Napa

By plane

• San Francisco International Airport (SFO), +1 650-821-8211.
• Oakland International Airport (OAK), +1 510-563-3300.
• Sacramento International Airport (SMF), +1 916-929-5411.

• Napa County Airport

  phone: +1 707-253-4300
  address: 2030 Airport Rd
  No scheduled service. Useful for private planes. Air charter companies including Napa Jet Center and Air Charter Advisors offer direct flights with aircraft rentals ranging from economical single & twin engines props to luxury Gulfstream and business jets.

Evans Airport Shuttle provides transportation from OAK and SFO. Check the schedules beforehand.

By car

From San Francisco: From San Francisco or East Bay: From Sacramento and points east:

By bus

• Evans Transportation operates scheduled shuttles ($29, 90 minutes) between San Francisco and Oakland airports and Vallejo and Napa hotels.
• Napa Valley Transit operates several buses, called the VINE from neighboring cities.

By boat

San Francisco Bay Ferry ($13 each way, 60 minutes) operates between San Francisco and Vallejo. From the Vallejo ferry terminal, you can take VINE Bus #10 to Napa.

By bus

• The Vine Public bus service with several routes in Napa County

By chauffeur

• Elegant Wine Tours offers a $299 10-passenger limousine 6-hr wine tour plus tax, fuel, gratuity and license. Elegant Wine Tours specializes in providing boutique Napa and Sonoma limousine winery visits, custom Napa and Sonoma itineraries and off-the-beaten path wine tour destinations.
• Allure Wine Tours based in Napa provides personalized, chauffeured limo excursions throughout wine country. Every guest has the option to design their own trip or have Allure Wine Tour's staff create an itinerary to suit their tastes.
• Perata Luxury Tours is probably the best private tour service. The owner knows most of the owners of the local wineries personally. $65–75/hour, plus taxes and gratuity. 5-6 hour minimum.
• Platypus Wine Tours offers daily 6-hour tours of 4 wineries. 8-12 people per tour. $99 per person. Local pick up included.
• Vine Limo Napa provides custom tailored and priced wine tours of Napa and the surrounding wine country.
• Shayne One Limosuine's Wine Country Tours offers daily 6-hour tours tours of 4-6 wineries) $99 per person. Local pick-up included.

• Napa Firefighters Museum

  phone: +1 707 259-0609
  address: 1201 Main St

• Labyrinth at the Methodist Church

  phone: +1 707 253-1411
  address: 625 Randolph St
  Cool replica of the labyrinth in Chartres Cathedral. Walking the labyrinth is considered a sacred act. Donation.

• Quent Cordair Fine Art

  phone: +1 707 255-2242
  address: 1301 First St
  The gallery features uplifting and inspirational paintings, sculptures and drawings of the contemporary Romantic Realism style.

• Napa Valley Wine Train

  phone: +1 707 253-2111
  address: 1275 McKinstry St
  Various types of train rides offered for the 36-mile round trip to St. Helena, with or without gourmet dinner. Buy the "flight" of wines at the tasting car. Make this institution part of your trip.

• Napa Valley Symphony

  phone: +1 707-226-6872
  address: 860 Kaiser Rd
  Performs classical and pops repertoire (guests have included Neil Sedaka, Wynona, Glenn Campbell and Johnny Mathis). Performances are at the Lincoln Theater of Yountville.

• Napa Valley Opera House

  phone: +1 707-226-7372
  address: 1030 Main St
  Not just opera.

• Festival Napa ValleyLarge festival with music and food.

Hiking

• Westwood Hills Park

  phone: +1 707-257-9529
  Nice views of the valley from this park's trails. Children's nature library.

Horseback riding

• Wine Country Trail Rides

Bike tours

• Napa Valley Bike Tours

  address: 6795 Washington St., Bldg. B
  Offering guided bike tours visiting local wineries, bike rentals and multi-day bicycling vacation packages. Also offering kayaking tours.

Balloon & helicopter rides

• Napa Valley Balloons

• Aerostat Adventures

  phone: +1 707-433-3777
  address: 603 California St
  Hot air ballooning.

