Race with gravity! Santa Barbara’s Fly Away Hang Gliding helps you learn how to hang glide. You’ll hit their 200-foot-high training hill for lessons from a company that has been teaching people how to soar solo or in tandem, since 1995. With classes available 7-days a week you’ll be flying high on an extreme sports adventure in no time!
Big ticket entertainment is center stage at the Santa Barbara Bowl. Concert goers have seen past concerts that hit high notes with the likes of Janet Jackson, Peter Gabriel, Alison Krauss, Bob Dylan, Incubus and Katy Perry! Built in 1936 the bowl invites 4,000-plus music fans to the open-air venue to enjoy the best entertainment around.
Stargazers look up to the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Explore a planetarium with a Space Lab, Magic Planet with meteorites and cool interactive astrological shows. Visit the nature exhibits to learn about mammals, fowl, reptiles, plant life and the geology of the Pacific Coastal and Channel Islands.