Mission Santa Ines, Solvang

About Mission Santa Ines

Mission Santa Inés in Solvang, California is an 18th-century Spanish mission where visitors explore a restored adobe and brick church built after an 1812 earthquake. The church, dedicated in 1817, features heavily buttressed five-foot-thick walls, pine timbers from the San Rafael Mountains supporting its ceiling, and a tiled gabled roof. Visitors walk through the quadrangle area to see the friars' residence with its distinctive gabled roof and the mission's belfry. The mission operates as an active Catholic parish offering Sunday Mass, healing Mass, reconciliation, and eucharistic adoration. A gift shop and guided mission tours are available for those interested in learning more about the site's history and architecture. The mission welcomes families and individuals interested in California's Spanish colonial heritage and religious history, combining active worship with historical education about early California settlement.