We took the Bon Appetit and Wine Tasting Excursion. Nina was our guide. She was knowledgeable, friendly and made the entire experience wonderful. Read Less

Took the Monticito Tour in a bus. Very good tour! Read Less

Santa Barbara is a lovely community with mostly mild warm weather. We chose the trolley ride which gave us an overview of the town. Read Less

A very nice small town, clean, Took the free shuttle up the Main Street, to the museum, then did some shopping, caught the shuttle back to the ship. Read Less

City trolley tour was a bit chilly. it is basically open and it was a foggy chilly day. We saw the city and a mission and some beautiful homes. Read Less

Cute little town. Trolley ride was fun. Not a lot of good shopping. Read Less

Tender from the ship. Nice area to walk around. Wharf, shops and restaurants are all within walking distance. Read Less

Went on the trolley for a narrated tour of Santa Barbara with a brief stop at the mission. It was ok, nothing special. Average tour.. Read Less

We had rain but still went off and enjoy on our own. Read Less

Fun shopping and a beautiful place. Read Less

We went to Solvang on your own darling town. We just enjoyed local pasties and coffee and shopping Read Less

In Santa Barbara we tendered into the marina. One of the tenders lives just under the balcony of our mini suite D608 so we woke up to it being lowered into the water on winches. We’re pretty good natured about that kind of thing because we’re on a ship. And happy to be going into Santa Barbara. The tenders have an open upper deck, which I like more than being squeezed into the hold. Once ashore we took one of the new electric city busses as far up State Street as they would take us, which cost 50 cents. From there we took a leisurely stroll thru some lovely upscale neighborhoods to the mission. We took an Uber back from the mission to the middle of State for $8 and had tacos and margaritas at Sand Bar. Then on to wine tasting in the Funk Zone, which is the newly revitalized industrial area of lower State nearest the ship. Read Less

Beautiful little town, great lunch, beautiful scenery as we drove to a winery and enjoyed wine tasting and cupcakes. Tendering was very well done. Read Less

Enjoyed the day shopping on State St and eating a Mexican lunch at Carlitos Cafe. Read Less

We did a walk around town and along the front. Read Less

We took a trolly tour of the surrounding area of the city and enjoyed the history and sights. Read Less

The ship was experiencing maintenance problems with the tender boats and we were delayed by almost 45 minutes departing on our tour. Thus we were rushed. We booked a tour to Solvang. It was nice, but not worth the long bus ride to and from. Read Less

Took trolly thru town and walked to Mission ,the back to Courthouse. Both very interesting Read Less

We did our own thin and took the waterfront shuttle for 50 cents to the downtown and walked around. Read Less

Santa Barbara is a beautiful city to visit however I have to warn you that this last cruise it took Princess forever to get us ashore. By time we got off the ship we had to get back on. We lost so much time at that port. Read Less

Bought the trolley tickets from the visitor center. The driver was very nice and made a special stop to drop all cruise passenger off by the tender pier. Read Less

Went on the trolley bus and apart from having a side on seat rather than forward facing was informative and he dropped us off in the Main Street so we could meander our way back in our own time to the ship. Read Less

Took the Trolley and enjoyed it. See the review above for a description. Read Less

We went to the zoo and had a great time. Read Less