San Francisco International Airport 1 hr 18
Sonoma Plaza (15 min) Town hub featuring a green space lined with 1800s buildings, restaurants, tasting rooms & shops. Sonoma State Historic Park (15 min) Historic Franciscan mission founded in 1823, with exhibits & a collection of watercolor paintings. Buena Vista Winery (22 min) Landmark circa-1857 winery with historic buildings, formal gardens, tastings & picnic spots. Domaine Carneros (25 min) Winery specializing in still & sparkling wines, with a French-inspired chateau & formal gardens. Sonoma TrainTown Railroad (16 min) Quarter-scale, old-timey train making 20-minute trips to a mini town with a petting zoo & rides. Trione-Annadel State Park (22 min) Large park featuring hiking trails, fields of wildflowers & Lake Ilsanjo for fishing with a license. Quarryhill Botanical Garden (6 min) One of the largest collections of documented, wild-collected Asian plants in the world. Jack London State Historic Park (5 min) Vast park dedicated to Jack London featuring his gravesite, a museum, historic buildings & trails. Spring Lake Park (27 min) Sizable park featuring a campground, swimming lagoon & lake plus 9.7 miles of multi-use trails. Cakebread Cellars (32 min) Guests taste wine in nine country-chic rooms & a glass-walled bottle library at this modern venue. Sonoma Mountain (30 min) Low mountain topping out at 2,463 feet, with hiking trails through oak woodlands & chaparral. Scribe Winery (18 min) Reservations are required at this palm-flanked hacienda that offers wine flights & seasonal bites. Sugarloaf Ridge State Park (14 min) Large park with mountain vistas, the Sonoma Creek headwaters & an observatory for stargazing. |