With a Mediterranean climate, mountain backdrop, and a long and varied coastline Santa Barbara, California, is often called “America’s Riviera.”
Websites:
Points of interest: http://www.santabarbara.com/points_of_interest/
General information: http://www.santabarbara.com/
Local attractions: http://www.hotelmarmonte.com/attractions.cfm
University of California, Santa Barbara: http://www.ucsb.edu/
City of Santa Barbara: http://www.santabarbaraca.gov/home.htm
Santa Barbara on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Barbara,_California
Santa Barbara Topography at NASA’s Earth Observatory: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=4557
