# Bacara Resort
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{{Short description|Luxury resort near Santa Barbara, California, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Bacara Resort and Spa
| logo = bacara.jpg
| type = [Hotel](/source/Hotel)
| industry = Luxury
| founded = 2000
| hq_location = [Santa Barbara, California](/source/Santa_Barbara%2C_California), [USA](/source/United_States)
| website = {{Official website|http://www.bacararesort.com/welcome-to-bacara/}}
| num_employees =
}}
'''The Ritz-Carlton Bacara Resort and Spa''' is a Spanish-style luxury resort located in [Goleta, California](/source/Goleta%2C_California), west of [Santa Barbara, California](/source/Santa_Barbara%2C_California). Built in 2000, the Bacara Resort & Spa cost $222 million to develop,[{{cite news
|url=http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2011/jul/22/santa-barbaras-bacara-resort-sold-to-hawaii-firm/
|title=Santa Barbara's Bacara Resort sold to Hawaii firm
|last=The Associated Press
|date=2011-07-22
|accessdate=2013-02-09
|publisher=San Diego Union Tribune}}] and offers 311 guest rooms and 49 premium suites.[[http://www.bacararesort.com/the-resort/rooms/ "The Resort", BacaraResort.com, Retrieved 2011-08-17]]
The hotel includes three restaurants, four bars and a {{convert|42,000|sqft|adj=on}} spa on the resort's {{convert|78|acre}} beachfront.[[http://www.bacararesort.com/the-resort/faq/ "The Resort FAQ", BacaraResort.com, Retrieved 2011-08-17]] Additional resort features include a tennis center with four clay tennis courts,[{{cite news
|url=https://www.forbes.com/2001/08/16/0816dow.html
|title=The Bacara Resort And Spa
|first=
|last=
|date=2001-08-16
|accessdate=2011-08-16
|work=Forbes.com}}] proximity to two 18-hole golf courses, three pools, a screening room, meeting space and access to a two-mile (3 km) stretch of sandy beach.[[http://www.santabarbaraca.com/listings/index.cfm?action=display&listingID=21139&menuID=47&hit=1 "Angel Oak at Bacara Resort & Spa", SantaBarbaraCA.com, Retrieved 2011-08-15]] Angel Oak's restaurant at Bacara initially featured [Basque](/source/Basque_cuisine)-[Catalan](/source/Catalan_cuisine) cuisine made with vegetables grown on the resort's {{convert|1000|acre|adj=on}} ranch.[[http://www.bacararesort.com/pressrelease/Bacara-MiroChefBio.pdf "Vincent Lesage, Chef de Cuisine at Bacara’s Angel Oak Restaurant", Press Release, Retrieved 2011-08-15]]
More recently, Angel Oak has shifted to being a high-end steakhouse.
==Celebrity weddings==
Hollywood couples including [Nick Carter](/source/Nick_Carter_(musician)) and [Lauren Kitt](/source/Lauren_Kitt), [Fergie](/source/Fergie_(singer)) and [Josh Duhamel](/source/Josh_Duhamel), [Travis Barker](/source/Travis_Barker) and [Shanna Moakler](/source/Shanna_Moakler), [Jennie Garth](/source/Jennie_Garth) and [Peter Facinelli](/source/Peter_Facinelli) and [Charlie Sheen](/source/Charlie_Sheen)’s daughter, Casandra Estevez, all celebrated their weddings at the Bacara.[[http://www.edhat.com/site/tidbit.cfm?nid=65817 "Celebrity Wedding Venues", edhat.com, Updated 2011-08-13]] Travis Barker and Shanna Moakler’s 2004 wedding had a red and black "[Nightmare Before Christmas](/source/The_Nightmare_Before_Christmas)" theme.[[http://www.celebritybrideguide.com/search/Bacara "Bacara", CelebrityBrideGuide.com, Retrieved 2011-08-16]] [Sarah Michelle Gellar](/source/Sarah_Michelle_Gellar), best known for her role as [Buffy the Vampire Slayer](/source/Buffy_Summers), was a bridesmaid in her manager's wedding, which was held at Bacara.[{{Cite web |url=http://www.1weddingsource.com/content/celebrity-bridesmaids-348/ |title="Celebrity Bridesmaids", 1WeddingSource.com, Published on 2011-07-30 |access-date=2011-08-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330230529/http://www.1weddingsource.com/content/celebrity-bridesmaids-348/ |archive-date=2012-03-30 |url-status=dead }}]
==Awards==
In 2011, the resort received the [Wine Spectator](/source/Wine_Spectator) Best of Award of Excellence for the wine cellar at Miro restaurant: