Refugio and Dos Pueblos
An audio tour that plays itself. Each story starts as you walk up to the place it happened.
The history of the ranches, bay and beach of Refugio, and the Ortegas north of Santa Barbara.
On the ground
How a tour plays
Download before you go
Get the app, pick this tour, and download it. Everything works offline after that.
Drive or walk the route
Follow the route with your phone in your pocket. Nothing to tap.
Stories start on their own
Each one begins the moment you reach the place it's about.
Researched & written by
Marc Striegel
About this tour
Behind this route
The canalino natives had lived in the area north of goleta for thousands of years before the first me with white skin and beards dropped their anchor well offshore south of the area that we would come to know as Refugio. The visitors were in a two masted caravels named San Salvador and La Victoria with Juan Rodriquez
