Ojai Valley Inn
The 1923 valley estate of Edward Libbey and Wallace Neff – 220 acres of Spanish Colonial rooms, golf and citrus at the edge of the Los Padres National Forest, forty-five minutes inland from Montecito.
Ojai Valley · Santa Barbara & Montecito
A sense of the place
Why it's in the collection
Because it is the grand dame of the Ojai Valley – four-star standing for the inn, with a spa and a dining room, Olivella, that hold five-star standing of their own – and thirty-five miles inland is the point, not the problem.
- 905 Country Club Road, Ojai – 220 acres bordering the Los Padres National Forest, thirty-five miles and forty-five minutes east of Santa Barbara, owned by Jim and Paula Crown since the mid-1980s.
- The golf course was laid out by George C. Thomas Jr. in 1923 for the glass magnate Edward Libbey; the Spanish Colonial clubhouse and inn followed in 1934 to the design of Wallace Neff, and the resort reopened in 1988 after the Crowns' renovation.
- 303 Spanish Colonial rooms and suites, from the Wallace Neff Estate rooms to the Hacienda, Sunset and Moonrise Penthouses and Casa Elar, a five-suite, 10,407-square-foot villa.
- The 31,000-square-foot Spa Ojai, renovated in 2021 with the Chumash-inspired Kuyam as its signature; The Farmhouse, designed by Howard Backen in 2019 with Nancy Silverton as culinary ambassador; and Olivella, The Oak, Jimmy's Pub and the Wallace Neff Heritage Bar.
Suites and rates
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The neighborhood
Ojai Valley
A citrus valley thirty-five miles inland in Ventura County, ringed by the Los Padres National Forest and known for the pink light on its mountains at sunset – forty-five minutes from Montecito, and a world apart.
- The Arcade on Ojai Avenue, a few minutes into town.
- The trails of the Los Padres National Forest, from the edge of the grounds.
- The valley's pink moment, when sunset lights the Topatopa Mountains.
Reviews
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“The 1923 valley estate of Edward Libbey and Wallace Neff – 220 acres of Spanish Colonial rooms, golf and citrus at the edge of the Los Padres National Forest, forty-five minutes inland from Montecito.”
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