverly Hills and Montage Dear Valley.