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We review the best luxury hotels in Napa Valley. These include Four Seasons Resort Napa Valley, Napa Valley Marriott Hotel & Spa, Andaz Napa, Auberge du Soleil, Bardessono, Carneros Resort, Embassy Suites by Hilton, Solage Auberge Resorts Collection, The Francis House, The Meritage Resort and Spa.
There isn’t a bad time to visit Napa Valley. While September and October are the busiest and warmest months, offering the chance to experience the annual grape harvest in action, the winter months are peaceful, uncrowded, and not too chilly, with temperatures mostly hanging out in the 50s and 60s.
1. Four Seasons Resort Napa Valley
The Four Seasons Resort Napa Valley is the best luxury hotel in Napa Valley. The new Four Seasons is located at 400 Silverado Trail in the charming community of Calistoga, just 90 minutes and yet a world away from San Francisco, the Bay Area, and Sacramento. Designed by Napa’s own Erin Martin and with just 85 accommodations, this is one of the smallest Four Seasons hotels in the world.
This intimate resort is ideal for both couples and families who will enjoy a full-service spa, several outdoor pools, and a fully supervised Kids for All Seasons program.
On-site dining options include Truss Restaurant and Bar with its wide terrace overlooking the pools and surrounding hills and casual lounge that is a hotspot frequented by both the local community and regular visitors to Napa.
A must for wine lovers and those who seek warmth and sunshine, the luxury Four Seasons Napa Valley combines the beauty of the California wine country with the reliable Four Seasons level of luxury. The resort lies within a sprawling 5.6-acre vineyard with immaculate Four Seasons communal areas and beautifully large bathrooms. The almost unmatched levels of Four Seasons service can be enjoyed in Napa Valley.
Wherever you are in the world, Four Seasons hotels are consistently one of the best hotels or resort in the area. They don’t have a Four Seasons loyalty program, so you will never be able to book a free stay by racking up and redeeming points or by collecting points on your credit card and spending them at a Four Seasons hotel. It can’t be done. But you can get discounts at Four Seasons hotels and benefit from special rewards at Four Seasons hotels for no extra cost by booking your next stay via our luxury travel concierge.
2. Carneros Resort & Spa
Carneros Resort and Spa sits just a few miles southwest of Napa, California, surrounded by 28 acres of grapevines, fruit trees, and picturesque farmland.
The luxury Resort has 94 charming cottages and suites and six luxurious private homes clustered throughout the property. Inspired by Napa’s working countryside with farm-style architecture and an indoor-outdoor feel, the individual cottages are set up in small neighborhoods. Cottages have various amenities, including fireplaces, indoor-outdoor showers, individual hot tubs, and French doors leading to landscaped gardens.
The property is home to three restaurants, a market, a high-end exclusive boutique, two pools, and Spa at Carneros. FARM is fine dining at its best, and the restaurant features produce from the Resort’s culinary garden and orchards. For a more casual experience, visit the popular roadside eatery featuring modern rustic cuisine, Boon Fly Café.
3. Andaz Napa
The Andaz Napa recently Opened as First Andaz Hotel in Northern California. Located in the heart of the wine country, Andaz Napa brings unrivaled personalized guest service and heritage-style cuisine with Andaz Farmers Table restaurant.
Andaz Napa is located in the heart of California wine country. Formerly Avia Napa, the newly rebranded Andaz Napa is centrally located in Napa’s revitalized “West End,” providing an ideal setting for visitors to explore wine country, with convenient proximity to Napa’s premier tasting rooms, gourmet dining, and shopping.
“The new service standard of Andaz Napa provides guests with a customized guided journey in this destination, unlike any other hotel in the area, while showcasing all that Napa Valley has to offer.”
The location in the epicenter of downtown Napa creates a welcoming destination for guests and locals to enjoy Andaz’s stylish and well-appointed guest rooms, along with a rustic epicurean experience in a vibrant wine country setting.
The transformation of the hotel’s lobby into a lounge adds in regionally inspired design elements from California architecture and design firm Bishop Pass. It features rustic furnishings and an intricate, wall-length map of Napa Valley.
Reflecting on the local scenery, 141 well-appointed guest rooms and suites feature modern furnishings and hardwood floors with an earthy color palate. Bathrooms include white marble floors and spacious walk-in showers with waterfall showerheads, along with special bath amenities from Lydia Mondavi’s 29 Cosmetics, named after Highway 29, the picturesque road that runs the length of this world-famous grape growing region.
4. Auberge du Soleil
Auberge du Soleil is inspired by the south of France and infused with California soul. They say, “Showcasing breathtaking views, Auberge du Soleil is the dream of French restaurateur, Claude Rouas. In 1981, with a business partner, Bob Harmon, Rouas opened Napa Valley’s first fine-dining restaurant, designed to reflect a taste of Provence in California wine country.
The immediate success prompted the addition of “The Inn of the Sun” five years later. Nestled within a terraced, sun-kissed hillside amid 33-acres of heritage olive and oak trees, the hotel’s 50 contemporary guestrooms and suites effortlessly blend relaxed sophistication with understated elegance, earning a long-standing reputation as wine country’s most iconic luxury property.
5. Bardessono
Bardessono is an elegant hotel and spa partially powered by rooftop solar panels around a mile from the Napa Valley Performing Arts Center and the Napa Valley Museum.
