Santa Barbara Wedding Venues – Where to start?

Planning your wedding can be such a stressful time, but it is also fun and exciting and will help ensure that your wedding is one of the best days of your life. But where do you start? You know you want to have your wedding in Santa Barbara, probably because it’s a gorgeous city, with near perfect weather all year long. It’s perfectly situated just a couple hours from Los Angeles. There are multiple hotels, and bed & breakfasts to chose from. And the architecture throughout the city is uniquely Spanish, a look that isn’t as predominate in most other California cities.

Santa Barbara is a great city for your giant luxury wedding with hundreds of guests, or for your small destination elopement wedding with just you and your fiancé. I’ll give you a list of some of my favorite Santa Barbara wedding venues – which most can fit whatever wedding day you imagined.

But first off, you’re gonna need an awesome Santa Barbara wedding photographer. Well clearly that’s where I come in. ? I’ve photographed many weddings in Santa Barbara. I love the area and all the many locations there are for wedding day or engagement session photos. Just take a look around my site to see some samples, then reach out and let me know which venue you decided on or which Santa Barbara wedding venue you’re leaning towards.

Santa Barbara Wedding Venues

Here’s a list of the beach front or close to the beach wedding venues in the Santa Barbara, Goleta, Montecito area. There are several to choose from and they all have their own charm. In no particular order:

Here are some more amazing wedding venues that are in the Santa Barbara area but aren’t near the beach. These are tucked in the city, and surrounding areas, and they also have great spaces to make your dream wedding come to life.

It’s really hard to narrow the list down more and I’m sure I missed several as there are really so many venues in Santa Barbara. Some of these wedding venues have restrictions on guest count. Some will require you to use their own catering company, or they’ll require you to provide everything. But most of these venues are really beautiful and unique in their own ways, and no matter which you choose, I know your wedding day will be perfect.

As soon you decide on the perfect Santa Barbara wedding venue and you know the date you want is available, contact me next to make sure my calendar is open for your wedding photography!