Napa Valley
The top splurge for a no-holds-barred romantic weekend, Auberge’s hillside cottages are second to none. The view will very much define your lodging choice…
Napa Valley
The top splurge for a no-holds-barred romantic weekend, Auberge’s hillside cottages are second to none. The view will very much define your lodging choice…
Russian River Area
Tucked back in the redwoods on scenic Coleman Valley Rd, this is the ultimate NorCal farmstay. The knowledgeable Oregonian owner educates guests about…
Napa
Carneros Resort & Spa’s contemporary aesthetic and retro small-town agricultural theme shatter the predictable Wine Country mold. The semidetached,…
Calistoga
Adorable, gingerbread-style Victorian cottage amid lush grounds that in the 1860s belonged to the town's favorite entrepreneur Samuel Brannan. Restored to…
Russian River Area
A hideaway estate on a wooded hilltop south of town, cushy Applewood has marvelous 1920s-era detail, with dark wood and heavy furniture that echo the…
Healdsburg
Smack on the plaza, the fashion-forward HH has a coolly minimalist style of concrete and velvet, with requisite top-end amenities, including sumptuous…
Sonoma
Great-bargain Windhaven has two units: a hideaway cottage with vaulted wooden ceilings and fireplace, and a handsome 800-sq-ft studio. We prefer the…
Napa Valley
Book in advance to secure this sought-after motel, with up-to-date rooms (quietest are in the back), attractive grounds, a heated pool, hot tub and sauna.
Sonoma Valley
This lovely property extends up a hillside off a Glen Ellen back road. Impeccably redeveloped following a brush with the 2017 fires, each room feels a…
Napa Valley
Hidden in a wooded dell with towering pines and miles of hiking, Napa’s grandest resort has cottages and rooms in satellite buildings surrounding a…
Sonoma Valley
Surrounded by horse pastures and vineyards, Beltane is a throwback to 19th-century Sonoma. The cheerful 1890s ranch house has double porches lined with…
Napa Valley
With a sister property in Mexico City, this boutique has secured its place among Napa Valley's finest stays. The plush, modern rooms offer both vineyard…
Napa Valley
There’s no better valley view than from this contemporary five-room inn, high on the hills east of Yountville. Decorated with posh restraint, rooms have…
Healdsburg
The first choice of lovers of country inns and stately manor homes, the regal 1881 Madrona Manor exudes Victorian elegance. Surrounded by 8 acres of woods…
Calistoga
An Auberge Resort, Calistoga’s top spa-hotel ups the style factor, with Cali-chic semidetached cottages and a glam pool surrounded by palm trees. Rooms…
Russian River Area
Think love nest. The area’s premier inn offers spacious rooms and cottages, styled with cushy amenities such as saunas, steam showers and wood-burning…
Bothe-Napa Valley State Park Campground
Calistoga
Three miles south of Calistoga, Bothe has shady camping near redwoods, coin-operated showers, and gorgeous hiking. Sites 28 to 36 are most secluded.
Calistoga
Originally built in 1947, this place – with its playful take on the classic American motor lodge – is the best spot in the valley for families. The motel…
Calistoga
Built in 1886, this intimate, five-room boutique is the only stone French Second Empire-styled building in Napa and the classic facade and entry fountain…
Sonoma
Built in 1910, this small and lovely inn has just seven rooms, each tastefully decorated with light and classical furnishings. The delightful Italian…
Sonoma Valley
This re-imagined historic hotel in the heart of downtown Petaluma mixes modern touches with some fun and flourishing nods to the past, including the grand…
Russian River Area
A designer's dream, this throwback motel block has wonderful and unique touches in each room. Most of the furnishings go back to the 1960s. Like what you…
Healdsburg
Little sister to Hotel Healdsburg, H2 has the same angular concrete style, but was built LEED-gold-certified from the ground up, with a living roof,…
Healdsburg
This classically styled boutique hotel pays homage to the French countryside. Each room is decorated with unique antiques. Every morning, you're greeted…
Calistoga
About a mile west of Calistoga, sitting on 20 lush acres, Meadowlark has homey rooms decorated in contemporary style, most with deck and Jacuzzi. Outside…
Napa
This California modern hotel offers swish rooms with floor-to-ceiling windows looking out across the valley below. Everything is born from stone and wood,…
Sonoma
On a historic farmstead surrounded by rolling hills, rooms in this Swiss-chalet-style house are adorned with little balconies and country-style bric-a…
Napa Valley
This boutique hotel has just 20 rooms, each with its own style, but a playful hacienda-meets-Tuscany-meets-Yountville motif running throughout. The bath…
Russian River Area
Rooms surround a swimming-pool courtyard (with Jacuzzi) at this 14-room adults-only resort, gussied up in minimalist modern style. The look is austere but…
Sonoma Valley
The hippest Hampton Inn you'll ever see, this boutique-style offering is situated in the gorgeous 1892 historic Petaluma silk mill. Rooms come with high…
Napa Valley
This sprawled out central Yountville hotel is what your Napa dreams are made of: large rooms come with fireplaces and tasteful modern furniture; upstairs…
Russian River Area
Ground zero for party-hardy gay lads and lesbians, Triple R (as it's known) has plain-Jane, motel-style rooms surrounding a bar and pool deck that get so…
Napa Valley
A former estate, this 78-room resort has rooms in satellite buildings on sprawling manicured grounds. The vineyard-view rooms are loveliest (each has…
Russian River Area
This lovely lakeside park, 4 miles from downtown is open year-round, with lake swimming (complete with a floating playground) in summer. Take 4th St…
Napa
Eight pristine cottages of quality construction – made for romantic hideaways, with extralong soaking tubs, indoor gas fireplaces and outdoor campfire…
Russian River Area
At Railroad Sq, Hotel La Rose has rooms in a well-kept historic 1907 brick hotel and across the street in a 1980s-built 'carriage house,' which feels like…
Napa Valley
The outdoors flows indoors at California’s first-ever (for what it's worth) LEED-platinum-certified green hotel, made of recycled everything, styled in…
Russian River Area
Landscaping is lush at this small riverside resort with excellent sun exposure (you see redwoods, but you’re not under them). Rooms are well-kept but…
Napa
Not quite in the middle of town, but close enough to walk everywhere, this Westin has a wonderful patio with open pool and fire places with good views out…
Napa Valley
Styled after California’s missions, this beautifully restored hacienda-like inn features 25 large suites with oak-beamed wood ceilings, gas fireplaces and…