August 4, 2014

Sonoma: Sonoma’s Best Guest Cottages + Sonoma’s Best Market Cafe; hotel review + things to do

1190 East Napa St./Old Winery Rd., ((800) 291-8962, (707) 933-0340.  4 cottages.  All full kitchens. 

Built in 1935, Sonoma's Best Guest Cottages are in a rural area about 8 blocks from Sonoma’s central plaza.  Three accommodate two people, and the fourth has a loft with two twin beds and accommodates four.  Kitchens are stocked with an assortment of local products to get you started, including a bag of Blue Bottle Coffee and a half-bottle of wine.  Each cottage has a patio with lounge chairs, a chiminea fireplace that burns real wood, and a gas barbecue, and each is individually decorated.

Sweet little Spring Flowers has hardwood floors and sunflower-yellow walls hung with colorful original art.

Spring Flowers cottage at Sonoma’s Best Guest Cottages in Sonoma, California
Spring Flowers cottage at Sonoma’s Best Guest Cottages in Sonoma, California


rose bouquet at Sonoma’s Best Guest Cottages in Sonoma, California
rose bouquet at Sonoma’s Best Guest Cottages in Sonoma, California


When blooming, fragrant roses from the property’s rose garden add to the decor.  Bikes are available for loan. 

 

Sonoma’s Best Market Cafe in Sonoma, California
Sonoma’s Best Market Cafe in Sonoma, California


Sonoma’s Best Market Cafe  

(707) 933-3000. 

The vintage Sonoma’s Best Market Cafe store has been in business here since 1913.  The perfect stop for picnic supplies, it serves Blue Bottle Coffee and purveys some prepared food and many packaged local food products.  A wine-tasting room pours samplings of local vintages; the $5 tasting fee is donated to Pet Lifeline. 



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image ©2014 Carole Terwilliger Meyers

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