The Farmhouse Inn
With a farmhouse-meets-modern-loft aesthetic, this low-key but upscale getaway with a pale-yellow exterior contains spacious rooms filled with king-size four-poster beds, whirlpool tubs, and hillside-view terraces. Larger rooms toward the back of the property are among the inn's most romantic, with an open floor plan and, in some cases, private patios or decks accessed through wide French doors. Several rooms have double-sided fireplaces facing both the room and patio. The smoothly efficient service, concierges to help guests with touring and wine tasting, and dining options—The Restaurant at Farmhouse Inn (prix-fixe dinner-only tasting menus) and Farmstand (casual lunch and dinner)—qualify the inn for top-tier status among Sonoma County luxury properties. But this place offers something extra the others can't match: the deep sense of the county and its rhythms that sister-and-brother part-owners Catherine and Joe Bartolomei share as fifth-generation residents. Although their inn deserves its many press and online plaudits, the sublime experience most guests describe comes not from Farmhouse living up to the hype (though it largely does) but from the unstudied elegance and the staff's attention to detail.
