About Santa Barbara's West Beach

Santa Barbara, CA Neighborhoods - West Beach

Santa Barbara's West Beach neighborhood has been at the heart of the city's development and culture throughout it's history. The construction of Stearn's Wharf in 1872, California's oldest working wharf, provided Santa Barbara access to building materials and supplies necessary for the city's growth via cargo and passenger ships. Today, Stearns Warf is Santa Barbara's #1 tourist attraction with over 5 million visitors yearly. West Beach, ajacent to the wharf, was known as the public bathing beach in Santa Barbara's early years. City planners surveying Santa Barbara's streets just after statehood in 1850 had this in mind when they named Bath street, which ends at West Beach.

West Beach neighborhood boundarys are State Street and Stearns Wharf on the East, Castillo Street tothe West, W. Montecito Street on the North and the Pacific Ocean to the South. This neighborhood is also host to Santa Barbara's Harbor built in 1926 with over a thousand boat slips. West Beach is a popular visitor destination with many lodging and restaurant opportunities available. This neighborhood is ideal for walkers with a flat topography, easy access to downtown State Street, Stearn's Wharf and the Harbor.

Residential real estate in West Beach is comprised of single family homes and condominiums and multi unit residential complexes. Many of the homes in this neighborhood are popular weekly vacation rentals while others are occupied by permanent residents that enjoy this wonderful beachside location in the heart of Santa Barbara.

If you are interested in real estate for sale in Santa Barbara's West Beach neighborhood, contact me here or call me at (805) 757-1867. Here is a current and updated list of homes for sale in West Beach.

Santa Barbara Condos For Sale By The Beach

Are you thinking about buying a house or condo along Santa Barbara's world famous East and West beaches? The stretch of sandy beachfront starting at the volleyball courts, just past the wetland wildlife preserve is East Beach, follow Cabrillo Blvd until you reach Stearns Warf and State Street and it becomes West Beach until you reach the Harbor. This is an area rich in beach culture and activities, from the neighborhood restaurants and watering holes including the string of wine tasting bars called The Funk Zone and West Beach's Brew House where they make their own beer and serve great food to the surf shops and fishermen that work out at the harbor.

Located in front of the Volleyball courts on Cabrillo Blvd are the East Beach Townhomes and El Escorial Villas. Both of these complexes are within the same guard gated community fronting Santa Barbara's East Beach. This is a perfect location to take long walks along the ocean front, past restaurants, Stearns Warf, the Santa Barbara Zoo and the Harbor. East Beach Townhomes have attached two car garages, a swimming pool with clubhouse, and spacious interiors with some 3 bedroom floorplans. Some of the East Beach Townhomes have unobstructed ocean and mountain views. Currently, asking prices range from the high 400,000's for a 1 bedroom unit in El Escorial to $1,295,000 for a two bedroom two bathroom ocean view townhome fronting East Beach, with many units priced in between.

Contact me for a list of available homes and condos for sale in the East and West Beach Neighborhoods. I am always available to answer your questions or schedule a showing at any of the properties that interest you.

If I can be of assistance in your Santa Barbara area property search, contact me at (805) 757-1867