Golf

• Napa Golf Course at Kennedy Park

  phone: +1 707-255-4333
  address: 2295 Streblow Dr
  Eighteen-hole, par 72 course.

• Chardonnay Golf Club

  address: 2555 Jamieson Canyon Rd
  Hwy 12. Eighteen-hole Championship golf club. Par 72, 6,919 yards.

• Silverado Resort - North and South Courses

  phone: +1 707-257-5586
  address: 1600 Atlas Peak Rd
  Two Robert Trent Jones, Jr. courses.

• Eagle Vines Golf Club

  phone: +1 707-257-4470
  address: 580 South Kelly Rd
  Eighteen hole, par 72, 7,283 yards.

• Napa Premium Outlets

Budget

• Asia Cafe

  phone: +1 707-224-0840
  address: 825 Main St
  It looks like a hole in the wall, but the food is fantastic. Two people can eat for roughly $7. Tip nice though because they are trying to put their girls through college.

• Andie's

  phone: +1 707-259-1107
  address: 1042 Freeway Dr
  Near the Outlet Mall. Little hamburger stand that shares its location with a detail car wash. Appearances can be deceiving, though. It has the well-deserved reputation of having the best hamburgers in the Napa Valley. It can be very busy around lunchtime though, so it is recommended that you call in your order.

• Centre Cafe

  phone: +1 707-603-3260
  address: 388 Devlin Rd
  Centre Cafe features soups, calamari, sandwiches, pizza, rotisserie chicken, New York steak, fish and pasta. The breakfast menu consists of torta wedges, eggs benedict, freshly baked goods. Centre Cafe is open for breakfast, lunch and happy hour.

• VallergasA local supermarket. There is one on the corner of Silverado Trail and 1st Street (now JV liquors), and one near Highway 29, in the Redwood Shopping plaza, located at the Redwood and Solano intersection. It has a very fine deli. It is a good place to pick up things for a picnic.

• Keva Juice

  phone: +1 707-265-6900
  address: 3816 Bel Aire Plaza
  Owned by Napa natives, a relaxed, fun vibe. It's where all the locals go for smoothies. Yummy smoothies of all kinds, with vegan friendly options as well. Be sure to try the Red Bull smoothie, it's a local favorite. With nothing over $6, it's the perfect budget snack. (If the owners are there, they're the perfect people to ask about local food and wine.)

Mid-range

• Angele

  phone: +1-707-252-8115
  address: 540 Main St
  Enjoy the fabulous French Country cuisine on their riverside patio in the heart of the Historic Hatt Mill & Market.

• Ristorante Allegria

  phone: +1 707-254-8006
  address: 1026 1st St
  Italian.

• Celadon

  phone: +1 707-254-9690
  address: 500 Main St

• High Tech Burrito

  phone: +1 707-224-8882
  address: 641 Trancas St
  Tex-Mex.

• Zuzu

  phone: +1 707-224-8555
  address: 829 Main St
  Popular place serves terribly tasty tapas.

• Taqueria Las Palmas

  phone: +1 707-257-1514
  address: 1730 Yajome St
  Good all around Mexican food restaurant with a pleasant outdoor dining area.

• Gott's Roadside

  phone: +1 707-224-6900
  address: 644 First St
  Burgers, sandwiches, seafood, salads, ice cream, and shakes.

• Mary's Pizza Shack

  phone: +1 707-257-3300
  address: 3085 Jefferson St
  Pizza and Italian food.

• Downtown Joes Restaurant & Microbrewery

  phone: +1 707-258-2337
  address: 902 Main St
  Downtown, over looking the river. Lively atmosphere, good beer, excellent food, a bit pricy. The menu is very limited. Entrees tend to be $15-20.

Splurge

• Bistro Don Giovanni

• FARM at The Carneros Inn

  phone: +1 707-299-4890
  address: 4048 Sonoma Highway
  A relaxing and elegant location, FARM offers both indoor seating, and an outdoor lounge, complete with fire pits and heaters. Extensive wine list with varying prices. It is open for dinner only. Reservations recommended for weekends.

Desserts

• Sweetie Pies

  phone: +1 707-257-8817
  address: 520 Main St
  Cookie?

