Santa Barbara Wine Tour - Self-Guided GPS Audio Tour

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4 to 9 hours (approximately)
Offered in: English

Drive Santa Barbara wine country yourself, with a GPS audio guide that plays automatically as you go. Your booking unlocks the whole region in the free Wine Trails app: pick your date and starting point — Solvang, Los Olivos, Buellton or downtown Santa Barbara — choose the cellar doors you want from 63 across the valleys, and the app builds your personal route with turn-by-turn narration. 86 stories cover the county's people and places: as you roll past the Santa Ynez Valley's tasting rooms you'll hear how, in 2004, a film called Sideways turned these quiet rooms into international pilgrimage sites overnight. No group, no schedule, no guide — pause for a long lunch in Los Olivos, replay anything, and the audio keeps working when the signal drops on Foxen Canyon Road. You'll need a car and a designated driver; tastings are booked and paid directly with the wineries.

What's Included

Email and in-app chat support
Regional stories on the six AVAs, transverse ranges and the Sideways effect
In-app map covering Solvang, Los Olivos, Santa Ynez, Foxen Canyon and Santa Maria
GPS audio narration across 56 mapped Santa Barbara wineries and 16 points of interest
Free content updates as new stories and wineries are added
Trip planner to build and reorder your own tasting day
Full offline download: every audio file saved to your phone before you leave wifi
Buy once, no expiry, unlimited replays
One purchase covers everyone in the vehicle
Wine tastings and cellar-door tasting fees (paid directly at each winery)
Food, meals and snacks
Transport, vehicle hire, fuel and phone mount
Mobile data required for the initial tour download
Winery appointments and reservations where required
Gratuities

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point
You can choose from multiple locations at checkout.
End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Itinerary

Duration: 4 to 9 hours (approximately)
  • 1
    Solvang

    Founded in 1911 by Danish-American settlers who bought nearly nine thousand acres; the name means sunny field, and around two million people visit each year.

    30 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 2
    Los Olivos

    A village of roughly eleven hundred people carrying more than thirty tasting rooms along Grand Avenue and Alamo Pintado.

    30 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 3
    Dragonette Cellars - Tasting Room

    A relaxed Los Olivos storefront pouring Pinot Noir and Syrah, and one of the highest-rated rooms in the village.

    30 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 4
    Stolpman Vineyards

    Estate wines from the family's Ballard Canyon ranch, poured on Grand Avenue.

    30 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 5
    Firestone Vineyard

    Leonard and Brooks Firestone bought 300 acres north of Los Olivos in 1972 and built Santa Barbara County's first estate winery.

    30 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 6
    Fess Parker Winery & Vineyard

    The actor-turned-vintner planted his 714-acre Foxen Canyon ranch in 1988.

    30 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 7
    Demetria Estate Winery

    One of the county's first biodynamic vineyards, with Greek heritage and 45 acres of Rhone varietals on Foxen Canyon Road.

    30 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 8
    Foxen Canyon Wine Trail

    The scenic back road linking the Santa Ynez and Santa Maria valleys, running past Foxen, Fess Parker and Rancho Sisquoc.

    30 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 9
    Rancho Sisquoc Winery

    A working cattle ranch on an 1845 Mexican land grant, the only intact grant in California, which planted its first vines in 1968.

    30 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 10
    Beckmen Vineyards

    Santa Barbara's first biodynamic estate, on Refugio Road south of Los Olivos.

    30 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 11
    The Brander Vineyard

    Founded in 1975 and still known for the Sauvignon Blanc program that made its name.

    30 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 12
    Happy Canyon Vineyard

    A by-appointment ranch in the warm eastern AVA, where Bordeaux varieties ripen in temperatures up to twenty degrees above the Sta. Rita Hills.

    30 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 13
    Santa Barbara Winery

    Pierre Lafond opened it in 1962 as the county's first commercial winery since Prohibition.

    30 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 14
    Ostrichland USA

    Operating since 1983 on Highway 246 between Buellton and Solvang, home to around a hundred ostriches and a few dozen emus.

    30 minutes • Admission ticket free

Additional info

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • By giving your phone number you agree to receive up to 2 texts from Wine Trails about this booking (your tour link and a tour-day reminder)
  • Msg & data rates may apply. Msg frequency: max 2 texts per booking. Reply STOP to opt out, HELP for help
  • Before you travel: download the free Wine Trails app (iOS or Android) and create your account while you are on wifi
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Tags

Day Trips
Wine Tastings
Bus Tours
Private and Luxury
Private Sightseeing Tours
Audio Guides
Historical Tours
Wine Tours
Car Tours
Food & Drink
Spring Break
Short term availability

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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