NAPA WINE COUNTRY

Napa County’s wine country is the second most popular vacation destination in California and deservedly so. The land in Napa, California, is stunningly beautiful. Stretching from the San Francisco Bay to the rugged mountains north of Calistoga, Napa Valley is a sight to behold.

Crammed with vineyards that stretch from the verdant Mayacamas mountains on its west side to barren foothills of its east, and dotted with huge knolls that rise straight from the valley floor as if they were created by giant moles, Napa Valley is BeautifulPlaces country.

Napa Valley is home to more than 220 wineries, ranging in size from small family operations to publicly held companies that bottle more than 1 million cases of wine per year. Speaking of the beautiful symmetry of the vineyards that cross Napa Valley and roll-up Napa mountainsides, a local architect noted that Napa vineyards are the world’s most expensive landscaping -- and some of its most beautiful, too.

Many Napa County wineries offer tours to the public as well as a tasting room where wine enthusiasts can taste the fruits of the wineries’ labor and learn the secrets behind what makes these Napa Valley wines so special.

Make no mistake, however, there is more to do in Napa than merely taste wine. The spa industry is alive and well in Napa, with mineral water soaks, mud baths and massage all popular local traditions. Calistoga is renowned for its warm, spring water-fed mineral tubs and mud baths. Other towns such as St. Helena and Napa have full-service spas as well.

Second only to wine tasting in popularity, is the pursuit of great dining experiences, which have an abundance few locations outside such major epicurean centers as New York or San Francisco can match. Napa Valley is home to some of the nation’s finest restaurants, where competition to secure reservations borders on legend.

Whatever your pleasure, Napa has it in great measure. But when it comes to finding the right place to stay, no other luxury vacation rental company knows Napa wine country like we do nor offers the mélange of luxury, privacy, comfort, convenience and choice from which to partake of Napa’s many splendors, that BeautifulPlaces, Vacation Homes of Distinctions, offers.

For the first time, it is possible to visit the wine country in the style and manner to which you are accustomed. No compromises are required. From historic homes in the center of St. Helena, Napa County, to hilltop mansions and vineyard villas to luxurious yet rustic farmhouses, BeautifulPlaces is raising the standard of traditional private lodging to a new and welcome level.

We also offer an array of services and amenities and the assistance of our friendly professional staff to ensure that your stay in Napa wine country is truly memorable. Allow our concierge to help you plan your itinerary for your tour of the wine country.

Need to contact a caterer for the party you are planning? Want to have a massage after a long day of traveling the back roads of Napa wine country? We’ll take care of it.

Thinking about taking a culinary course on your Napa vacation but not sure hot to fit it in? No problem. We can arrange for a chef-instructor to come to your Napa luxury vacation rental to give you and your party a lesson. You get the picture!

Napa, California is a destination for all seasons. From fall’s fire-red foliage and sharp, clear sunny skies to a winterscape of green rolling hills and vine stocks, Napa keeps you coming back. Spring is spectacular in Napa, with fields abloom with yellow mustard flowers, vines coming to life, and fauna renewing the cycle of life everywhere.

Then there is summer in Napa, with its long warm days, and cool nights inviting guests and residents alike to soak-up every moment of the day in this magical, year-round lifestyle paradise called Napa.