• Photo: Bart Everett / Shutterstock
  • Photo: Joseph Sohm / Shutterstock

Ojai

The Ojai Valley, which director Frank Capra used as a backdrop for his 1936 film Lost Horizon, sizzles in the summer when temperatures routinely reach 90°F. The acres of orange and avocado groves here evoke postcard images of long-ago agricultural Southern California. Many artists and celebrities have sought refuge from life in the fast lane in lush Ojai.

Explore Ojai

Sights 4

Performing Arts 1

Restaurants 6

Hotels 5

Elsewhere In The Central Coast

Avila Beach

Because the village of Avila Beach and the sandy, cove-front shoreline for which it's named face south into the Pacific Ocean, they get more sun...

  • 2 Restaurants
  • 4 Hotels
  • 4 Things To Do

Big Sur Coastline

Long a retreat of artists and writers, Big Sur is a place of ancient forests and rugged shoreline, stretching 90 miles from San Simeon to...

  • 5 Restaurants
  • 8 Hotels
  • 7 Things To Do

Buellton

A crossroads town at the intersection of U.S. 101 and Highway 246, Buellton has evolved from a sleepy gas and coffee stop into an enclave...

  • 1 Restaurants
  • 1 Hotels
  • 5 Things To Do
See All Places In The Central Coast
Trending Stories
Spas & Wellness
What Makes This the Best Spa in the Country?
More
Trip Ideas
Long Weekend in Ojai, California
More

Advertisement

Find a Hotel

Guidebooks

Fodor's California: with the Best Road Trips

View Details

Plan Your Next Trip