El Encanto hotel in Santa Barbara: Seven years and $134 million later, the reopened Orient-Express hotel features an infinity pool, monogrammed pillows and mystery stairs.

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 ...

Historic Santa Barbara retreat El Encanto will re-open its doors on March 18 after a seven-year, multimillion-dollar renovation. The expansive restoration features 70 rooms and 22 suites all ...

There are numerous reasons to spend time in Santa Barbara. Just about two hours north of Los Angeles, this coastal area has a completely different vibe, where nature is paramount. Belmond’s El ...

El Encanto truly lives up to its name, "The Enchanted Place" where you can savor culinary delights and rejuvenate your soul in beautiful surroundings. This story was originally reported by L.A ...

It would be hard to encounter a frequent visitor to Santa Barbara, if not one of the city’s inhabitants, who hasn’t visited the El Encanto Hotel. Perched high in the hills, with a panoramic ...

Santa Barbara’s only Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star resort, Belmond El Encanto, is once again poised to be the ultimate luxury summer destination, with ...

A new all-day dining menu and expanded wellness offerings welcome summer to one of Santa Barbara’s most iconic luxury retreats Tambi Saffran Jun 23, 2025 Courtesy of El Encanto ...

On a visit to Santa Barbara back in 1998, The Hotel Detective got a tip that there was a great old hotel up in the hills near the Mission Church that he had to see. When he arrived at El Encanto ...

The internationally-acclaimed Forbes Travel Guide announced its 2014 luxury travel ratings and named El Encanto as part of the prestigious portfolio — the only Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star resort in ...

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 ...

In came Orient-Express, known for such posh hideaways as the Hotel Cipriani in Venice and the Grand Hotel Europe in St. Petersburg, to give the El Encanto a much-needed facelift.