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Solvang
California was founded in 1911 in the heart of the Santa Ynez
Valley. This authentic Danish village offers visitors hundreds
of shops and restaurants to explore and enjoy. Chocolate shops,
bakeries, coffee and beer gardens fill the streets of this walkable
town. Solvang was voted one of Sunset Magazine's 10 Most Beautiful
Small Towns in the Western United States. Solvang has many inns
and full-service hotels making it an ideal starting point for
outings through out the Santa Ynez Valley. Activities and things
to do include visiting the many wineries, hiking and biking, Ostrich
Land, Lake Cachuma, Horse Ranches and Jeep Tours. There are currently
over 18,000 acres of grapevines and over 60 wineries in Santa
Barbara County and Solvang is located right in the center of the
wine country. Spend the day and enjoy this wonderful Danish village.
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Solvang
is home to some bakeries, restaurants, and merchants offering a
taste of Denmark in California. The architecture of many of the
buildings follows traditional Danish style. There is a copy of the
famous Little Mermaid statue from Copenhagen, as well as one featuring
the bust of famed Danish fable writer Hans Christian Andersen. A
replica of the Copenhagen observatory Rundetårn in the scale
1:3 was finished in 1991 and can be seen in the city center.
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