Hotels near Solvang.
A Danish village dropped into the Santa Ynez Valley — windmills, aebleskiver, and a base for the wineries Sideways made famous.
The 12 independent hotels we list within about 55 miles of Solvang, ranked by drive time and the Le Hotelist Score. No chains.
- 3 min · 0.3 miclosestThe Landsby· 8.0Solvang, CA · $$ from $295 · restaurant
Solvang's design-forward Scandi boutique — 41 rooms, Mad & Vin restaurant, contemporary Danish-modern.
- 3 min · 0 miSolvang, CA · $$ from $245
24 cottage-style rooms on landscaped grounds — family-owned, walking distance to Solvang's village.
- 23 min · 12.8 miSkyview Los Alamos· 7.7Los Alamos, CA · $$$ from $425 · restaurant
A 1959 motor lodge reimagined 2018 — 33 design-forward rooms above the Santa Ynez Valley.
- 48 min · 26.9 miCheshire Cat Inn· 8.0Santa Barbara, CA · $$ from $295
Two 1894 Queen Anne Victorians joined by gardens — 21 Alice-in-Wonderland-themed rooms.
- 48 min · 27 miSimpson House Inn· 7.9Santa Barbara, CA · $$$ from $545
An 1874 Eastlake Victorian on an acre of English gardens — 15 rooms, the only AAA Five-Diamond B&B.
- 49 min · 27.7 miSanta Barbara, CA · $$$ from $545
Twenty-three Spanish-Mediterranean rooms around a courtyard fountain — downtown Santa Barbara.
- 51 min · 28.4 miHotel Californian· 7.5Santa Barbara, CA · $$$ from $545 · restaurant
A Moorish-Spanish design hotel by Martyn Lawrence Bullard — 121 rooms on the Funk Zone.
- 55 min · 31 miSan Ysidro Ranch· 8.0Montecito, CA · $$$$ from $1895 · Michelin kitchen
Where JFK and Jackie honeymooned — 38 cottage suites on 500 Montecito acres, Ty Warner-owned.
- 1h 33m · 51.8 miThe Lavender Inn· 8.1Ojai, CA · $$ from $245 · restaurant
An 1874 schoolhouse-turned-B&B with on-site cooking school — eight rooms, herb gardens.
- 1h 32m · 51.4 miOjai Rancho Inn· 7.7Ojai, CA · $$ from $295
A turquoise-and-adobe 1940s motor lodge — 19 rooms, outdoor fireplace, cruiser bikes free to borrow.
- 1h 33m · 51.9 miSu Nido Inn· 7.7Ojai, CA · $$ from $355
A 1920s Spanish-Revival inn steps from Ojai Avenue — nine suites with fireplaces.
The hotels within a short drive of Solvang are mostly chains and mid-scale boxes on the approach roads. The ones above are the independent alternatives — inns, converted buildings and small design hotels run by the people who own them. Each has a Le Hotelist Score built from five sub-scores (design, location, service, value, quiet), and the distance shown is straight-line; real drive times run a little longer on back roads.