Destination Guide to the Golden State California Day Trips

Solvang California Santa Ynez Valley

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.
Solvang California wind mill 
   
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.
From Southern California: Los Angles Take Highway-101 North to Highway-246 (at Buellton). Turn right 3 miles
From Northern California: San Francisco Take Highway-101 South to Highway-246 (at Buellton). Turn left 3 miles.
 
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