Miro

The Ritz-Carlton sets the standard in elegance for business and leisure travelers worldwide. We've been perfecting the art of hospitality and have developed an approach to luxury that has never been duplicated.

Treats are for Guests: Resort guests can get receive certain treatments in the privacy of their room. Call for reservations and pricing.

The Extras: Bacara's "technology butler" is on duty 24/7 to supply a forgotten data cable or to provide tech support.

A luxury resort with four restaurants and a 42,000-square-foot spa and fitness center with 36 treatment rooms, the Bacara provides a gorgeous setting for relaxing retreats. The Spanish Colonial–style buildings and manicured gardens sprawl across 78 acres next to a rugged stretch of beach 15 miles north of downtown Santa Barbara. The rooms have views of the ocean, mountains, or gardens; all...

A 2011 buyout was the best thing to happen at this lavish destination resort since it opened more than a decade earlier. Spa aficionados still flock to the white stucco sanctuary. Dining options are still as good as they get in Santa… Read More

When the time comes to celebrate a special occasion, be sure to keep Miro in mind. Bacara Resort & Spa's fine dining restaurant offers guests a number of spaces to pass an evening, whether it's in the expansive dining room, in the private cellar room downstairs or on the popular outdoor deck with its panoramic Pacific Ocean views. The restaurant is named after the Spanish artist Joan Miró,...

Just a few miles up the coast from Santa Barbara, on 78 beachfront acres, the whitewashed collection of buildings known as the Bacara Resort & Spa—think ritzy Spanish Colonial—is the kind of status-y getaway that attracts new money, old money, wannabe money, and everyone in between. Room rates aren't cheap ($550 is the starting rate in high season), but the doting service makes it worth every...

The Ritz-Carlton sets the standard in elegance for business and leisure travelers worldwide. We've been perfecting the art of hospitality and have developed an approach to luxury that has never been duplicated.