| Get away for the day and ride the rails to Santa Barbara, the popular beach city known as “America’s Riviera.” We’ll motorcoach to L.A.’s historic Union Station and board Amtrak’s Coast Starlight train for a relaxing and scenic ride along the coast. The Coast Starlight is the only Amtrak train along this route that features an observation car for spectacular ocean views! We’ll disembark in Santa Barbara and reboard our motorcoach for a short transfer to Santa Barbara’s downtown shopping district. Characterized by unique shopping, great food and distinctive architecture, downtown Santa Barbara offers palm-lined thoroughfares where you’ll be surrounded by shops, boutiques, tantalizing eateries and beautiful Spanish architecture. The State Street Promenade is a newly created pedestrian mall where multiple blocks of State Street are closed to vehicle traffic allowing restaurants and other businesses to expand onto sidewalks and into Santa Barbara’s main boulevard, infusing a sense of energy and vitality. Paseo Nuevo is Santa Barbara’s Mediterranean-style, outdoor shopping center that features a variety of name brand stores. Enjoy lunch on your own with approximately 4 hours at leisure to relax, explore, browse and soak up all that this sophisticated beach town has to offer. We will motorcoach home. Should the Coast Starlight train be canceled by Amtrak, an Amtrak Surfliner train or an included lunch may be substituted. |