Things To Do Here are Four Great Days of touring, tasting and savoring around Sonoma and Napa Counties. If you plan to stay for a shorter period you may regret not extending your stay with us! Print or view this guide..Click here
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Fantastic Wine Tasting: The world famous Sonoma Valley is at your doorstep, with more than 30 wineries open to the public, the nearest only 2 miles distant. Russian River, Dry Creek Valley, and Alexander Valley are all just 5-15 miles north of Santa Rosa, anchored by the charming towns of Healdsburg and Geyserville.
Napa valley is only 15 miles over the hill. More..... Just some of our favorites: | Winery Name & Location | Why you should visit | | Benziger - Glen Ellen (9 miles) | Organic and bio-dynamic wine tram tours, location and of course great wines | | St Francis - Kenwood (4 miles) | Neat winery with excellent reds and particularly their ports | | Loxton - Glen Ellen (7 miles) | Australian owner/winemaker shows how to make great Syrah/Zinfandel at sensible prices. Talk to him as he works in his boutique winery | | Passalacqua - Dry Creek Valley (20 miles) | One of the prettiest small wineries with a great picnic area. Buy food round the corner at Dry Creek Store amongst the wine-loving cognoscenti on their Harley-Davidsons! | | Raymond Burr - Dry Creek Valley (20 miles) | "Old Ironsides" established this winery with his TV producer. Just a great small winery with excellent Chardonnay and Zinfandel | | Michel Schlumberger - Dry Creek Valley (20 miles) | What a Spanish winery would look like if they had Callifornian money to spend! A great bio-dynamic walk through the vineyards and tour of their facility. Some of the best Cabernet Sauvignon this side of the Atlantic | | Chateau St Jean - Kenwood (4 miles) | Sonoma County does the French country house winery so much better than Napa. The wine is great too. A perfect wedding location | | Buena Vista - Sonoma (16 miles) | Where commercial wine-making in California purports to have started around 1870. The first place where the Zinfandel grape was introduced to N. America wines |
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Sonoma Coast: Whale watching and deep sea fishing for salmon, halibut and Dungeness crab can be arranged from Bodega Bay, on the beautiful Sonoma coast. The coast offers stunning scenery, and opportunities to observe seals basking with their pups and sea-otters at play. Ospreys fly above the Russian River.
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Golf: More than 10 courses, from par 3 to world class, can be found within 15 miles of the Inn.
| Film History around Santa Rosa: More than 30 feature movies have had scenes used from in and around Santa Rosa. Visit them and re-live great movie moments..
| Cycling: World-class mountain single-track biking trails are literally across the street from the Inn in Annadel State Park. Excellent road biking along the back roads of Sonoma Valley is another wonderful way to spend the day. We can help arrange for bike rentals, and have special Bike & Bed arrangements with a local cyclery(call).
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| Hiking, fishing, and swimming: Both Annadel and Spring Lake Park have extensive hiking trails. Annadel offers more than 12 miles of trails climbing 1,000ft through valley oaks to Lake Ilsanjo, a 30 acre haven of tranquility. Its trails extend more than 12 miles along the flanks of Mt. Sonoma. Both parks have the remains of local basalt mining, and the quarry that used Melitta's little station is 1/2 mile above us on Cobblestone Trail. There are lakes with Bass, Bluegill, Trout and Catfish. Great geo-caching in and around Annadel ( see here ). There is an open-air pool at Spring Lake Park (seasonal opening) and a public pool at Finley Park in Santa Rosa. |  | Nature: Take a peaceful stroll in the Armstrong Redwoods State Park and marvel at the tranquil majesty of these ancient giants.
Continue to the beautiful Sonoma Coast and watch seals, avocets, oystercatchers and ospreys at the countless State Beaches between the Russian River and Bodega Bay. One of the best nature spots along the West Coast lies just south of Sonoma County, 25 miles from the inn at Point Reyes National Seashore (as selected by AAA's VIA magazine in July 2005). |  |
Hot Air Ballooning and Canoeing: A short distance west is the magnificent Pacific Ocean. On your way there, you can wine taste along the Russian River, take in a canoe ride, or go ballooning above the vineyards.
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Relaxation: Just book one of our massage specials and enjoy your stay. Other speciality spas offer a variety of massage experiences. 30 minutes east of the inn is the town of Calistoga in Napa Valley where you can soak in the hot springs, and relax in a mud bath.
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Local Attractions: Just minutes away from the inn is the Charles M Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa where you can see the creation and life of Snoopy and the Peanuts cartoon characters. The Pacific Air Museum is situated at the Charles M Shulz Airport and hosts a large Flying Day weekend every August. Safari West and the Petrified Forest are great nearby attractions for young and old alike.
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