• The Wineries of Napa Valley

  phone: +1 707-253-9450
  address: 1285 Napa Town Center
  Taste from a selection of 40 wineries, including some of the smaller family vineyards.

Wineries

• Artesa Winery

  phone: +1 707-224-1668
  address: 1345 Henry Rd
  Built into the mountain, the caves are nice and cool.

• The Hess Collection

  phone: +1 707-255-1144
  address: 4411 Redwood Rd
  Enhanced by the art gallery and self-guided tour. Cabernet Sauvignon and chardonnays shine.

• Domaine Carneros

  phone: +1 707-257-0101 ext 108
  address: 1240 Duhig Rd
  Beautifully landscaped surroundings add to the tastings here. Champagnes, sparkling wines and pinot noir.

Napa includes many bed and breakfasts, which include breakfast and more home-like, romantic atmospheres than regular hotels, but these establishments have strict cancellation policies and most require non-refundable deposits of 50-100% of the room cost at the time of booking and multiple-night stays on the weekends.

Budget

• Napa Discovery Inn

  phone: +1 707-253-0892
  address: 500 Silverado Trail
  Individual cabin style rooms.

• Napa Winery Inn

  phone: +1 707-257-7220
  address: 1998 Trower Ave

• Napa Valley Hotel and Suites

  phone: +1 707-226-1871
  address: 853 Coombs St
  Renovated rooms.

Mid-range

• 1801 First Napa Bed and Breakfast

• Arbor Guest House

  address: 1436 G St
  Jacuzzis and fireplaces in every room.

• Beazley House Bed and Breakfast Inn

  address: 1910 First St

• Carneros Inn

  address: 4048 Sonoma Highway
  Carneros has 86 individual cottages, including 10 suites and three restaurants.

• Candlelight Inn

  phone: +1 707-257-3717
  address: 1045 Easum Dr
  Away from the noise. This was the home of the Napa postmaster. Jacuzzis and fireplaces in every room.

• Churchill Manor Bed and Breakfast

  phone: +707 253-7733
  address: 485 Brown St
  Victorian Bed and Breakfast Mansion set on a 1-acre estate. Breakfast, Wi-Fi & afternoon wine social included.

• Embassy Suites Napa Valley

  phone: +1 707-253-9540
  address: 1075 California Blvd
  Three-story Mediterranean-style full service hotel featuring a millpond and park-like atmosphere. Complimentary cooked to order breakfast and evening beverage reception. One indoor and outdoor swimming pool, complimentary passes to nearby health club, on-site spa services and sundeck. Meeting space for 10-200 people. Restaurant, Lounge and Business Center.

• Hawthorn Inn & Suites

  phone: +1 707-226-1878
  address: 314 Soscol Ave
  A swimming pool, free Wi-Fi.

• Inn on First

  address: 1938 First St
  Bed and Breakfast in downtown Napa. It has elegant rooms, a long list of amenities, food, scenery and hospitality. Jacuzzis and fireplaces in every room. No TVs in the house.

• Marriott Napa Valley Hotel & Spa

  phone: +1 707-253-8600
  address: 3425 Solano Ave
  Modern business hotel.

• Meritage Resort and Spa

  phone: +1 707-251-1900
  address: 875 Bordeaux Way
  Has spa in a wine cave, a private wedding chapel and meeting space.

• Napa Inn

  address: 1137 Warren St

• Vino Bello Resort

  phone: +1 707-251-1900
  address: 865 Bordeaux Way
  Has 64 studio, one bedroom or two bedroom condominium-style suites.

• White House Inn and Spa

  phone: +1 707-254-9301
  address: 443 Brown St
  A luxury hotel with spacious suites, a private cottage, spa service, pool, hot tub, gourmet breakfast and wine tasting packages. Weddings, parties and reunions are available at the property.

Splurge

• Poetry Inn

  address: 6380 Silverado Trl
  Only 3 rooms available.

• Silverado Resort

  phone: +1 707-257-0200
  address: 1600 Atlas Peak Rd

• Napa Valley includes several other small similar towns including Sonoma and Vallejo.
• San Francisco is 90 minutes away.