Lush garden paths connect ivy-covered bungalows and hidden terraces at this beautiful, grand property, which feels like a Loire Valley chateau. Rooms are impeccably styled with sumptuous fabrics, one-of-a-kind art and wood-burning fireplaces.
Surrounded by pasturelands, Beltane's cheerful 1890s ranch house occupies 100 acres and has double porches lined with swinging chairs and white wicker. Five rooms. No phones or TVs.
You'd never guess there were six luxury cottages tucked behind the Glen Ellen Inn martini-and-oyster restaurant. You have to know they're there - thus the 'secret' in the name.
Sonoma’s sleekest inn, with Zen-chic rooms in the historic main house and spa suites with hewn-granite tubs and pebbled meditation courtyards near the pool.
Sonoma
Full of flea-market finds, this quirky farmhouse and adjoining cottages is laden with personality, from the colorful Fiestaware to antique potbellied stoves and old books piled everywhere.
Sonoma
Though essentially a motel, the 1958 Pueblo was built prior to pre-fab construction and has pretty architectural features, tasteful clean rooms and well-manicured gardens. With a huge heated pool and spa, it's great for kids.
Sonoma
Charming 1880 landmark hotel on happening Sonoma Plaza, with larger/smaller rooms for $30 more/less; two-night minimum weekends. No elevator or parking lot.
Sonoma
From the outside, you'd never guess this historic hotel on the dusty Spanish-style Sonoma Plaza was so hip.
Sonoma
Wander through a Tuscan courtyard filled with citrus trees and bougainvillea to a full-service suite that feels like your own little apartment.
Sonoma
You'll easily find this saloon-style hotel, right on the plaza, by the Swiss and American flags hanging off the balcony.
Sonoma
With nine impeccably landscaped gardens, complete with boxwood-hedge mazes, MacArthur Place stands to rival any posh British manor house.
St Helena
Period-furnished rooms in the heart of historic St Helena.
Yountville
It's oh-so romantic. Inside a turn-of-the-century, ivy-covered brick inn and former carriage house, rooms are cute (lots of floral prints). It's all meant to be very French-provincial, with an appropriately hearty breakfast.
Yountville
Five individually decorated rooms are kept inside the cedar-sided Petit Logis (pronounced 'Peteat Lowshee.') The friendly owner loves to show off the eleven-foot-high ceilings, trompe d'oeil murals and New England-crafted beds.
Yountville
Rest tired cabooses in revamped railcars with cushy beds, skylights, flat-screen TVs and gym access, right in downtown Yountville.
Yountville
Luxury comes naturally inside the reclaimed-wood walls of this LEED-certified green hotel, which opened in 2009.
Napa Valley
Hillside campsites with hiking beneath moss-covered oaks.
Napa
Good-value motel, on Napa's suburban strip.
Calistoga
Immaculate single-story motel.
Calistoga
Bargain inn upstairs from a brewery-restaurant (bring earplugs). No TVs, shared bathrooms.
Calistoga
If you love hotel swimming pools, you'll find them here. Calistoga Spa is like waterworld. At this motel complex there are two big pools, a kiddie pool with miniwaterfall, and a huge, adults-only jacuzzi.
Napa Valley
The corrugated-metal buildings among the vineyards look like a winery from afar, but luxury guest-sheds feature kingly beds, wood-burning fireplaces and private patios with outdoor showers.
Calistoga
These stucco vintage bungalows are scattered on two and a half acres among beautiful palms and many varieties of shade trees. All have their own character and layout and country-style furnishings with floral or plaid bedding.
Calistoga
Off Petrified Forest Rd, three miles (five kilometres) northwest of Calistoga, the scene couldn't be more pastoral - and cottages couldn't be more rustic. They feel like summer-camp cabins for kids, and they're great for backpackers or budgeteers.