Westworld Alberta
Issue link: http://westworldmagazine.ama.ab.ca/i/309330
Proudly Canadian Members Save! No Need to Wait for a Sale... Save up to 30% Every Day When you bring your CAA membership card to any Cloverdale Paint Store, you'll receive exclusive discounts and special incentives. Find the location nearest you at www.cloverdalepaint.com 28 W E S T W O R L D A L B E R T A | S U M M E R 2 0 1 4 clipped vines and sprawling oak trees. Foxen is dotted with vineyards and wineries all the way to Santa Maria. But turn left after 15 km onto Alisos Canyon Road and connect with Hwy. 101. From there, it's a short drive northwest to the tiny town of Los Alamos, with its circa 1880 hostelry, huge antique mall and wine pub in a vintage train depot. 3 La Purisima Concepcion de Maria Santisima Now a State Historic Park, this restored 1787 Spanish mission is a roughly 30-minute drive southwest of Los Alamos. Painted a deep and glowing pink, La Purisima is one of the prettiest missions on California's historic Mission Trail, El Camino Real – or the "Royal Road," named for Spanish royalty who funded exploration in California. 4 Solvang is village, 9 km south of Los Olivos, i s l i ke a Da n i s h the me p a r k , a l l thatched roofs (real and mock), red- brick bell towers, heavy black timbers, wind- mills and Danish ags everywhere – there are even mock storks on some of the chimney pots. In summer, the tiny town's shops, baker- ies and chocolate ateliers are jammed with tourists. For Danish treats, try the Aebleskiver (spherical pancakes) with lingonberry sauce at the Solvang Restaurant. Mission lovers can explore the nearby charms of Santa Inés. 5 Alisal Road Leading south out of Solvang , this narrow, leafy link turns west to Hwy. 101 via Nojoqui Falls Park , for a coastal return to Santa Barbara – with three state beaches en route, each temptingly scenic. If you have time for only one, choose Refugio Beach and its line of tall palms and pounding surf; it's then less than 40 km back to Santa Barbara. And if the vineyards around the city look familiar, that could be because 2004's Oscar-winning lm Sideways was lmed here. W Save 10% or more at Best Western hotels, and 5% or more at Marriott Hotels. 1-866-667-4777; AMATravel.ca/Hotels p26-29SantaBarbara.indd 28 14-04-29 9:15 AM