Santa Barbara City firefighters respond to a structure fire at El Encanto in Santa Barbara's Riviera neighborhood on.

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One of my favorite getaways from Los Angeles is the El Encanto, Santa Barbara, a Belmond Hotel. The five-star luxury boutique hotel is truly a gem with its sweeping views of the sparkling Pacific ...

There are numerous reasons to spend time in Santa Barbara. Just about two hours north of Los Angeles, this coastal area has a completely different vibe, where nature is paramount. Belmond’s El Encanto ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (December 4, 2025) — El Encanto Hotel, Santa Barbara’s most storied luxury hideaway, announces the debut ...

The five-star El Encanto resort in Santa Barbara, a Hollywood getaway for more than a century where rooms cost north of $1,000 a night, has been sold to Tinder co-founder Justin Mateen for $82.2 ...

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The internationally-acclaimed Forbes Travel Guide announced its 2014 luxury travel ratings and named El Encanto as part of the prestigious portfolio — the only Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star resort in ...

Like all chef archetypes — flashy celebrity, high-volume workhorse, savvy entrepreneur, laid-back country clubber, and so forth — the resort chef requires a special skill set: able to craft menus for ...