Visible only in part from the Santa Barbara Cemetery or from the water, Bellosguardo has been the subject of legend and mystery for decades.

The main gate at Bellosguardo, the Huguette Clark estate in Santa Barbara, California. No one from the immediate family has visited since the early 1950s.

Absolute privacy: This is all the public can see from outside Bellosguardo, the Clark summer estate in Santa Barbara.

A view from the beach level up toward the driveway and pergola at Bellosguardo, the Huguette Clark estate in Santa Barbara, California.

The beach cabanas at Bellosguardo, the Huguette Clark estate in Santa Barbara, California.

The cabanas and beach house below Bellosguardo, the Huguette Clark estate in Santa Barbara, California.

Taking a golf cart up the driveway by the ocean at Bellosguardo, the Huguette Clark estate in Santa Barbara, California.

A view of the side of the Indiana limestone facade of Bellosguardo, the Huguette Clark estate in Santa Barbara, California.

Anna Clark's bedroom wing and balcony upstairs at Bellosguardo, the Huguette Clark estate in Santa Barbara, California.

The front entrance of Bellosguardo, the Huguette Clark estate in Santa Barbara, California, from the driveway below as it climbs the hill.

The driveway parking court of inlaid stones in front of Bellosguardo, the Huguette Clark estate in Santa Barbara, California.

Outside Bellosguardo, the Huguette Clark estate in Santa Barbara, California.

The frescoes in the loggia behind Bellosguardo, the Huguette Clark estate in Santa Barbara, California.

The frescoes in the loggia behind Bellosguardo, the Huguette Clark estate in Santa Barbara, California.

The frescoes in the loggia behind Bellosguardo, the Huguette Clark estate in Santa Barbara, California.

Steps behind Bellosguardo, the Huguette Clark estate in Santa Barbara, California.

A view of volleyball players on East Beach from the pergola alongside the driveway at Bellosguardo, the Huguette Clark estate in Santa Barbara, California.

A lookout alongside the driveway at Bellosguardo, the Huguette Clark estate in Santa Barbara, California.

A sign by the bluff warns "PRIVATE KEEP OUT" at Bellosguardo, the Huguette Clark estate in Santa Barbara, California.

Part of the entry court with inlaid stones in front of Bellosguardo, the Huguette Clark estate in Santa Barbara, California.

Part of the entry court with inlaid stones in front of Bellosguardo, the Huguette Clark estate in Santa Barbara, California.

Outside Bellosguardo, the Huguette Clark estate in Santa Barbara, California.

The tennis court behind Bellosguardo, the Huguette Clark estate in Santa Barbara, California.

A view of the Santa Ynez Mountains from the service area at the back of Bellosguardo, the Huguette Clark estate in Santa Barbara, California. The barrels at right are part of an old raft that Huguette and her family would use to swim in the Pacific. The Montecito Country Club is visible at far right.

The back driveway off Cabrillo Boulevard at Bellosguardo, the Huguette Clark estate in Santa Barbara, California.

A view of East Beach from Bellosguardo, the Huguette Clark estate in Santa Barbara, California.

A view of East Beach from Bellosguardo, the Huguette Clark estate in Santa Barbara, California.

A view of East Beach from Bellosguardo, the Huguette Clark estate in Santa Barbara, California.