Santa Barbara's Hotel Californian

The 121-room Hotel Californian is a gateway to a revived Santa Barbara waterfront. It’s also a do-over: one of its three buildings sits on the site of the original Hotel Californian (@hotelcalifornian), which was destroyed, two weeks after opening, by a 1925 earthquake. A Moroccan design scheme by the Hollywood interior decorator Martin Lawrence Bullard differentiates Hotel Californian from the hacienda-style resorts that dot the Southern California coast. The property’s lawn and plaza provide prime venues for sunbathing and people watching, and the city is returning to normal after wildfires and mudslides wreaked havoc on the region.

From “A Santa Barbara Hotel with Ocean Views and Artful Cuisine” by Sheila Marikar for the New York Times; Photo from the Hotel Californian

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