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8301 Hollister Ave, Goleta, CA 93117
Luxury resort of 73 beachfront acres.
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Overlooking the Pacific Ocean, this Mediterranean-style luxury resort is 0.6 miles from Sandpiper Golf Course and 13.4 miles from Santa Barbara.
The plush, refined, Spanish colonial-style rooms feature soaking tubs, flat-screen TVs, and private balconies or patios. Some rooms add fireplaces and ocean views, while suites offer additional living areas and pull-out sofas.
A daily resort fee covers complimentary drinks, in-room internet access, and use of the gym and spa. There are 2 oceanfront saltwater pools with rental cabanas, as well as tennis courts, multiple dining options, and a seasonal kids’ club.
Stunning Beach Weddings Along the Santa Barbara Coast
For beach weddings in Santa Barbara, the Bacara Resort embraces several lawns with panoramic ocean views. Perched high above the Pacific Ocean, Bacara offers 78 oceanfront acres for the most romantic weddings in Santa Barbara, CA. Both The Bluff and the Ocean Lawn boasts lush landscaping and sweeping views of the California coastline.
From an intimate garden setting to a sparkling seaside ceremony, Bacara offers exquisite wedding locations in Santa Barbara and the perfect place the say I Do.
Stunning Beach Weddings Along the Santa Barbara Coast
For beach weddings in Santa Barbara, the Bacara Resort embraces several lawns with panoramic ocean views. Perched high above the Pacific Ocean, Bacara offers 78 oceanfront acres for the most romantic weddings in Santa Barbara, CA. Both The Bluff and the Ocean Lawn boasts lush landscaping and sweeping views of the California coastline.
From an intimate garden setting to a sparkling seaside ceremony, Bacara offers exquisite wedding locations in Santa Barbara and the perfect place the say I Do.
Wedding Celebrations by Bacara Resort
The Most Romantic Wedding Receptions in Santa Barbara
Nestled along the sloping hills just above the Pacific Ocean, Bacara Resort offers one of the most romantic settings for California weddings. We feature a variety of Santa Barbara wedding venues, from the grand Bacara Ballroom to open-air garden venues where you can breathe in the fresh coastal air.
Browse through our stunning wedding venues below, then contact us for more details about celebrating your Santa Barbara wedding at Bacara Resort & Spa.
Diagrams & Event Space
Please click here to view diagrams and a list of dimensions for all meeting and event space at Bacara.
Bacara Ballroom
Whether you choose to have your wedding ceremony at a local church or on a stunning lawn at Bacara, continue the celebration in the elegant Bacara Ballroom. Offering an expansive 11,300 square feet for Santa Barbara wedding receptions, this grand venue features 23-foot-high ceilings with beautiful sculptured details, gilt-framed mirrors and six balconies. It’s Bacara’s most stunning indoor wedding venue in Santa Barbara, offering complete privacy and a stunning atmosphere. The Bacara Ballroom can accommodate up to 1,250 wedding guests.
Ballroom A, B and C
If you’re looking for a smaller wedding venue in Santa Barbara, the Bacara Ballroom can be divided into three separate areas, each 43 by 87 feet. With the same beautiful details, Ballroom A, B and C can accommodate up to 350 wedding guests for your Santa Barbara wedding reception.
Additional Bacara Ballroom Space
The Bacara Ballroom features 8,700 square feet of additional event space, including a light-filled, vaulted foyer with fireplace, an adjacent ocean view terrace and a lawn area. This extra space offers the perfect setting after your Santa Barabra wedding ceremony to offer cocktails and hors d’oeuvres to guests before a fun-filled night of dinner and dancing!
Rotunda
The 1,734-square-foot, circular Rotunda atop Bacara’s main lobby features a sun-filled space, complete with views of the ocean, gardens and adjoining terraces. Wood-framed windows, a vaulted 20-foot ceiling and dramatic wrought-iron chandelier add to the Rotunda’s warm ambience. The Terrace offers an al fresco gathering space, while the Balcony provides beautiful ocean views. The Rotunda can host a ceremony or reception of up to 200 guests.
Santa Ynez Room and Terrace
At 2,072 square feet, the Santa Ynez Room features a two-story vaulted ceiling and exterior terrace with ocean views. This Santa Barbara wedding venue can host receptions for up to 200 guests.
