MacArthur Place, Gracious Manor with Creature Comforts in Sonoma, Calif.
When you travel, one of the toughest things to rectify is the trading down to lesser accommodations than you’re accustomed to at home. It’s supposed to be a vacation but sometimes you have to wonder why you’re paying for less than your beautiful house and favorite, cozy bed. There’s a special place that’s been transformed into a hotel but once was a regal estate out among the wine grapes of Sonoma County. MacArthur Place Hotel (macarthurplace.com) has been artfully restored with touches that make you want to stick around. The estate reminds one of historic inns you’ll find in Vermont. Wine country sampling, gourmet dining and exploring the beautiful countryside make for a gracious, much-needed escape. Don’t forget to see the charming downtown with Sonoma Mission and Carnegie Library building!
Highlights:
- Blocks from downtown Sonoma
- Luxuriant foliage of hundreds of trees
- Complimentary, daily Happy Hour in the Library complete with good local wines and appetizers
- Magnificent 19th century estate with 64-rooms, luxury retreat and spa
- In-room locally made shampoos and soaps with grapeseeds from neighboring vineyards, organic olive oil, lavender and rosemary
- Rich with woods and luxury bedding
- Decks where you can sunbathe
- 2 Garden Spa Suites with outdoor shower and teak wine soaking tub housed in a Japanese teahouse overlooking a waterfall
- 40 different massage, facial and body treatments based on the fruit, flowers and herbs grown in the gardens
- Saddles: A great Steakhouse located in a century old barn that was designed to replicate the barn at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello, was originally used to house prize Trotter horses and buggies.
- Special arrangements for weddings, events and private affairs
