travel42 Hotel Review: Alisal Guest Ranch Resort

Alisal Guest Ranch Resort travel42 Professional Hotel Review

Location and History

Located amid some of California's dreamiest landscape, in the heart of the Santa Ynez Valley—President Reagan and Nancy vacationed at their nearby home known as the Western White House—10 minutes south of Solvang's cleverly concocted fiberglass windmills and dapper Danish veneer, this rustic year-round retreat is as authentic as any of the dude ranches scattered about the deserts of Arizona and on up to Yellowstone.

The vineyards in the area draw visitors...