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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.

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 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 ...

The El Encanto has partnered with First Presbyterian Church of Santa Barbara, 21 E. Constance Ave., to provide 40 parking spaces for employees. The hotel provides a shuttle that Fajardo said runs ...

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 ...