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Solvang Travel Guide |
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Founded in 1911 by a group of Danish-American settlers, the small village of Solvang (meaning "Sunny Field" in Danish) nestled between
the San Rafael and Santa Ynez Mountain ranges is like a page out of a Hans Christian Andersen story. Since its founding, the residents have maintained deep ties to their Danish roots and visitors from Denmark always comments on the authenticity of the town's architecture. Many shop keepers wear traditional clothing to further enhance the atmosphere.
The town is very compact and the bakeries, antique shops, and restaurants can easily be explored
by walking. The annual "Taste of Solvang" Food & Wine Festival encourages visitors to stroll from
shop to shop while tasting the various delicacies specially prepared by the local shop keepers
and restaurant owners. In fact, walking around is exactly what you need to do to burn
off all the calories from danishes, pastries, kringles, almond rings, aebleskiver
(pancake balls with powdered sugar and raspberry jam), and medisterpølse (Danish
sausage).
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[ Activities ] |
| Activities in Solvang include
bicycling (road), and food/wine tasting.
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[ Transportation ] |
Free parking is available.
Paid parking is available.
Take Hwy. 101 and exit at the town of Buellton. Take Mission Dr. (CA Road 246) east to Solvang (about 3.5 miles).
Limited free parking is available one some streets and lots; meters parking is available elsewhere.
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| Nearby airports:
Santa Barbara Muni
(SBA) ~21 mi.,
Santa Maria Pub/Capt G Allan Hancock Field
(SMX) ~28 mi.,
Oceano County Airport
(L52) ~45 mi.,
San Luis Obispo County Regional
(SBP) ~53 mi.
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| Nearby train stations:
Solvang
(SLV) ~1 mi.,
Lompoc
(LOM) ~19 mi.
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[ Nearby Hotels ] |
| Svendsgaards Danish Lodgebest-
1711 Mission Drive, Solvang (~1 mi.) |
| BW King Frederik Motel-
1617 Copenhagen Drive, Solvang (~1 mi.) |
| Royal Scandinavian Inn-
400 Alisal Road, Solvang (~1 mi.) |
| Vagabond Inn Solvang-
1450 Mission Dr, Solvang (~1 mi.) |
| Kronborg Inn-
1440 Mission Dr, Solvang (~1 mi.) |
| Days Inn Windmill-
114 E. Hwy. 246, Buellton (~4 mi.) |
| Marriott Sta Ynez Valley-
555 McMurray Rd., Buellton (~4 mi.) |
| Best Western Pea Soup Andersen-
51 E. Hwy. 246, Buellton (~4 mi.) |
| Rodeway Inn Buellton-
630 Ave. of Flags, Buellton (~4 mi.) |
| Fess Parkers Wine Country Inn-
2860 Grand Avenue, Los Olivos (~5 mi.) |
| El Capitan Canyon-
11560 Calle Real, Santa Barbara (~12 mi.) |
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[ Other Places in Solvang ] |
Historical Areas-
Mission Santa Inés
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[ Nearby Events ] |
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See more events for Solvang.
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Comments and Questions about Solvang
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