Hotel at a Glance: Two Thirty-Five Luxury Suites

This boutique hotel has just three suites, but that doesn’t mean it’s small: each individually decorated suite boasts three bedrooms, three bathrooms, a living room, a kitchen, and a dining area. Groups as large as six are invited to set down their bags and enjoy a stay in Healdsburg, one of the best-known towns in Sonoma wine country.

• Central location: The hotel is a half block from Healdsburg’s town square, a manicured green space surrounded on all sides by boutiques and tasting rooms.
• Choose your style: The Plaza suite has a cool, modern design scheme, while the Orchard suite is decorated in warm earth tones and wooden furnishings. The Fitch Mountain suite blends the two styles.
• Just like home: Each bedroom has its own TV, and WiFi is complimentary.
• Cook a meal in your suite’s full kitchen, which is equipped with pots, pans, dishes, and glassware.
• Guest favorite: The hotel has a coveted 5-star average on TripAdvisor.

Sonoma, California: Relaxed Wine Country and Majestic Redwoods

Located about an hour north of San Francisco, Sonoma is best known for its wine. The mild climate here allows winemakers to grow cool-weather varietals such as pinot noir and chardonnay. But the valley has a varied landscape; some areas are prime for growing hot-weather vines, too.

Follow 17 miles of country roads to more than 40 boutique wineries, most small and family owned. Many are tucked amid oak forests and wildflower meadows. Compared to its neighbor Napa Valley (about 15 miles away), Sonoma feels a little more relaxed and remote: the wineries here are generally more secluded from one another than those in Napa, and tasting rooms tend to be less crowded, even on the weekends.

Even if you aren’t visiting for the vineyards, Sonoma’s gentle climate and diverse natural landscape make it worth a visit. Hiking trails wind past redwood trees as high as skyscrapers, and popular excursions are canoeing on Russian River and sightseeing at the craggy Pacific coastline and its unspoiled beaches.

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