Labor Day at Bacara Resort & Spa is the Ultimate End-of-Summer Celebration
SANTA BARBARA, CA, August 11, 2005. Bacara Resort & Spa, the elegant seaside retreat on the Gaviota Coast, will begin celebrating Labor Day Weekend on Sept. 1 with a Basque Catalonian food festival (through Sept. 4) featuring special gourmet offerings such as a picturesque evening of 'Tapas on the Terrace' overlooking the California coastline, a six-course wine paired dinner at Mir'o, Bacara's signature fine dining restaurant, and a picnic lunch at The Ranch with San Francisco's renowned Chef Gerald Hirigoyen, Consulting Chef at Mir'o.
Additionally, guests booking a Suite for the weekend will enjoy an exclusive preview of the 2005 Rolls-Royce Phantom, consisting of a three-hour 'Ride and Drive' and wine reception with Rolls-Royce Motor Cars-Beverly Hills on Saturday and Sunday (Sept. 3 and 4). And all guests can enjoy Stargazing Sunday and Monday Moonlighting (Sept. 4 and 5) with Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit's Chuck McPartland, who will discuss and show guests galaxies, stars, satellites and other wonders of the night sky.
Bacara Resort & Spa is an independently owned and operated luxury retreat set on six miles of beach along the pristine Gaviota coastline just a five-minute drive from the Santa Barbara Airport. It is the closest beachside luxury resort near the Santa Ynez, Santa Maria and Santa Rita Hills Wine Regions. The resort features 49 suites and 311 lavish guestrooms, each with either a private balcony or patio with ocean, garden or mountain views. A 42,000 square-foot full service spa and state-of-the-art fitness facility offers a variety of pampering treatments and services. An assortment of culinary options is available at the resort's three award-winning dining venues, and an expansive wine cellar showcases wines from around the world with highlights from the region.
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