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Hotel Healdsburg

25 Matheson St.

Sonoma , CA , United States http://www.hotelhealdsburg.com/home/

(707) 431-2800

Cost:

$$$$$

Healdsburg’s historic downtown got a big dose of modern chic when this hotel opened in 2002, right on the main square. The property has a sophisticated, W-ish aesthetic, with common areas (a cavernous, firelit lobby lounge, a glassed-in breakfast atrium, a sleek outdoor pool) that feel luxe and decidedly angular. The 55 guest rooms are more inviting, with sunny yellow walls, polished pecan floors, and teak furnishings warming up the otherwise spare décor (the goose-down duvets and Frette linens help, too). Celebrity chef Charlie Palmer, who owns the hotel, also runs the excellent on-site restaurant, Dry Creek Kitchen; be sure to nab a dinner reservation when you book your room. For a more hands-on experience, sign up for any of several one-day cooking classes at Palmer’s nearby Relish Culinary School—they run the gamut from pickling and cheesemaking to mushroom-foraging.