Franceschi Park — Attraction in Santa Barbara

Parking: lot only, free, limited spacing. Outside: a single lane road with speed bumps leads into a small parking lot and a couple benches. Inside: 2 benches look out towards the shoreline and Mesa. A binary gendered restroom with running water is available. A small barbeque grill looks like it’s never been cleaned. A walkway leads to a foyer with a dried fountain and further along the promenade is an abandoned house or building (soon to be demolished for a pavilion). A picnic table is available on the lower level. Nutrition: bring your own food, garbage cans are available near the restrooms. Troubles: parking for large vehicles and parking availability can be tricky, especially during peak times. Not a place for a large party Summary: this tiny, barebones park is an excellent overview of Santa Barbara and the ocean. There are no amenities other than the restroom, a couple benches, and a sun-bleached...

It was a solid look and decent gaze but to be honest there is not nearly enough room to allow anybody to spread out but the amount of parking allowed the feeling to pack, pack, pack deep and tight in. So I immediately made my way beyond the sign that said not to walk beyond it by simply stepping over and pushing aside they annoying wire that hindered my pace watching things change immediately! No longer did I have to deal with the tourist chatter and open mouths 'ooooh' ING and aaaaah'ing' My way to consider becoming part of the view for as many seconds as it would take for a sound of my own to echo through the fray: splat! The trail off the beaten path was very pleasant and I did enjoy myself and the peace I had around me. - Mikey...

Not much to do here, a few picnic tables and a water fountain. No play structure, playground or restrooms. There is an abandoned house that seems to the the main attraction of the park. As we pull in the parking lot we notice a SUV with 3 males in it, then another male got in the SUV. A couple minutes later driver start yelling cus words and asked one of the males to get the F... out of his car, once he did the driver took off speeding down the narrow road. All this happened as my wife, kids and I are getting out off our car with no clue to what it was about to happen. This all happened in the middle of the day around 2pm. The view from the park however it's nice, overlooking part of the...