City: Wine Country, CA
Category: Getting Here, Getting Around
City: Wine Country, CA
Category: Getting Here, Getting Around
City: Wine Country, CA
Category: Getting Here, Getting Around
City: Wine Country, CA
Category: Getting Here, Getting Around
5. Santa Rosa Citybus
City: Wine Country, CA
Category: Getting Here, Getting Around
Telephone: (707) 543-3333, (707) 543-3926
Description: This network offers 13 convenient routes within the Santa Rosa city limits plus free transfers to Golden Gate Transit or Sonoma County Transit. Most CityBuses operate from 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, and 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Sunday. The fares are $1 for adults, 75 cents for students, 50 cents for seniors, and free for children five or younger. Monthly passes are available.
6. Antique Tours
City: Wine Country, CA
Category: Getting Here, Getting Around
Telephone: (707) 226-9227
Description: After 20 years in business, this company still stands out for one simply luxurious reason: its small fleet of restored 1947 Packard convertible limos, which can accommodate up to seven passengers. Little did you know that postwar Packards were equipped with stereos, ice drawers, and air-conditioning. Rates begin at $130 per hour for two to three passengers, with a five-hour minimum. Gourmet picnic lunches can also be added.
7. Beau Wine Tours
City: Wine Country, CA
Category: Getting Here, Getting Around
Telephone: (800) 387-2328, (707) 938-8001
Description: Sit back and leave the driving to Beau. Their drivers know the region up, down, and sideways and will whisk you off on a customized tour, along with gourmet lunches. A town car can be yours for $65 per hour, with more luxurious limos running about $90. A stretch Hummer, if that’s your thing, is $165 per hour.
8. Celebrity Limousine
City: Wine Country, CA
Category: Getting Here, Getting Around
Telephone: (707) 552-7752
Description: What’s a limo without a flat-screen TV and crystal stemware? Celebrity has the luxury sedan or stretch vehicle you’re seeking. Private tour packages for up to eight passengers (five-hour minimum) begin at $299; seven-hour trips run $399.
9. Napa Valley Crown Limousine
City: Wine Country, CA
Category: Getting Here, Getting Around
Telephone: (800) 286-8228
Description: The proprietors of this service have plenty of experience in the tourist biz. Before getting behind the wheel, they ran a bed-and-breakfast inn and a tourist information office, so their winery knowledge is superior. Basic eight-passenger rentals are $65 an hour during the week, $75 an hour on weekends.
10. Napa Valley Tours & Transportation
City: Wine Country, CA
Category: Getting Here, Getting Around
Telephone: (707) 251-9463 (WINE)
Description: The usual choices apply here: sedans, stretch limos, vans, buses, mini coaches, land yachts, and the S Class Mercedes. Group tours start at $59 per person. This carrier can arrange special tours of smaller, family-run wineries more off the beaten path, and add a picnic lunch to enhance the experience.
City: Wine Country, CA
Category: Getting Here, Getting Around
12. Pacific Limousine
City: Wine Country, CA
Category: Getting Here, Getting Around
Telephone: (707) 792-1500, (877) 333-3613
Description: Pacific has been operating since 1994. The charge is $55 per hour for a town-car limo. The flat rate to either San Francisco International or Oakland International Airport is $180.
13. Pure Luxury
City: Wine Country, CA
Category: Getting Here, Getting Around
Telephone: (800) 626-5466 (LIMO)
Description: Pure Luxury will take you anywhere in Wine Country, for any reason: wine tours, weddings, airport transportation—you name it. Call to customize a tour, whether for two in a tricked-out sedan or for 35 in a comfortable shuttle bus. A five-hour tour of the Alexander Valley runs $79 per person; a Sonoma Valley tour with lunch is $90 per person. A six-person minimum applies for the package tours.
14. Royal Coach Limousine Service
City: Wine Country, CA
Category: Getting Here, Getting Around
Telephone: (800) 995-7692
Description: You have a choice of six- or eight-passenger cars and a range of itineraries. Buses to accommodate 15 to 47 passengers can also be provided. Ask for Matt if you want to customize something special.