Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Town's hippest cafe serves no booze, but hosts acoustic music Friday and Saturday even-
ings.
Information
California Welcome Center & Santa Rosa Visitors Bureau
(
800-404-7673, 707-577-8674;
www.visitsantarosa.com
;
9 4th St;
9am-5pm Mon-Sat, 10am-5pm
Sun)
Same-day lodging assistance. At Railroad Sq, west of Hwy 101; take downtown exit from
Hwy 12 or 101.
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital
HOSPITAL/MEDICAL
(
707-546-3210; 1165 Montgomery St)
Healdsburg & Around
Once a sleepy ag town best known for its Future Farmers of America parade, Healdsburg
has emerged as northern Sonoma County's culinary capital. Foodie-scenester restaurants
and cafes, wine-tasting rooms and fancy boutiques line Healdsburg Plaza, the town's sun-
dappled central square (bordered by Healdsburg Ave and Center, Matheson and Plaza Sts).
Traffic grinds to a halt summer weekends, when second-home-owners and tourists jam
downtown. Old-timers aren't happy with the Napa-style gentrification, but at least Healds-
burg retains its historic look, if not its once-quiet summers. It's best visited weekdays -
stroll tree-lined streets, sample locavore cooking and soak up the NorCal flavor.
Sights
Tasting rooms surround the plaza. Free
summer concerts
play Tuesday afternoons.
Healdsburg Museum
MUSEUM
707-431-3325;
www.healdsburgmuseum.org
; 221 Matheson St, Healds-
burg; donation requested;
11am-4pm Wed-Sun)
