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Napa Valley Wine Train
TRAIN TOUR
( 800-427-4124, 707-253-2111;
www.winetrain.com
; adult/child from $109/74)
A cushy, if touristy, way to see Wine Country, the Wine Train offers three-hour daily trips
in vintage Pullman dining cars, from Napa to St Helena and back, with an optional winery
tour. Trains depart from McKinstry St, near 1st St.
Sleeping
Summer demand exceeds supply. Weekend rates skyrocket. Also consider staying in Calis-
toga.
Chablis Inn
MOTEL
Sat & Sun $169-189; )
Good-value, well-kept motel near Napa's only stretch of freeway. Hot tub.
Carneros Inn
RESORT
$485-570, Sat & Sun $650-900; )
Carneros Inn's contemporary aesthetic and retro, small-town agricultural theme shatter the
predictable Wine Country mold. The semi-detached, corrugated-metal cottages look like
itinerant housing, but inside they're snappy and chic, with cherry-wood floors, ultrasuede
headboards, wood-burning fireplaces, heated-tile bathroom floors, giant tubs and indoor-
outdoor showers. Linger by day at the hilltop pool, by night at the outdoor fireplaces. Two
excellent onsite restaurants.
Splurge on a vineyard-view room.
Milliken Creek Inn
INN
Trail; r incl breakfast $295-750; )
Understatedly elegant Milliken Creek combines small-inn charm, fine-hotel service and
B&B intimacy. Rooms are impeccably styled in English-Colonial style, and have top-flight