Riviera Field Trip


WALKING THE RIVIERA: A Scenic and Historic View of Santa Barbara Thursday, September 13, 2001 Leaving from the UCSB Corwin Pavilion at 8:45 am Returning to UCSB at 2:15 pm Tour Leaders: Susan Baumgart and Keith Douglass Warner OSM with City Historian Cristine Palmer and UCSB Geologist Dr. Art Sylvester

			The Santa Barbara Riviera is an elongated hill between the coastal plain, upon which Santa Barbara City is built, and the Santa Ynez Mountains. In the photo to the left, the Riviera is the hill you see just under the line of palm heads. Click on the photo to see an enlargement.

Trip Highlights Chumash-built aquaduct ruins site of the original UCSB campus Spectacular views Franceschi Park Secret shortcut stairways Rose Garden Lunch with the Friars at Mission Santa Barbara A behind-the-scenes tour of Mission Santa Barbara with former Mission resident Friar Keith Warner
Cost $25 per person Includes Bus trip from UCSB Corwin Pavilion to Mission and return and fee for touring Mission.
What to Bring Water, comfortable walking shoes (for several hours walking and nearly 500-feet elevation gain), sun protection, signed UCSB trip waiver form. Cash or credit card for gifts.
Description Depart from UCSB Corwin Pavilion on a chartered Santa Barbara AirBus to the Old Mission Santa Barbara; walk through aquaduct ruins (see if you can spot the mosaic sunflower boulder); head up the Riviera, through the business park that was the original UCSB campus and through the beautiful El Encanto grounds; follow a residential road to stone steps and pathways through a wild part of Franceschi Park; circle Franceschi house, enjoying spectacular views, a fascinating assortment of botanical specimens, and the quirky mansion (see if you can find the Peace Child); return through lower Franceschi Park by way of a different path (where someone has built a grand treehouse); pass through other city parks making use of secret paths and stairways that even many locals don't know about; return to the Mission by way of the Rose Garden; enjoy lunch with the Mission Friars while you are entertained by discourse from an 'insider'; after lunch former Mission resident, Keith Warner OSM, will show us parts of the Mission most visitors never see. At 2:00 the chartered AirBus will take participants back to the UCSB Corwin Pavilion.

Options If you would prefer to head downtown after the tour you can take a City (MTD) bus. Line 22 goes by the Mission. The fare is $1.00, and you must have exact change. The shuttle, which runs from the bus depot to the waterfront, and also along the waterfront to the Radisson Hotel, costs $0.25.