Santa Barbara, California

Home to many movie stars and other celebrities, beautiful Santa Barbara is on the Californian coast a short drive north of Los Angeles.

I have visited this district a number of times in the past, but most recently it was a daytime cruise stop on our Celebrity Century eight night Pacific Coastal adventure.

Time ashore was limited so we spent most of our visit strolling along State Street and onto Stearns Wharf.

A great facility downtown and along the foreshore is the electric trolley mini-bus which will transport you up and down lengthy State Street and to the wharf and beachfront at very low cost.

Santa Barbara is easy on the eye with a dominant Spanish influence on architecture, as the video shows.

It's a colourful town close to some great wineries and a huge number of quality restaurants and other eateries dotted throughout.