2 Best Hotels in Napa and Sonoma, California

Tranquility and luxury with a low carbon footprint are among the goals of this ultragreen wood, steel, and glass resortlike property in downtown Yountville, but there's nothing spartan about the lodgings, arranged around four landscaped courtyards. Spacious rooms with private patios or balconies have high-thread-count organic bedding, gas fireplaces, and bathrooms large enough to accommodate the in-room spa treatments Bardessono is known for. About half the rooms come equipped with combination showers/steam rooms, outdoor showers, or both. High-tech touches include virtual-surround speaker systems. At the hotel's restaurant, Lucy, the chef uses mostly local ingredients, some grown in the hotel's garden, to craft the menu.

Every room has a vineyard view at this self-described resort-style bed-and-breakfast whose glittering fusion of Thai luxury and Wine Country chic distinguishes it from its Napa Valley peers. Best known for Osha Thai on San Francisco's Embarcadero and that restaurant's local outpost, chef Lalita Souksamlane expands guests' horizons with sumptuously decorated rooms and suites (466–738 square feet), each based on a different region of her native land. Expect plush bedding, spacious showers, stand-alone tubs, and all the western technical mod cons. The hot tub and outdoor saltwater pool share the same vineyard views as the rooms, and there's a sauna. Phenomenal three-course breakfasts begin with seasonal local fruit, followed by croissants and various breads and a pan-Pacific main event that might include Thai eggs, shrimp congee, chicken pho, waffles, and pancakes.