Wine Cellar
For more intimate weddings in Santa Barbara, Bacara’s wine cellar features an impressive display of 12,000 wines from around the world, along with a private dining room that can seat up to 40 persons, perfect for one-of-a-kind wedding receptions or rehearsal dinners.
More Outdoor Wedding Reception Venues:
The Bluff
The Bluff is set high above the Pacific, offering dramatic ocean views. This sprawling lawn area can accommodate up to 300 guests for your seaside wedding reception in Santa Barbara, CA.
Ocean Lawn
The Ocean Lawn also features panoramic ocean views and is surrounded by the resort’s lush landscaping. This exquisite Santa Barbara wedding location is adjacent to the Executive Center, offering private rooms for pre-wedding bridal party preparations. The Ocean Lawn can accommodate up to 400 wedding guests for your Santa Barbara wedding reception.
Presidential Lawn
This more intimate, seaside venue can be reserved in conjunction with The Residence, Bacara’s premier 3,700-square foot luxury rental. It can accommodate up to 150 guests for alfresco wedding receptions in Santa Barbara and also includes a two-night stay in The Residence.
Oval Lawn
The Oval Lawn is a private and enclosed garden area in the heart of the resort. Romantically adorned with various flowers and plants, this garden venue offers a stunning setting for outdoor wedding ceremonies in Santa Barbara, CA, which can accommodate up to 300 guests.
Premier Destination Weddings in Santa Barbara, CA
Celebrate in Paradise
Nestled along the sloping hills just above the Pacific Ocean, Santa Barbara offers one of the most romantic settings for California weddings. With its Spanish-style buildings of red-tiled roofs and white stucco walls, the city sparkles with golden beaches, blue skies, and palm trees that line its curving bay. Aside from its beautiful weather and exquisite beaches, Santa Barbara also boasts a well-respected wine region, with as many as 115 wineries and 21,000 acres of production.
Just 90 miles north of the hustle and bustle of LA, guests from around the world visit Santa Barbara’s coastal sanctuary every year. Experience State Street, the city’s main drag of savory restaurants and upscale shopping, tour the famous Santa Barbara Mission, rent bicycles along the coast, or experience horseback riding on trails that overlook the Pacific. For exquisite weddings in California, Santa Barbara is paradise.
Destination Weddings at Bacara Resort
With its breathtaking ocean views and spectacular wedding venues, Bacara Resort & Spa offers 78 oceanfront acres for the most romantic destination weddings in Santa Barbara, CA. From an intimate garden setting to a sparkling seaside ceremony to a grand ballroom reception, our luxury resort will create a memorable wedding celebration for your most special day.
For traveling guests, Bacara offers:
354 spacious guest rooms, luxury suites or luxury retreats, all of which feature private balconies or patios with garden, mountain or ocean views.
Fine dining in our restaurant
The legendary Spa at Bacara, a 42,000-square-foot spa and wellness center.
World-class golf at three nearby courses, including the adjacent Sandpiper.
Additional resort recreation, including beach activities, three zero-edge swimming pools, four lighted tennis courts, a supervised kid’s club, specialty retail shops and adjacent hiking trails.
Close proximity to all of Santa Barbara’s many attractions, including wineries, ocean excursions, historic sightseeing and upscale shopping.
Luxury Conference Venues By Bacara Resort
One of the Top Meeting Hotels in Santa Barbara
Meetings and special events transcend the norm within the superior event spaces at Bacara Resort & Spa. Designed to cater to the business and social needs of the most discriminating clientele, our Santa Barbara meeting hotel features 70,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor event space, including the expansive Bacara Ballroom, a 211-seat screening room, and a state-of-the-art Executive Conference Center.
Bacara’s luxury conference venues are perfect for corporate conferences, executive retreats, and other business events in southern California. Our conference center is dramatic, versatile, and technologically innovative, perfect for large or small meetings. All areas are outfitted with data ports and high-speed Internet access, as well as audio/video conferencing facilities.
Our State-Of-The-Art Conference Spaces
Please click here to view diagrams and a list of dimensions for all meeting and event space at Bacara.
Screening Room
The 211-seat Screening Room is equipped with comfortable theater seats and foldaway desktops. Our state-of-the-art Screening Room includes:
A projection room with digital cinema technology, suitable for 35mm first-run movies, along with a surround-sound audio system and drop-down screen.
A generous stage that can be converted into a performance or lecture/presentation area.
Electronic voting and simultaneous translation capabilities.
