Hilton Sonoma

... be the two of us a car and a camera (and a GPS). The flights were into San Francisco and the hotel was a beautiful Hilton resort. We totally loved the way it felt like being in a sparsely populated, picturesque hill station. The plan was that there was ...

... of the night it took us quite a while to fine this beautiful hotel tucked away in a quiet corner of the wine country. The Hilton looked all set for vacationers looking to enjoy some quiet and nice wine. We had an executive room in a block of rooms called ...

... time the restaurant opened. We again had lovely views of the valley and a huge American breakfast. Today, we were headed for Sonoma, the lesser known cousin of Napa. Sonoma has more boutique vineyards which don’t see as much tourist traffic and ...

As predicted, we were in the breakfast room at 7 am, sharp. But it wasn't that bad a thing, we got this great table overlooking the beautiful valley which look all the more stunning in the colors of dawn. After a filling meal, we headed towards the ...

Places visited: Berkeley, Santa Rosa, Healdsburg We drove from friendly and safe Oakland to Sonoma Valley to do some exploring and wine tasting. The drive up was awesome as we first stopped in Berkeley to take a look at the college town and explore the ...

Tuesday night, I kept bugging Leigh that we should go bike riding and enjoy the nature out in Sonoma valley. I could tell she wasn't too thrilled about the idea so I started making up facts about what we would see on the way (lots and lots of animals) and ...

... were straight from the barrels. Sonoma was more low-key and family-runned. Out two favorite wineries happened to be in Sonoma: Seghesio, of course, and Wilson, where we loved the wine so much, we joined their wine club. This was definitely one of ...

... up early and headed back down market st to the ferry wharf where we boarded a shuttle which took us over the golden gate through Sonoma and to Napa. We visited 4 winery's of different varieties and did some tastings at each.  Had a great lunch at the ...

Meeting mum and John in Napa for breakfast was followed by a quick run around Sonoma valley wine country and with a justified sense of déjà vu we stopped at BR Cohn, VJB and Chateau St Jean – all very ...

... ; I could only squirm in my seat and keep reading. The rest of our first day would include visiting a bookstore (beautiful Sonoma, Sarah the Learned counsels us, also has brains), running our hands ‘lovingly’ over some copper cookware, ...

... you going for days and will definitely be a regular feature on the coffee shop menu. From San Francisco we headed to the Sonoma Valley, nextdoor to Napa. We found the most beautiful motel, near the vines, but most importantly with a pool - it was ...

... beets. Sitting at the picnic tables, other folks had well-worn, old-fashioned picnic baskets-the kind yuppies around here get from Williams-Sonoma for tons of money and drag out once a year for the picnic in the park thing. But theirs were the real ...

... move regularly on a daily basis, and they must be negotiated. And you can negotiate it – with wine and mud, in Calistoga, Sonoma, Napa.  Incredible. And you can stay at a lighthouse, even if it’s slightly out of the way.  Stay and ...

... all the merchandise was PINK - I restrained myself... just.   We then headed up to the Kahala Mandarin (formely knownas the Kahala Hilton) to check out the dolphins. They have the dolphin pool in the middle and all the rooms surrounding it - its so ...

Yesterday we woke up and saw the California coast, which is quite different from the Oregon coast, and a lot of redwoods. These trees are incredible, many of them are several thousand years old and fire and bug proof.  They are huge and we got to ...