Few American downtowns are as pedestrian friendly as Santa Barbara’s. Tree-lined State Street with its bricked-sidewalk paseos has stores from familiar names like Anthropologie and Guess to only-in-Santa Barbara shops like Salt (which specializes in beauty products made with, yes, salt) and Diani (a boutique with edgy designs for women). The 12-block Funk Zone caters to wine lovers who can pop into old warehouses and early-20th-century homes converted to tasting rooms and boutiques.
