City: Healdsburg, CA
Category: Accommodations
Address: 25 Matheson Street
2. Les Mars Hotel
City: Healdsburg, CA
Category: Accommodations
Telephone: (877) 431-1700
Address: 27 North Street
Description: In 2005, Healdsburg raised its profile even higher with the opening of this small but luxurious European-style hotel. The rooms—only 16 of them—are furnished with 18th- and 19th-century antiques, and feature four-poster canopy beds inspired by French royalty and dressed in Italian linens. The bathrooms have oversize showers or BainUltra tubs. Everything about this place is first-class, including the restaurant at street level, called Cyrus (see the Restaurants chapter). Condé Nast Traveler added the Les Mars to its “Hot List” of best new hotels in 2006. Without a doubt, this is the priciest stay of its kind in Sonoma County, with a Grand Room on the third floor fetching $1,000 per night. The “cheaper” rooms start at $575.
City: Healdsburg, CA
Category: Accommodations
Address: 421 Foss Street
4. Best Western Dry Creek Inn
City: Healdsburg, CA
Category: Accommodations
Telephone: (707) 433-0300, (800) 222-5784
Address: 198 Dry Creek Road
Description: The distinguishing factor here is this motel’s outstanding location for wine touring in the beautiful Dry Creek Valley. The 103 Vintage rooms are pleasant, redecorated in 2006 in an updated but standard motel style. An additional 60 Tuscan rooms are in a new courtyard building, and these are a bit more luxurious with extra amenities and comforts. A continental breakfast is included no matter which room you stay in. There’s a pool, whirlpool, and exercise room. A new conference center opened in 2007 with meeting space for up to 150 people. Pets are permitted in the Vintage rooms.
City: Healdsburg, CA
Category: Accommodations
Address: 211 North Street
City: Healdsburg, CA
Category: Accommodations
Address: 539 Johnson Street
7. Haydon Street Inn
City: Healdsburg, CA
Category: Accommodations
Telephone: (707) 433-5228, (800) 528-3703
Address: 321 Haydon Street
Description: In a quiet residential area within walking distance of Healdsburg’s historic plaza, this Victorian inn has nine charming guest rooms. One of the most popular is the Turret Room, tucked into the slope of the roof, with a step-down entrance to the sleeping level. Each of the other rooms is distinctively different in decor, from iron bedsteads and handmade rugs to French antique furnishings. Six of the guest rooms are in the main house, a 1912 Queen Anne structure, and three are in the adjoining two-story Victorian cottage. All rooms have private baths; those in the cottage also have double whirlpool tubs.
8. Healdsburg Inn On The Plaza
City: Healdsburg, CA
Category: Accommodations
Telephone: (707) 433-6991, (800) 431-8663
Address: 110 Matheson Street
Description: Once a Wells Fargo building, the inn now rates high on the luxury scale. Two rooms are downstairs, and a staircase leads to the 10 light-filled rooms upstairs—most with fireplaces, all with private baths, in-room phones, and TVs, and some with whirlpool tubs for two. Room 3 is spacious, with a bay window view of the plaza; room 7 has its own deck on the south side of the inn. A solarium on the second floor is the common area where guests meet for breakfast and afternoon refreshments. Susan, the chef, offers a main egg dish, fresh baked scones or muffins, house-made granola, French toast, fresh fruit, and more. The afternoon goodies usually consist of an artisan cheese platter and hors d’oeuvres with wine tasting.
9. Belle De Jour Inn
City: Healdsburg, CA
Category: Accommodations
Telephone: (707) 431-9777
Address: 16276 Healdsburg Avenue
Description: This inn’s hilltop setting is on six acres and looks out on rolling hills. The farmhouse, a single-story Italianate built around 1873, is the residence of the innkeepers, and it is here guests enjoy a hearty breakfast. Guests are quartered in five white cottages, all with fireplaces and some with decks. Each cottage is its own country experience. The Caretaker’s Suite, for instance, has a king-size canopy bed and a fireplace in the sitting room. There’s a sunny studio atelier room with a high, vaulted ceiling, and the grand Carriage House has everything, including views and a tub for two.
City: Healdsburg, CA
Category: Accommodations
Address: 1001 Westside Road
11. Raford Inn
City: Healdsburg, CA
Category: Accommodations
Telephone: (707) 887-9573, (800) 887-9503
Address: 10630 Wohler Road
Description: Here’s a Victorian inn with an expansive porch ideal for sipping wine. Raford Inn sits on a knoll surrounded by vineyards and palm trees, and the view from the porch is worth the price. The structure dates from the 1880s and is listed as a Sonoma County historical landmark. The six guest rooms are furnished with queen-size beds, and each has a private bath. A hearty breakfast is dished up every morning. Smoking is prohibited property-wide.
12. Villa Messina
City: Healdsburg, CA
Category: Accommodations
Telephone: (707) 433-6655
Address: 316 Burgundy Road
Description: The setting is unbelievable, with a 360-degree view of three exquisite valleys—Alexander, Dry Creek, and Russian River. The Italian villa–style inn was built in 1986 on top of the foundation of a former water tower. The inn’s five guest rooms are furnished with antiques, and the floors are carpeted with Oriental rugs. All rooms have private baths, plus TVs, VCRs, and phones. Some have Jacuzzis or fireplaces. For breakfast the chef prepares such treats as fresh-squeezed orange juice and blueberry pancakes with bacon. There is a swimming pool and hot tub.
13. A Simple Touch Spa
City: Healdsburg, CA
Category: Accommodations
Telephone: (707) 433-6856
Address: 239 Center Street
Description: This lovely little spa down a short walkway in downtown Healdsburg offers aromatherapy baths, massage, facials, and body treatments. One of the specialty baths features detoxifying fango mud made from dehydrated volcanic ash. Several special packages are available that range from $90 for a bath and half-hour massage to the deluxe package for $350, a four-hour experience that includes a bath, salt scrub, one-hour massage, one-hour wrap, and one-hour facial.