A Director’s Lounge – a large, circular room with lovely arches, column details and a built-in bar that is ideal as a pre-function area or for other social events for 80-150 persons.
Executive Conference & Technology Center
This self-contained Southern California Conference Center contains an 88-seat auditorium, with tiered classroom seating that complies with the International Association of Conference Centers (IACC) guidelines. Our Conference Center is equipped with:
Data/telephone ports and T-1 connections for real-time Internet access from each seat
LAN connections for group software installation
Audio/video-conferencing capabilities
Four mahogany-paneled breakout rooms – San Miguel, Santa Rosa, Anacapa and Santa Cruz
A dedicated Concierge
Lounge and Channel Terrace Patio
In addition to the 88-seat auditorium, the Executive Conference Center includes four mahogany-paneled breakout rooms – San Miguel, Santa Rosa, Anacapa, and Santa Cruz – with the latest in audiovisual technology, as well as a dedicated concierge service. It also offers a luxuriously appointed Lounge and Channel Terrace Patio that overlooks the Pacific Ocean and the Ocean Lawn.
More Indoor Meeting Venues in Santa Barbara:
Bacara Ballroom
This spacious, luxury venue is an expansive 11,300 square feet and features 23-foot-high ceilings with beautiful sculptured details, gilt-framed mirrors, and six balconies. The Bacara Ballroom also offers a direct-access loading dock. It can accommodate up to 1,250 guests for a theater set-up, 110 guests for a conference set-up, and 1,100 guests for a reception. It’s the largest venue at our Santa Barbara meeting resort.
Ballroom A, B and C
The Bacara Ballroom can be divided into three separate areas, each 43 feet by 87 feet. Each venue space can accommodate up to 400 guests for a theater set-up, 45 guests for a conference set-up, and 350 guests for a reception. Offering the same gracious details, it’s the perfect venue if you’re looking for something smaller than the Bacara Ballroom.
Additional Bacara Ballroom Space
The Bacara Ballroom also features 8,700 square feet of additional event space, including a light-filled, vaulted foyer with a fireplace, an adjacent ocean view terrace, and a sprawling lawn area.
Rotunda, Terrace and Balcony
The 1,734-square-foot, circular Rotunda atop Bacara’s main lobby features a sun-filled space, complete with views of the ocean, gardens, and adjoining terraces. Wood-framed windows, a vaulted 20-foot ceiling, and a dramatic wrought-iron chandelier add to the Rotunda’s warm ambience. The Terrace offers an alfresco venue, while the Balcony provides beautiful ocean views. This luxury meeting venue in southern California can accommodate up to 1,000 guests for a theater set-up, 30 guests for a conference set-up and 180 guests for a reception.
Santa Ynez Room and Terrace
At 2,072 square feet, the Santa Ynez Room is ideal for midsize meeting or dining events, with a two-story vaulted ceiling and exterior terrace with ocean views. Santa Ynez Room and Terrace can accommodate up to 150 guests for a theater set-up and 220 guests for a reception.
Six Salons
In close proximity to the Rotunda and Santa Ynez Room are six smaller salons, excellent for breakout sessions or social gatherings. Each salon has its own private patio, and they all share a wide foyer for registration or other functions. Salon 1, 2 and 5 can accommodate up to 45 guests for a theater set-up, 15 for a conference and 50 guests for a reception. Salon 3, 4 and 6 can accommodate up to 80 guests for a theater set-up, 30 for a conference, and 100 guests for a reception.
Wine Cellar
Bacara’s wine cellar features an impressive display of 12,000 wines from around the world, along with a private dining room that seats up to 40 persons. It’s the perfect space for one-of-a-kind culinary events.
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Bacara Resort & Spa converts its water fountains into an educational community art exhibition
Santa Barbara – In the midst of a stage three drought, Bacara Resort & Spa in Santa Barbara is turning its
water conservation efforts into a gorgeous and educational art exhibition. The resort has partnered with
seven local designers to transform all nine of its water fountains into water-wise art displays.
“We are facing the driest consecutive four years on record,” said Kathleen Cochran, general manager of
Bacara Resort & Spa. “Beyond reducing water consumption, we’re hoping our fountains will set an example
of how landscaping in ways that reduce the need for excess water can still be beautiful.”
