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Trip Guide to Healdsburg in Sonoma Valley, CA

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With a mix of chic hotels, creative chefs, and stylish boutiques, Healdsburg, California, has emerged as a cosmopolitan hub that still pays homage to its rural Sonoma roots. For a scenic drive through hillside vineyards and wineries, head west out of town on Dry Creek Road. Double back when you hit Lake Sonoma and return south on Yoakim Bridge Road, to link up with the winding West Dry Creek Road, peppered with a handful of small family-owned wineries. Read the article

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4 Hotels 4 Restaurants 8 Activities

Destinations: Healdsburg

Themes: Arts + Culture · Driving · Food + Drink · Hotels + Resorts · Shopping

Inspired by: Healdsburg: Sonoma's New Star — by Jaime Gross, Published Jun. 2006

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    Healdsburg Inn on the Plaza

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    Les Mars Hôtel

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    The 16 over-the-top rooms at the new Les Mars Hôtel, which is modeled after a French château, are decked out with four-poster canopy beds and 17th-... More
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    Hotel Healdsburg

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    Healdsburg’s historic downtown got a big dose of modern chic when this hotel opened in 2002, right on the main square. The property has a sophistic

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    Duchamp Hotel, Healdsburg

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    Urbanites who prefer sleek, self-serve apartments to homey, antiques-filled B&Bs will appreciate the Duchamp, just two blocks off Healdsburg’s main

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    Oakville Grocery

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    Barndiva

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    A locavore’s paradise, this all–regionally sourced, all-sustainable restaurant (set in a soaring, modern version of a red barn) takes haute farmyar... More
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    Cyrus

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    Sonoma Valley dining doesn’t get any finer than it does here, at this two-Michelin-starred restaurant set in Healdsburg’s Hotel Le Mars. The dining

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    Dry Creek Kitchen

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    Chef Charlie Palmer has been a busy fellow since he first opened his landmark NYC restaurant, Aureole, back in 1988. Over the past two decades, he’... More
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    Plaza Farms

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    Scoop up Sonoma County's best artisanal goodies like DaVero's Meyer-lemon olive oil, sheep's-milk cheese from Bellwether Artisan Creamery, and home... More
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    Scout, Healdsburg

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    The shop is a mash-up of beach cottage and kaleidoscope, where gingerbread- trimmed shelves brim with kids' clothes in a riot of colors and patterns. More
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    Toad Hollow

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    Toad Hollow's tasting room boasts an unstuffy atmosphere and intriguing no-oak Chardonnay. More
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    Thumbprint Cellars

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    The tasting room at Thumbprint Cellars is a favorite for its loungelike ambience and small-lot wines. More
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    M Clothing

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    M Clothing is stocked with women's designs from both established and emerging labels. More
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    Baksheesh

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    Baksheesh focuses on fair-trade, handcrafted gifts from the developing world, including carved beechwood bowls from Haiti and djembe drums from Bur... More
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    21 Arrondissement

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    The pea-sized 21 Arrondissement showcases interior designer Myra Hoefer's best French flea-market and estate-sale finds: a pair of gilt-and-velvet ... More
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    Lime Stone

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    Overseen by Lisa Palmer, wife of Dry Creek Kitchen chef, Charlie Palmer, Lime Stone sells restaurant-quality dining furniture and tabletop accesso... More
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  • findingvino — Posted Dec. 27, 2009

    Don't miss...

    ..Diavola - the best pizza in the country - and I am willing to take bets on it! Diavolo is in Geyserville in the Alexander Valley, a short 7 minutes north of Healdsburg. A fabulous gem that is frequented by locals and tourists alike. You won't find a better meal for the price in wine country. And make sure you drink the house red: it's made by Hawkes, though you wouldn't know it as it is served in a carafe. You can't miss this place if you are in wine country in Norcal.

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  • andyv — Posted Nov. 30, 2009

    More recommendations

    We visited the area in a different way...on Vespa scooters! Found about them right here on Travel & Leisure(www.WineCountryVespa.com). We found the best small, local wineries and LOVED:
    1) Garden Creek: Amazing small production cabernet, chardonnay, and chef's cooking products called Verjus and Saba -- reduced red wine grapes, in copper pots, that make any dish so much better.
    2) Forth Vineyards: Tiny, beautiful, and tucked away in the hills above Dry Creek Valley. Yum.
    3) ... Read More

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  • sonomawineguy — Posted Nov. 24, 2009

    Winery recommendation

    If you are out in Dry Creek Valley, I recommend visiting Michel Schlumberger Winery. They are an amazing all organic winery with a beautiful Mission styled winery and beautiful rolling hills. Their tours are great with walks around the vineyards and the inside of the winery. Their wines are delicious, my favorite is their Cabernets, but they also make a Pinot Noir, which they say is the only Dry Creek Valley Pinot. They have a strong committment to the environment too. Must check them ou...

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