complimentary amenities include on-site parking, seasonal continental breakfast, and an outdoor pool and a hot tub. quaint rooms (some with garden or hillside views) feature period furnishings and free wi-fi, plus coffeemakers, minifridges and cable tv. theres also a rustic restaurant with maple floors, a brick fireplace and a creekside patio, and a 1905 saloon with an antique oak bar and a pub-fare menu. check-in time: 3:00 pmcheck-out time: 11:00 am. overlooking sonoma creek, this victorian-era hotel named for its most famous resident is a mile from jack london state historic park, and 8 miles from sonoma. a 3-bedroom cottage adds 3 bathrooms and a full kitchen San Francisco International Airport 1 hr 20
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