Home Page >> Bed and Breakfast >> California >> Santa Barbara

Simpson House Inn

Santa Barbara, California.

Welcome to North America's only AAA Five-Diamond B&B. This beautiful Inn is located in a prestigious historic neighborhood of downtown Santa Barbara, and secluded in an acre of English gardens.

Bed and Breakfast Description

"Howards End meets Like Water for Chocolate" -Avenues. "Idyllic and supremely peaceful" -Country Inns Magazine. "The Simpson House stands alone in quality" -Travel & Leisure. "Whether visitors come for the quiet or the comfort, or to consort with the past, they always return to the Simpson House" -Orange Coast Magazine.

"...the whole effect is like walking into another time, another place of great elegance and total service" -Santa Barbara Independent. "This fetching residential inn represents one of the finest and most gracious bed and breakfasts we have ever visited" -Andrew Harper. "The Inn has special appeal for your senses. Its beautiful gardens have year round color, lovely aromas, tasty fruits and herbs and lovely songbirds" -Birds and Blooms.

"A rare Diamond...Professional service and elegant touches of an expensive hotel in a setting that allows you the illusion of weekending at a friend’s posh country home" -LA Times. "The terrific charm of the Simpson House is its elegant tranquility...Cocooned in a peaceful setting amid manicured grounds, with the sound of falling water" -LA Magazine.

"When visiting the Simpson House Inn, you must occasionally remind yourself that you are in the picturesque mission town of Santa Barbara, not deep in the English countryside...Every detail...evokes an idyllic time and place, where women dressed like Helena Bonham Carter and looked like Emma Thompson, and men spoke like Anthony Hopkins" -Newsday.

Inn Information

Season: All year
Rates: 235.00 - 615.00 US Dollars (double occupancy)
Rooms: 15
With private baths: 15
Languages spoken other than English: Spanish
Mealplan: Breakfast included
Food Served:

• Gourmet vegetarian breakfast
• Wine, Mediterranean hors d'oeuvres buffet, hot/cold beverages, afternoon tea & dessert buffet

Nearest Airport(s): Santa Barbara

Payment methods accepted:

Services:

Full concierge services, wireless Internet, private patios & decks, in-room massage, morning paper

Area Attractions and Activities:

Beach, sailing, surfing, kayaking, whale watching, fishing, mountain biking, hiking, golf, tennis, shopping, fine dining, theater, performing arts, museums, galleries, Art Museum, historic architectural downtown adobes, Botanic Gardens, Franciscan Mission Santa Barbara, Moorish Courthouse.

Most Popular Rooms:

Hay Loft: In the old 1878 barn, spacious and whimsical, featuring a king bed and woodburning fireplace.

Some guests love the historic house rooms with their handpainted Victorian wall & ceiling papers. Others choose the wooded seclusion of the historic barn or a cottage in the garden - fireplaces, private patios, whirlpool tubs & canopied beds.

Restrictions

• Please inquire about our policy regarding children.
• Smoking permitted in designated areas.
• No pets, please.

Tell your hosts Pamela Lanier sent you!

Try Yahoo! Travel for cheap airline tickets