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Santa Barbara:
Air Travel and Transportation:
Getting to Santa Barbara:
Santa Barbara is served by a relatively small, but popular airport, Amtrak train station, and Greyhound bus lines. Santa Barbara Municipal Airport, small but charming, provides access to LAX through a shuttle service that flies between the two airports several times per day. There is also service to San Fransisco, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Denver and other destinations. The airport itself is located in the city of Goleta. Amtrak, housed in a historical landmark on lower State Street, provides service on both the Pacific Surfliner route (San Luis Obispo to San Diego) and the Coast Starlight (Seattle to Los Angeles). The Greyhound station is also located in downtown, near the local bus transit center.
If arriving by car, be aware that there is only one major highway in or out of Santa Barbara, US 101; downtown Santa Barbara can be accessed via the Garden St. exit, while the beaches can be found off the Cabrillo St. offramp. Traffic patterns here are almost the complete opposite from the famous Los Angeles grid lock as the 101 can come to a grinding halt on Sunday afternoons
Getting around:
There are numerous methods for getting around once in Santa Barbara. The city limits are cozy enough that simply walking from one destination to another is quite possible, but there is also a healthy public transit system in place here. The Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District (SBMTD) runs buses all over Santa Barbara proper, as well as neighboring Goleta and Montecito. Their website lists all current routes and fares. The SBMTD also runs a special shuttle service between downtown and the waterfront, leaving every fifteen minutes during the day. Along the waterfront, many businesses offer bicycle or inline skate rentals for exploring the beach areas, and "rickshaw" taxis are also a common sight.
Budget and Hertz outlets are present at the airport terminal for easy car rentals, but several other rental agencies are located in Santa Barbara; call around for best rates.
