THE US NAPA & SONOMA DESTINATIONS LEFT: Vineyards


SAMPLE PRODUCT


Hayes & Jarvis has seven nights from £1,599, with three nights at the WSan Francisco and four nights at the River Terrace Inn Napa. Price includes a Napa


Valley Wine Train Excursion, car hire and flights from London, departing


April 20, 2018. hayesandjarvis. co.uk


Travel 2 offers a 15- day Great Western American Adventure


escorted tour of San Francisco, Napa, Sonoma – staying at the


Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn – plus Yosemite, Monterey, LA, Grand Canyon and Las Vegas.


Prices, including Heathrow flights and private VIP transfers for a


May 11 departure, start at £5,149. travel2.com


Attraction World offers a Wine Country Full Day tour to Sonoma and Napa Valley, including hotel pick-up from San Francisco, tastings and a photo stop at the Golden Gate Bridge, from £86. attraction world.com


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Oakville Grocery is where locals stock up on cheese, charcuterie meats and doorstop sandwiches. Shoppers can take their goodies next door to newly opened Durant & Booth, which offers various flights or wines by the glass in its dapper tasting room and on the sun-dappled patio. Or suggest a picnic on the grounds


surrounding Old Faithful Geyser in Calistoga. Kids will be fascinated by the resident llama, four-horn sheep and Tennessee fainting goats, which stiffen and topple over when they sense danger. To balance the wine tasting, suggest


kayaking or stand-up paddleboarding with Napa Valley Paddle. Napa River’s muddy hue belies the fact it is one of California’s cleanest rivers and the calm


Kids will be fascinated by the llama, four-horn sheep and Tennessee fainting goats, which topple over when scared


waters make the three-and-a-half-mile trip through Oxbow Nature Reserve a breeze ($69 for a two-hour tour). A sunrise hot-air balloon ride with


Napa Valley Aloft costs from $200 and makes a memorable end to a holiday, especially if rounded off with a champagne brunch for $25 extra.


Where to stay: Napa River Inn is ideally located in downtown Napa’s walkable cluster of boutiques, restaurants and tasting rooms. Lovely touches include in-room breakfast from Sweetie Pies Bakery, free bikes, and wine-themed toiletries. Doubles from £230. The on-site spa proves that wine


really is good for you, with in-house products harnessing the healing and anti-oxidant properties of grape seeds. Suggest Michelin-rated Celadon


for upscale comfort food such as double-cut pork chop with fries. A 15-minute walk away is Oxbow Public Market, offering wood-fired pizza at Kitchen Door and ales from Fieldwork Brewing Company. Locals cluster on the public riverside patio at sunset. On the northern tip of the valley,


in Sonoma RIGHT:


Kayaking on the


Napa River BELOW:


Buena Vista Winery, Sonoma


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