Must-see hotels in Napa Valley

  • Auberge du Soleil

    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…

  • Carneros Resort & Spa

    Napa

    Carneros Resort & Spa’s contemporary aesthetic and retro small-town agricultural theme shatter the predictable Wine Country mold. The semidetached,…

  • Brannan Cottage Inn

    Calistoga

    Adorable, gingerbread-style Victorian cottage amid lush grounds that in the 1860s belonged to the town's favorite entrepreneur Samuel Brannan. Restored to…

  • El Bonita

    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.

  • Meadowood

    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…

  • Las Alcobas

    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…

  • Poetry Inn

    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…

  • Solage

    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…

  • 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 Motor Lodge & Spa

    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…

  • Francis House

    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…

  • Meadowlark Country House

    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…

  • Archer

    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,…

  • North Block Hotel

    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…

  • Vintage House

    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…

  • Harvest Inn

    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…

  • Cottages of Napa Valley

    Napa

    Eight pristine cottages of quality construction – made for romantic hideaways, with extralong soaking tubs, indoor gas fireplaces and outdoor campfire…

  • Bardessono

    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…

  • Westin Verasa

    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…

  • Rancho Caymus

    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…

  • Indian Springs Resort

    Calistoga

    The definitive old-school Calistoga resort, Indian Springs has cottages facing a central lawn with palm trees, shuffleboard, bocce and hammocks – not…

  • Milliken Creek Inn

    Napa

    Understatedly elegant Milliken Creek combines small-inn charm, fine-hotel service and B&B intimacy. Rooms are impeccably styled in English-colonial style…

  • Andaz Napa

    Napa

    Smack downtown, the Andaz was constructed in 2009 and feels like a big-city hotel, with business-class-fancy rooms. It's walking distance to restaurants…

  • Aurora Park Cottages

    Calistoga

    Six immaculately kept, sunny-yellow cottages – with polished-wood floors, feather beds and sundeck – stand in a row beside flowering gardens. There's also…

  • Chateau De Vie

    Calistoga

    Surrounded by vineyards, with gorgeous views of Mt St Helena, CDV has five modern, elegantly decorated B&B rooms with top-end amenities and zero froufrou…

  • Napa Winery Inn

    Napa

    Request a remodeled room at this good-value hotel, north of downtown, decorated with generic Colonial-style furniture. It has a hot tub and good service…

  • Chanric

    Calistoga

    A converted Victorian near the road, this cushy B&B has small but smartly furnished rooms, plus many free extras including Champagne on arrival and lavish…

  • Napa River Inn

    Napa

    Beside the river in the 1884 Hatt Building, the inn has top-end rooms, Victoriana to modern, in three satellite buildings. Walkable distance to…

  • EuroSpa & Inn

    Calistoga

    Immaculate single-story motel on a quiet side street, with extras such as gas-burning fireplaces, afternoon refreshments and small on-site spa. Excellent…

  • Chelsea Garden Inn

    Calistoga

    On a quiet side street, this single-story inn has five floral-print rooms with private entrances, facing pretty gardens. Never mind the pool's rust spots.

  • Golden Haven Hot Springs

    Calistoga

    This motel-spa has mud-bath-lodging packages and good-value well-kept rooms, some with Jacuzzi. There's also a new bocce court and picnic area.

  • Napa Valley Lodge

    Napa Valley

    It looks like a condo complex, but rooms are spacious and modern; some have fireplaces. Hot tub, spa treatment area and exercise room.

  • Petit Logis

    Napa Valley

    Simple, cozy and comfortable, this cedar-sided inn has five uniquely adorned rooms, each with jetted tub and gas fireplace.

  • Cottage Grove Inn

    Calistoga

    Romantic cottages for over-40s, with wood-burning fireplaces, two-person Jacuzzis and rocking-chair front porches.

  • Wine Way Inn

    Calistoga

    This small B&B, set in a 1910-era arts-and-crafts-style house close to the road, has friendly owners.

  • Blackbird Inn

    Napa

    Gorgeous, eight-room arts-and-crafts-style B&B. Anticipate street noise.

  • Calistoga Spa Hot Springs

    Calistoga

    Great for families who jam the place on weekends, this motel-resort has slightly scuffed generic rooms (request one that's been remodeled) with…

  • River Terrace Inn

    Napa

    Upmarket, business-class, chain-style hotel with shopping-mall-bland architecture fronting on the Napa River, but is fully updated inside. It offers easy…

  • Napa Valley Railway Inn

    Napa Valley

    Sleep in a converted railroad car, part of two short trains parked at a central platform. They’ve little privacy, but are moderately priced compared with…