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Santa Barbara
Locals call it the 'American Riviera,' and honestly that's not much of a stretch:
Santa Barbara is so idyllic, you just have to sigh. Waving palm trees, sugar-sand
beaches, boats bobbing by the harbor - it'd be a travel cliché if it wasn't the plain
truth. California's 'Queen of the Missions' is a beauty, as are downtown's red-
roofed, whitewashed adobe buildings, all rebuilt in harmonious Spanish colonial
revival style after a devastating earthquake in 1925. Come aspire to the breezy,
rich-and-famous lifestyle over a long, lazy weekend.
