Kisses Sweeter Than Wine In Napa Valley
August 7th, 2010The Wine Country of Northern California is a destination for wine connesuirs from all over the nation and around the world. Napa, Sonoma, and Calistoga offer visitors a splendid vacation experience with the laid back attitude of Northern California. From the romantic bed and breakfast excursion to the excitement of winery tours for the wine connesuir, the Wine Country is really a wonderful destination.
The area has definitely been developed on the wine industry’s success. In 1975, Napa Valley had about 20 wineries. These days tourists can pick between an extraordinary 275. Practically all of these wineries offer tours and tastings and several are open to the public daily. The Wine Country continues to develop and to attract visitors who are delighted in the finest wines that California has to present.
The city of Napa is the largest in the valley and has all of the accommodations one might look forward to from a city of its magnitude. There is mainstream shopping and many options for tourists seeking to have a convenient base of operations in the valley. Prices for vacation rentals and hotels are usually less in Napa than beach rentals directly on the coast line. The disadvantage is that the city is less refined and unquestionably more mainstream than the rest of the valley’s wine destinations, but the proximity to the rest of the valley can make that a minor price to pay.
If you are searching for something out of the ordinary, then Calistoga may be on your list of adventures. The town is bedecked with false fronted stores in the design of the Old West. There are real 19th century hotels and wonderful opportunities for tourists looking for bed and breakfast inns in the wine country. The fine dining enjoyed elsewhere is replaced by unpretentious cafes and a relaxed atmosphere that permeates the town. The town was designed as a resort destination, and several of the initial hotels and hot springs are still in operation. This is definitely the place for visitors who are delighted in the Wine Country but also have a wish to see Northern California the way that it once was.
Another 19th century innovation, and the oldest town in the Wine Country, is Sonoma, California. There are a variety of attractions here and many of them are unrelated to the food and wine culture of the surrounding vicinity. There are parts preserved from the Spanish Mission era, 19th century adobes, old hotels, and even a theater preserved from the 1930s. Sonoma is definitely an outstanding place to find vacation rentals to set up your base of operations, though there are genuine hotels and a range of bed and breakfasts here as well. Make a stop in the city’s central plaza to catch sight of what real life is like for locals of the California Wine Country.