When one thinks of a trip to Napa/Sonoma, California’s wine country, paired with a stay at one of the “Luxury Resorts,” the idea of getting a deal doesn’t often come to mind. However, there are, in fact, options at some of the most exclusive resorts where the value luxury lifestyle can be enjoyed with discounted packages.
Let’s explore Napa’s world of luxury at a price that might be inviting to you.
Check-In and Never Leave: Meritage Resort and Spa
A good place to start is the Meritage Resort and Spa, in the heart of wine country. The Meritage setting is backed by rolling hills and encompassed by its own vineyards. Your room is inspired by Tuscany and the Siena Restaurant features seasonal farm to fork menu. This is a resort where once you check in, there really isn’t any reason to leave during your stay. From the underground spa with its steam grottos, soaking pools and walls of water, to the Estate Cave which features wines of Trinitas Cellars, you will realize this is a vacation in itself.
The hotel’s award-winning restaurant “Siena” offers an outstanding menu with choices from local produce, meats and fresh fish, paired with many of the area’s best wine producers, and all brought to you by Executive Chef Michael Collins. “Chef Mike” has had an excellent career, working at four and five-star restaurants in Hawaii, Arizona, U.S. Virgin Islands, Utah, Louisiana, as well as California. Every dinner served in this restaurant begins with a taste of Prosecco, and meals are prepared from fresh local organic farms, including cheeses and beef. The Siena Restaurant is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, with monthly lunch specials worth checking into. For example, the July lunch special is pizza or pasta and a salad for two at $25.
Before or after dinner, you may want to enjoy the “Crush Ultra Lounge” where not only wines and cocktails flow, but you can also get in a few frames of “luxe bowling”, shuffleboard or a game of pool. If you are just interested in maybe a glass of wine or cocktail in the well appointed lobby, there’s always the lobby bar for that, too.
For an ultimate wine tasting experience without leaving the front doors of this luxury escape resort, a visit to the Trinitas Cellars Tasting Room is in order. Here you will enjoy wine tastings from the Estate Cave of Trinitas Cellars many award-winning wines, from of their multiple varietals and new releases. After being enchanted by your “swirl, sniff and sip,” you may even choose to sign up for the Trinitas Wine Society to continue with a long-lasting relationship with these wines at home.
The Meritage leaves nothing untouched in the quest to bring you to the relaxed state you so deserve. Enjoy their designer spa and services with three hot tubs, two swimming pools, private sitting areas by fireplaces and fountains on the grounds, bocce ball courts and vineyard hiking trails.
Don’t miss their “Taste-Cation,” a two-night stay which includes a welcome bottle of bubbly, breakfast for two each morning, dinner for two in the Siena Restaurant (up to $100), free tastings at the Trinitas Cellars and bowling for two in the Crush Lounge. You will also receive two passes to two area wineries for their tasting experiences.
Food and Golf: Silverado Resort and Spa
Silverado Resort and Spa is located in the rolling hills of Napa Valley, in the heart of wine country, and offers something for everybody. You can play one of two championship golf courses, swim in one of ten pools, have a fireside massage or choose to visit one of over 200 excellent wineries in the area. With three exceptional choices for restaurants onsite, you are assured that fresh local produce, seafood, cheeses and meats are served.
You will find “The Grill” to be a relaxed atmosphere restaurant where you can dine on the expansive deck overlooking the golf course. There’s also the restaurant, an option for re-charging after playing 18 holes, for your “19th Hole” refreshments, along with one of the famous Kobe burgers. For the value-minded patron, every Tuesday evening they offer a fixed-price four-course seafood dinner.
For a true luxury dining experience, an evening at the Royal Oak Restaurant is the place to be, with its rich and sophisticated interior décor and sweeping views of the golf course. The Royal Oak has a reputation of excellence in dining for the 25 years since opening. Here you will find an excellent menu offering Certified Angus Beef and market fresh seafood specialties.
When checking prices for your Silverado stay, ask about the discounts for 1-3 day stays. The best rates can be found online.
Ultimate Spa: Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa
The Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa is known to many as the ultimate Wine Country destination. Surrounded by natural beauty and having its own natural mineral hot springs, the Willow Stream Spa is world class; so is the Michelin award-winning restaurant, Santé. This resort is one of the only luxury spa resorts in the U.S. to have its own thermal mineral water. When you are soaking in this marvel, you will be experiencing what the early Native Americans discovered and used long ago. In fact, the site of this resort was a sacred healing grounds and location of their “sweathouse” for generations.
If you are not just planning a relaxing wine country getaway, but also maybe some golf, please bring your clubs for an experience that may last forever. Play the Sonoma Golf Club, a championship course, playing a little over 7,000 yards and situated on 177 beautiful acres. On this course, relaxation and golf are what its all about, with a “cellular phone not allowed” rule that extends from the practice facility to the entire course, including the clubhouse and golf shop.
With multiple options for dining and relaxation from the Santé Restaurant, Big 3 Restaurant, and outdoor Tower Café, to the Big 3 Wine Bar, there is something for everyone. Speaking of the wine bar, the Sonoma Valley Vintners and growers partnered with the resort to bring you the best they have to offer, for a “swirl, sniff and sip.”
The wonderful people of the Fairmont Sonoma make it more tempting by offering what they call a “Fairmont Savers Rate.” If you book your stay here at least 14 days in advance, you will get up to 20% off the best available rate.
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