Looking to travel green from Los Angeles? Santa Barbara Car Free Offer has some “cool car free discounts”. Now through December 31, 2011, the Santa Barbara Car Free Project is encouraging visitors to travel green and save up to 50% at more than 50 hotels, activities and restaurants.
With the price of gasoline rising, this is a fantastic way to enjoy a weekend getaway to Santa Barbara without costing an arm and a leg. You can also stay at some of your favorite hotels or charming Bed and Breakfasts.
Discounts are available for visitors who show an Amtrak train ticket to Santa Barbara with a current day; show a Santa Barbara MTD Bus Pass with a current date stamp; arrive at a hotel or activity by bicycle or present a Santa Barbara Cool Car Free Discount Certificate. Click here to obtain a certificate. Please note some restrictions apply.
When you register for your certificate visitors can receive 20 percent savings on Amtrak Pacific Surfliner and San Joaquin to and from all nine Amtrak Stations in the Santa Barbara County. These stations include Santa Barbara, Goleta, Carpinteria, Solvang, Buellton, Lompoc, Surf, Guadalupe and Santa Maria.
Some of the hotels participating in this green project are: Beach House Inn & Apartments, Best Western Pepper Tree Inn, Brisas del Mar, Cabrillo Inn at the Beach, Casa Del Mar Inn, Cheshire Cat Inn Bed & Breakfast, Fess Parker’s Double Tree Resort, Hotel Oceana, Inn of the Spanish Garden, Old Yacht Club Inn, Orchid Inn, Ramada Limited Hotel, Simpson House Inn and the Upham Hotel plus more.
Restaurants offering discounts are: Aldo’s Italian Restaurant, Blue Agave, Café Los Arcos and Louie’s.
Activities include: Whale watching, kayaking, wine tours, bike tours, and much more.
For wine enthusiasts there are all sorts of car free tours including cycling tours of the Santa Ynez Valley wineries.
To discover all the activities visit Santa Barbara Car Free
Santa Barbara Car Free is a cooperative project created by the Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District, a local government agency working to protect people and the environment of Santa Barbara County. Their mission is to encourage car free, carefree travel to and around city of Santa Barbara and the entire Santa Barbara County for cleaner air and a healthier planet.
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