Santa Barbara · Resort
The Ritz-Carlton Bacara, Santa Barbara
The Ritz-Carlton Bacara sits on a bluff on the Gaviota Coast west of Santa Barbara, between the Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific.
- Up to 500 guests
The story
A 1920s Country Club in the Topatopa Hills
The Ojai Valley Inn grew out of a country club that glass manufacturer Edward Libbey began building in 1923, with an 18-hole course laid out by George C. Thomas Jr. and a Spanish Colonial Revival clubhouse by Wallace Neff. Guest rooms followed, and the property later served as a military training centre during the Second World War. Today the resort covers about 220 acres at the foot of the Topatopa Mountains, and the golf course remains central to it.
For weddings, the ceremony options are the Hacienda Courtyard, listed for 200, and the Artist Cottage Lawn, which holds 300. Receptions are held at the Anacapa Ballroom for 200, the Hacienda Ballroom for 300 and the Orchard Lawn for 300. Each reception space carries a site fee, and a food and beverage minimum applies, with an added per-person charge once the guest count passes 150. Casa Elar, a private villa, gives the wedding party somewhere to base itself beforehand.
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