El Encanto is perched on the hillside above Santa Barbara and offers a secluded bungalow-style retreat in the American Riviera. Operating as a hotel since 1918, the property is set on 7 acres of ...

Here are three tweets I would have sent from my recent stay at Santa Barbara’s just-reopened El Encanto hotel if I hadn’t been busy behaving like royalty and pretending the Internet didn’t ...

The doors of the El Encanto luxury hotel reopened to guests Monday after more than six years of being closed for extensive renovations. Purchased in 2004 by Orient-Express, the El Encanto at 1900 ...

El Encanto marks Orient-Express’ first hotel on the West Coast. Hotel Cipriani in Venice, Italy, and Copacabana Palace in Rio de Janeiro are among the company’s other properties.

Lopez started at El Encanto in November 2020 after the Ritz-Carlton Rancho Mirage closed its doors. He’d been that site’s executive chef since 2015, he said.

The Mediterranean-forward menu also features a variety of small bites perfect for sharing with the whole table, such as Kefta Skewers with sumac onions and charred Persian cucumbers, and Grilled ...

Poster for ‘A Most Wanted Man’ | Photo: Courtesy An expert at breathing life into the big screen, Ink Factory filmmaker Stephen Cornwell will be speaking at El Encanto to kick off the From Page to ...

The property at 5535 El Encanto Circle in Santa Rosa was sold on July 14, 2025 for $720,000, or $464 per square foot.

After having to cancel plans for a “Wine Masters Dinner Series” due to COVID-19 earlier this year, Belmond El Encanto will now be hosting a new series presented by top sommeliers who are on staff at ...

1951 El Encanto Improvement Co. pamphlet (Arizona Historical Society) "Street Naming Prizes Awarded," Arizona Daily Star, July 29, 1928 "Mining Deal In Pima," Bisbee Daily Review, August 14, 1904 ...

Composer Germaine Franco ‘s Oscar nomination for “ Encanto ” is a landmark moment in film music: – She is the first Latina to be nominated in that category; – She is only the sixth woman ...