a guide to Napa's 21 wine tasting sites - Napa Valley, California
Bed and Breakfast Inns
Resorts and Retreats
Carneros Inn
4048 Sonoma Highway
Napa CA 94559
707.299.4900
86 cottages including 10 suites - $375 - $1200
A brand-new resort in the Carneros District (but it's not far from Napa) located on the Carneros Highway (Highways 12/121) a short ways west of Highway 29. Cottages offer between 975 to 1800 sq. ft. of indoor/outdoor space, and include private patio and garden with gas-fired heater, wood-burning fireplace, high-speed Internet connection, bathroom with soaking tub, shower and heated slate floors, and a large-screen flat-panel television with DVD player.
Other features include the inn's private dining room, a full-service spa, swimming pool, bocce ball, croquet, and the Boon Fly, a café and wine bar, as well as over 1,000 sq. ft. of meeting space. The complex also offers 24 homes at prices ranging from $1,000,000 to $1,800,000.
Christian Brothers Retreat & Conference Center
4401 Redwood Road
Napa CA 94558
707.252.3810
14 rooms, 2 suites - $115-$170
Surrounded by 500 acres of vineyards and wooded hills. Conference room and dining for up to 100 people. Perfect for individuals, focus groups, budget meetings, seminars, marketing "think tank," team building, retreats or just a company "getaway."
Silverado Resort
1600 Atlas Peak Road
Napa CA 94558
707.257.0200 800.523.0500 Fax: 707.257.5400
280 cottage suites - $280-$1415
Golf at Silverado. (Photo courtesy of Silverado Resort.)
1,200 acres whose cornerstone is a mansion built in the 1870s. Two hundred and eighty deluxe cottage suites complete with living room, wood burning fireplace, full kitchen, master bedroom and bath, and private patio or terrace. Health spa. Nine swimming pools. Two championship 18-hole golf courses designed by Robert Trent Jones, Jr. Twenty-three tennis courts. Excellent restaurants. Live music in the bar. .
Hotels and Inns
Chablis Inn
3360 Solano Avenue
Napa CA 94558
800.443.3490
707.257.1944
34 rooms - $90-$235
Located just off Highway 29 at the north end of Napa. All rooms recently renovated and some include whirlpool bath or private spa room.
Chardonnay Lodge
2640 Jefferson Street
Napa CA 94558
707.224.0789
19 rooms - $75-$130
Located on one of the main streets of Napa. TV, microwave and mini-fridge in each room. Non-smoking rooms available.
Chateau Hotel and Conference Center
4195 Solano Avenue
Napa CA 94558
707.253.9300 800.253.NAPA (California only)
115
rooms - $100-$175
At the north end of Napa just off Highway 29. Nine thousand square feet of meeting space.
Embassy Suites
1075 California Boulevard
Napa CA 94559
707.253.9540 800.433.4600 Fax: 707.253.9202
www.napavalley.embassysuites.com
205
two-room suites - $144-$294
A large and conveniently located inn just off Highway 29 (take the First Street exit). All 205 units are two-room suites, each with two phone lines with voice mail.
Suites face the indoor, skylighted atrium, the outdoor pool, or the sun-drenched (and swan-inhabited) mill pond. There's also an indoor pool, spa, sauna and steam room. Guests enjoy a complimentary cooked-to-order American breakfast each morning, and an equally complimentary beverage reception each evening—with Napa Valley wine, of course. Grille 29 in the courtyard serves from an Italian menu, and the hotel's lounge offers live music and great drinks.
Hawthorn Inn & Suites
314 Soscol Avenue
Napa CA 94559
707.226.1878 800.527.1133
60 rooms - $149-$199
Located on the east side of Soscol Avenue as you enter Napa from the south. Studios and suites. Two phone lines in each room with T-1 Internet connection.
Hilton Garden Inn Napa
3585 Solano Avenue
Napa CA 94558
707.252.0444 Fax 707.252.0244
80 rooms - $109-$379
Located at the north end of Napa just north of Trancas Street. Solano is the frontage road on the west side of Highway 29.
All rooms have two phone lines with voicemail and high speed Internet access. Includes the American Grill restaurant and a wine tasting bar.
Inn at the Vines
100 Soscol Avenue
Napa CA 94559
707.257.1930 877.846.3729
68 rooms - $102 - $252
Best Western hotel at the south end of Napa on Soscol Avenue near Napa State Hospital and Napa Valley College. Swimming pool, jacuzzi.
John Muir Inn
1998 Trower Avenue
Napa CA 94558
707.257.7220 800.522.8999
60 rooms - $95 - $210
At the north end of Napa on the northeast corner of Highway 29 and Trower. Convenient to both downtown Napa and upvalley wineries.
Meritage Resort at Napa, The
875 Bordeaux Lane
Napa CA 94558
866.370.6272
158 rooms - $300+
Located in the Napa Valley Corporate Park.
Also includes 180 timeshare rooms. Guest rooms include 32-inch plasma televisions, wireless Internet connection, and DVD/CD players. Fitness center, wine tasting, local shuttle service. "Siena" restaurant. Estate Wine Cave has banquet facilities and Spa Terra, the world's only underground spa cave. Eight acres of vineyards. Accomodates meetings of 10 to 1,100 with more than 14,000 square feet of banquet and meeting space, including 10,500 square foot ballroom. (The resort will not allow meetings for pro-choice groups.) Private chapel holds 60 guests.
Napa Valley Marriott
3425 Solano Avenue
Napa CA 94558
707.253.7433 Fax: 707.258.1320
272 rooms, five suites - $129-$279
Directions: Turn west on Redwood Road, cross the Wine Train tracks and turn right on Solano Avenue. Hotel is on the left.
Two restaurants, and a spa. Heated outdoor pool and water spa. Lighted tennis courts. Fitness center. Summer training home of the Oakland Raiders football team. (They practice at Redwood Middle School just in back of the hotel).
Napa Valley Redwood Inn
3380 Solano Avenue
Napa CA 94558
707.257.6111
58 rooms - $62-$148
Two-story motel. High-speed Internet access in all rooms. Swimming pool.
Wine Valley Lodge
200 South Coombs Street
Napa CA 94558
707.224.7911
55 rooms $99 - $165
One-story motel at the south end of Napa a few minutes' drive from downtown. Frommer's travel guide says: "Dollar for dollar, the Wine Valley Lodge offers the most for your vacation budget in the entire wine country." If Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe and Rock Hudson could stay here, why not you?