1. Yountville Inn
City: Yountville, CA
Category: Accommodations
Telephone: (707) 944-5600, (800) 972-2293
Address: 6462 Washington Street
Description: This rambling hotel has seven buildings and 51 bright and spacious rooms. Most units have a fieldstone fireplace, French doors leading to a patio, a wood-beamed ceiling, and a refrigerator. All guests in this nonsmoking hotel receive free continental breakfast. The inn also has a heated pool and spa and is near the Vintners Golf Club (see the Parks and Recreation chapter). Should you be mixing business with pleasure, the elegantly comfortable Club Room facilitates groups of up to 30 people.
2. Napa Valley Railway Inn
City: Yountville, CA
Category: Accommodations
Telephone: (707) 944-2000
Address: 6523 Washington Street
Description: This is probably the best lodgings deal in the tony town of Yountville. Sure, the curious might come clomping down the boardwalk between the two sets of railcars, hoping for a look inside the rooms, but this is where I’d opt to stay in Yountville, if only for the novelty of it. The rooms, all in historic railroad cars on the original track of the Napa Valley Railroad, are luxuriously appointed and filled with light. It’s a short walk to the world-class restaurants and just steps to the shops at V Marketplace. Guests also have complimentary use of a nearby fitness center, in case you don’t do enough walking while you’re exploring the town.
3. Vintage Inn
City: Yountville, CA
Category: Accommodations
Telephone: (707) 944-1112, (800) 351-1133
Address: 6541 Washington Street
Description: This elegant, country-style inn is spread out on a large, landscaped lot. It has 80 units—basic rooms, minisuites, and villas—divided between the outer court and the more protected inner court. Most have patios or balconies. All of them have fireplaces and come with a complimentary continental breakfast buffet, including California sparkling wine. Vintage Inn offers room service, a 60-foot lap pool and hot tub, tennis courts, bike rentals in the summer, and a private limousine service. The inn also has executive conference facilities that can handle 20 to 200 people.
City: Yountville, CA
Category: Accommodations
Address: 2230 Madison Street
5. Maison Fleurie
City: Yountville, CA
Category: Accommodations
Telephone: (707) 944-2056, (800) 788-0369
Address: 6529 Yount Street
Description: In the middle of Yountville (but a block away from most of the traffic) is this French-style country inn. The 100-year-old main building has 2-foot-thick stone walls, terra-cotta tile, and a gas fireplace in the brick parlor. Two other structures—the Old Bakery (a working bakery in the 1970s) and the carriage house—bring the total number of rooms to 13. You get a gourmet breakfast (or breakfast in bed if you’d rather) and a jar of homemade cookies in the lobby. A swimming pool, spa tub, and mountain bikes are available for guest use. Maison Fleurie is part of Four Sisters Inns, a group of nine bed-and-breakfast establishments, most of them on the California coast.
6. Bordeaux House
City: Yountville, CA
Category: Accommodations
Telephone: (707) 944-2855, (800) 677-6370
Address: 6600 Washington Street
Description: A mixture of newer (1980) and older (1895) structures, Bordeaux House is in the heart of Yountville, surrounded by lovely trees and gardens, and with world-class restaurants and shops within easy walking distance. (The French Laundry is just steps away, in fact.) The inn’s newer, main building has five guest rooms with fireplaces and private patios or decks. Modern amenities are provided in each room; all have private exterior entrances. The Old Water Tower, overlooking the garden, is about 15 steps up and down. The inn’s reception area is where you can enjoy your morning buffet breakfast and late afternoon port and munchies.
City: Yountville, CA
Category: Accommodations
Address: 6481 Washington Street