To bring this vision to life, Bacara commissioned Santa Barbara County’s top botanists, landscape
designers, farmers and artists. Each took ownership of one or two fountains at the property, and was given
free rein to bring their talents to life through artistic displays of drought-tolerant plants, succulents, edibles
and even hand-blown glass.
“Over 20 years ago, Lotusland chose to adopt sustainable horticulture practices in the gardens, not only as
a policy decision but as a way of life,” said Bob Craig, director of marketing and communications of
Ganna Walska Lotusland (one of Bacara’s featured partners). “Many of these sustainable techniques not
only eliminated the use of all chemical pesticides and fertilizers in the gardens, but helped reduce the
demand for water. We are happy for this opportunity to share practical gardening techniques and our
knowledge of water conservation.”
Bacara’s Community Art Exhibition Project proudly features:
• Purple Rosette by GannaWalska Lotusland
Designed by Paul Mills, Lotusland’s Assistant Curator, this stunning fountain features three
concentric circles consisting of three different plants with different heights and tones of purple and
pink: Aeonium arboreum ‘Zwartkop,’ Graptoveria ‘Fred Ives’ and Graptopetalum paraguayense.
• Fontanadell’AmorebySaulAlcarazSantaBarbaraGlassblowingStudio
Each piece of this stunning glass display was blown, shaped or cutout by hand and assembled into
a form that ensures no two finished objects are the same. Saul feels he has captured the power of
the sun in this translucent form of perfection.
• A Cascade of Color bySanta Barbara Succulent Art
Featuring bright and contrasting colors and textures, this stunning fountain includes succulents
“spilling” over the edge to simulate water in a fountain.
• WaterFood,NotYourLawnbySomethingGoodOrganics
Designed by farmers Mathew and Carolyn Givens and Erik Powell to inspire water conservation,
this fountain features heirloom eggplant, yellow bell pepper chives, basil, romaine lettuce and more.
• AfricanAquaticbyGanna WalskaLotusland
Designed by Paul Mills, Lotusland’s Assistant Curator, this beautiful fountain features two
different African plants – Aloe wickensii and Chondropetalum tectorum – to inspire an
underwater theme.
• FountaSea by Terra Sol Garden Center FountaSea by Terra Sol Garden Center
Margaret Peavey, co-owner of Terra Sol, utilized drought resistant succulents and bromeliads to
create an undersea scene that reflects the oceanfront location of Bacara.
• Silver FallSilver Fall Silver Falls by Valley Silver Falls by Valleys by Valley s by ValleyCrest
Dichondra, a trailing plant, gives the illusion of falling water, while bright bromeliads add color.
• Pure Life by Dalla Vita Pure Life by Dalla Vita
With a refined tropical oasis vibe, this fountain pulls inspiration from the surrounding plant life to
create a peaceful, yet tropical retreat. Influenced by Costa Rica’s “Pura Vida” way of life, the
designer hopes this fountain will remind resort guests to relax, enjoy life and the simple things that
bring joy.
• Rioby Valley by Valleyby Valley by ValleyCrest
With the goal of complementing the resort’s existing courtyard landscaping, this beautiful fountain
evokes a tropical look with Anthirium, begonias and sweet flag.
Both hotel guests and the general public are invited to enjoy a self-guided tour of the Fountains at any
time. Please visit Bacara’s front desk for a self-guided map and additional information.
Bacara’s Community Art Exhibition Project is just one of several conservation efforts underway at the
resort. Bacara has instituted a “Sustainability Committee” comprised of employees who are passionate
about protecting the environment (several committee members are students receiving their bachelor of
science degree in environmental studies from UC Santa Barbara). Other initiatives underway include energy
management, beach clean ups, waste reduction and recycling. To learn more about Bacara Resort & Spa,
please call (855) 817-9782 or visit www.BacaraResort.com.
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About Bacara Resort & Spa
Bacara Resort & Spa opened in 2000 and quickly established itself as the premier Santa Barbara resort
destination. The property features 360 newly-renovated guestrooms and suites, four restaurants and
lounges, a four-story spa and wellness center, three swimming pools (two with ocean views), a Foley Wine
Tasting Room and 70,000 square feet of function space. Embodying the essence of the American Riviera
lifestyle, Bacara is nestled on the bluff and beaches of the Gaviota coast, just 40 miles from Santa Ynez
Wine Country and five miles from the Santa Barbara Airport. For reservations or more information, please
call (855) 817-9782 or visit www.bacararesort.com.