Featuring gas fireplaces and lavish bathrooms with hidden massage tables for in-room spa treatments (fee), the sophisticated, sunny suites offer free Wi-Fi and flat-screen TVs, plus sitting areas with daybeds, courtyards or balconies, and minifridges.
There is free valet parking, loaner bikes, yoga classes, and wine tastings. There’s also a rooftop pool and a hip restaurant/cocktail bar with an eclectic menu using ingredients grown in the hotel garden.
6. Solage, Auberge Resorts Collection
Solage, Auberge Resorts Collection is a luxury resort in Napa. They say, “A century ago, Calistoga was a town centered around its bubbling natural hot springs and the beautiful weather of the Napa Valley. Today, it’s a bucket-list destination for ardent wine lovers, foodies, and wellness seekers for its particularly enviable version of the “good life.” Solage was created to reflect its hometown spirit, drawing visitors as well as area vintners who come here after a day in the vineyards to relax over a glass of wine or a craft cocktail and connect.”
Each studio room enjoys the added benefits of a vaulted ceiling, pebbled shower (or gas fireplace), and an outdoor patio opening out to all the secret gardens of Solage.
Suites are the most exclusive accommodations, and they offer unrivaled seclusion along with a private outdoor patio with a hot tub for two. Mobility and hearing accessible rooms are available.
Sit back in one of our Spa Solage Bathhouse cabanas and experience a private wine tasting like never before—in a bathing suit overlooking our shimmering Geothermal pools. Pair poolside libations with Chef Gustavo’s local and seasonal cuisine, and take in the beautiful Napa Valley surroundings. It’s never been so easy—or so relaxed—to taste through Napa’s award-winning wineries.
7. The Francis House
The Francis House is Napa Valley’s newest small luxury hotel, where contemporary French design and National Register of Historic Places status blend to create five distinctive guest rooms in the heart of downtown Calistoga.
Featured in Architectural Digest as one of the 15 best-designed hotels opening this Summer, the Francis House is for the discerning guest who values privacy in an intimate and exclusive wine country property. Just 2 blocks from the main street, their team presents guests with a myriad of options and access to local experiences collected from 30 years of residence in Napa Valley.
8. The Meritage Resort & Spa
Stay at The Meritage Resort and Spa and visit sun-soaked vineyards by day and relax at the heavenly spa when you need some TLC.
The Four-Diamond luxury resort is centrally located in Wine Country at the southern tip of Napa Valley, just a few minutes from the celebrated Carneros wine-growing region that connects Napa and Sonoma Counties. San Francisco Airport, Oakland International Airport, Sacramento International Airport, and Napa County Airport are all easily accessible from the resort. You are neatly situated to explore the wine countries of both Napa Valley and Sonoma County here, and there is so much to do in the area, with premier golf courses, art, culture, and breathtaking hot air balloon rides over miles of rolling vineyards.
The resort is elegant and luxurious, with lavish accommodation and Tuscan-inspired décor inside and stunning Mediterranean courtyards with fountains, fireplaces, and terraces outside. You are surrounded by nine acres of stunning vineyards adorned with hiking trails across the hillside. Built into the hillside beneath the vineyard, you’ll find the spectacular Estate Cave, home to the award-winning Spa Terra and the renowned Trinitas Cellars Tasting Room.
Enjoy the ultimate Napa Valley resort experience; there are two heated swimming pools inside and three outdoor whirlpools, perfect for some refreshing recreation after a busy afternoon wine tasting, or why not reserve a private poolside cabana and make a day of it. For some real indulgence, descend 40 feet underground and arrive at one of America’s Top 100 Spas; relax in the soaking pools, steam grottos, and water walls at the award-winning Spa Terra and book a treatment in one of the beautifully appointed private treatment rooms.
There are 310 beautifully appointed guest rooms and 12 luxurious suites on the estate. All the rooms have picturesque views from exclusive balconies or patios and exclusive amenities, as you would expect at a resort of this caliber. There are several restaurants, bars, and lounges at the resort; the main restaurant, Siena, serves a perfect blend of Italian and Californian cuisine alongside a predictability exceptional wine list!
9. Napa Valley Marriott Hotel & Spa
Napa Valley Marriott Hotel & Spa is a Rewards Category 7 Marriott Bonvoy hotel in Napa Valley. It has great guest rooms, lots of outdoor garden spaces, a luxurious resort-style swimming pool, an on-site restaurant, and a full-service spa. The refreshed courtyard is a particular highlight, with warmly lit fire pits and lush landscaping.
Within the Napa Valley Marriott, Hotel & Spa is a great executive club lounge that is open seven days a week, so if you visit on weekends, you can access the lounge if you have the right status of Marriott Bonvoy membership (Platinum of above) or pay for access.
The lounge has breakfast, including egg and hot oatmeal and evening Hors d’oeuvres. There are free non-alcoholic drinks and snacks throughout the day and an honor bar for alcoholic drinks. Snacks included sausages in bacon, veggies, and other snacks.
10. Embassy Suites by Hilton Napa Valley
Embassy Suites by Hilton Napa Valley is another hotel option in Napa Valley with an executive club lounge. Book an executive room or suite and get a free breakfast and evening reception with drinks and appetizers.
If you book an executive suite, you will also get a 375ml bottle of premium Napa Valley wine, a spacious living room with shutter windows, a posh sofa bed, ottomans, a California king-sized bed, two 32-inch LCD flat-screen TVs, a galley kitchen, and table with two chairs. Rejuvenate with the extra amenities of plush bathrobes, Keurig coffee brewer, premium bottled waters.
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