Mission Santa Barbara

We spent our time in Santa Barbara enjoying the outdoors. We loved visiting the Santa Barbara Mission with its rich history and beautiful colors and architecture. We read that Mission Santa Barbara is called "Queen of the Missions for its graceful beauty" and it definitely fits this description. The original buildings were of adobe and were established in 1786. It is said that the church was probably constructed under the direction of a master mason, Jose Antonio Ramirez and represents the greatest engineering achievement of the combined efforts of the Indian, Spanish and Mexican artisans in Santa Barbara.