July 19, 2013

Mendocino: Blue Door Inn; hotel review

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Blue Door Inn  

(Formerly the Whitegate Inn)  499 Howard St., (800) 531-7282, (707) 937-4892..  6 rooms, 1 cottage; $$-$$$+.  All gas fireplaces.  Afternoon wine; full breakfast.  No pets. 

garden at the Blue Door Inn in Mendocino, California
garden at the Blue Door Inn in Mendocino, California


Surrounded by a garden and white picket fence, this updated 1883 Victorian is tastefully furnished in contemporary English style.  Housebaked cookies are always available at the Blue Door Inn, and in the morning guests are served a gourmet two-course breakfast in the formal dining room. 
breakfast fruit plate at the Blue Door Inn in Mendocino, California
breakfast fruit plate at the Blue Door Inn in Mendocino, California


Rooms are named after royal residences and have similar decor.  Beds feature padded fabric headboards and are dressed in posh Neiman Marcus linens.  The Buckingham room has a large bathroom with a magnificent oversize soaking tub with tiny jet holes around the bottom (three rooms have this kind of tub) and a fast-fill waterfall faucet, and the Kensington room has an ocean view.


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images ©2013 Carole Terwilliger Meyers

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