1801
FIRST INN
▪ This well situated bed & breakfast with an intimate feel
broke the mold! Owner Darcy and her staff offered guests…high
standard amenities including service and gourmet oriented features
in a convivial ambiance where guests could chose quiet seclusion
or friendly exchanges during the day's social moments. – Simon
& Baker Traveler Review
ABIGAIL’S
HOTEL
▪ The finest accommodation in Victoria – Victoria Times
Colonist
▪ Five Star Canada Select
▪ Abigail’s combines the beauty of the Old World with the comforts
of the new . . . not a lavish detail is missed. – Northwest
Best Places
▪ If you have a special occasion to celebrate, or can invent
one, this is the ideal place to come! – Best Places to Kiss
in the Northwest
▪ You’ll find elegance on a smaller, more personal scale at
the enchanting Abigail’s Hotel, voted Best Small Hotel in Victoria
by Frommers.com. – Whatcom Magazine
▪ At Abigail’s Hotel, a Tudor-style mansion surrounded by meticulous
English gardens, you can spoil yourself with true Victorian
luxury in rooms with fireplaces. – National Geographic Traveler
▪ The property is particularly unique because it combines the
look and feel of a luxury hotel with the coziness of a B&B.
Ask and you shall receive at Abigail’s, a stunningly appointed
bed-and-breakfast in the heart of Victoria. – Jewish Independent
Paper
▪ Favourite Boutique Hotel – WestJet Flyers
▪ Top One Percent of the WORLD'S Leading hotels – Expedia.com
THE
AVALON HOTEL
▪ Its Craftsman-inspired interiors are stylish, its rooms spacious,
and the ocean view from its rooftop deck sweeping. – Sunset
Magazine
▪ The Avalon Hotel offers splendid panoramic views of the harbor
– Orange County’s Ocean Magazine
▪ The technology was nice, but it was the Supple-Pedic memory
foam mattresses and pillows swathed in silky 350-thread count
sheets that made the Avalon feel like a splurge. – Los Angeles
Times
BED
& BREAKFAST INN AT LA JOLLA
▪ Best B & B in San Diego – Cooking Light Magazine
▪ Best B & B/Inn Location for walking to shops & restaurants
– Arrington’s B&B Journal
▪ Best Bed & Breakfast for Moderate Hotel Category – International
Restaurant and Hotel Awards ( IRHA) 3rd Place
BLACK
WALNUT INN
▪ One of Three "Best Wine-Country Inns" in the U.S.
– Food & Wine, April 2008
▪ By far the most opulent hotel in the Willamette Valley's wine
country, this soaring
▪ Tuscan-style villa offers unparalleled warmth and comfort.
– The Insiders Guide to Oregon Wine Country by Camas Davis
and Conde Cox
▪ Places to stay in the wine country – James Conaway, Gourmet
Magazine February 2008
▪ ...Whatever you do, stick around for their world class breakfast,
made fresh each morning with seasonal ingredients from local
farms and featuring such NW delicacies as smoked salmon benedict.
– Jeremy Lloyd, PDX Magazine October 2007
▪ Turn a day trip into a weekend of pleasure by booking an elegant-yet-simple
room at the Black Walnut Inn & Vineyard… – “Ultimate
Getaways, Willamette Valley, Oregon” Jill Davis Portland Monthly,
May 2007
▪ Completed in 2004, one of the newer additions to the valley
is in Dundee’s red hills: the Black Walnut Inn, a Tuscan Style
Villa on 42 acres – 12 of which nurture neat rows of newly planted
vines. Its nine suites have four-poster beds and spa-like travertine-tile
bathrooms. – Conde Naste Traveler, April 2007
▪ Unwind in uncluttered luxury (and European linens) as you
take in sweeping vistas of vineyards, the valley, Mt. Hood and
the Cascade Range – “Where to stay in Yamhill County” M.J.
Cody, Northwest Palate, Nov/Dec 2006
BRENTWOOD
BAY LODGE
▪ Taking cues from its locale, the spa incorporates locally
grown and harvested grapes into their signature Vinotherapy
treatments. – Western Canadian Resorts, May 2007
▪ Mmm...summer on the West Coast. Time to kick back, explore
a new place or return to the familiar. Either way, Victoria's
only five star oceanfront resort, Brentwood Bay Lodge and Spa,
fits the bill. – Cheryl MacKinnon, Vancouver Sun
▪ One of the best spas on the West Coast. – Frommers
▪ Five Star Canada Select
▪ Nothing is missed: from the inventive menu and wine matches,
to seamless service, even unique dinnerware that displays the
food to be consumed. A trip here just might be the pinnacle...for
the foodie in your life.” – Deana Lancaster, North Shore
News
▪ Distilled essence of West Coast contemporary cool, combining
a naturally tranquil setting with an unaffected sense of sophistication.
– John Lee, Globe and Mail
▪ Brentwood Bay Lodge & Spa affords a romantic getaway opportunity.
This spa destination has 33 sumptuously furnished Ocean Suites
with marvelous bay views, fireplaces, and hot tubs well designed
to put you in a soulful mood. – Jettsetters Magazine
▪ The Number One Hotel in British Columbia, one of the top 1%
of 80,000 hotels – Expedia’s Insider Select 2008
CAMPBELL
HOUSE
▪ Top 25 Inns in America – American Historic Inns
▪ Innkeeper of the Year – Lane County Lodging Association
THE
CARLTON HOTEL
▪ One of the nicest hotels between the Bay Area and Santa Barbara.
– Peter Fish, Sunset Magazine
▪ The 52-room boutique hotel set in a beautifully renovated
1929 building is surprisingly elegant for the rugged, farm-friendly
terrain. The hotel’s upscale restaurant has quickly become one
of the area’s best and a prime spot to sip local wines. – Nina
Elder & Andrew Knowlton, Bon Appetit
▪ The rooms are large and comfortable, the restaurant boasts
a long wine list and excellent food, and the patio tables on
the second floor terrace practically beg guests to sit and sip.
– Robin Jones, Westways Magazine
CARTER
HOUSE
▪ Grand Award – Wine Spectator
▪ Best B & B/Small Hotel in Northern California. – San
Francisco Focus Magazine
▪ The place, quite simply is beautiful…the find of the year.
A beautiful combination of bed & breakfast hospitality and
hotel comfort. – San Francisco Examiner
▪ To dine at the Carter’s inn is to step back into an era when
mealtime was a ritual, a celebration of the unique provender
of the season at hand. – Victoria Magazine
▪ The Best in Northern California – Pacific Northwest Magazine
CASA
LAGUNA INN
▪ One of 25 Favorite Inns in America - Coastal Living Magazine
▪ Its reputation is well deserved. Its location superb, the
staff attentive and its lowest-priced rooms are an excellent
value for the money, especially given the quality of their breakfasts.
– “Best of Orange County" for nine consecutive years –
Orange County Register
▪ Silver Medal Winner, 2007 Inn-credible Breakfast Cook-off,
Select Registry
▪ Gold Medal Winner, 2008 Inn-credible Breakfast Cook-off, Select
Registry
▪ Casa Laguna is so appealing that it nearly stopped me in my
tracks. Betsy Malloy, www.about.com
DURLACHER
HOF
▪ What do you do on or about the mountains is your business.
Me, I’ll toddle off to the eiderdowns at Durlacher Hof, the
best B&B thereabouts; secure in the knowledge that there’s
an Austrian country breakfast ahead, the aroma starting at 7-ish
and what a nice way to wake up. Snow? Who cares? I’ll just have
double palatschinken. – Jurgen Gothe, The Vancouver Sun
FAIRHAVEN
VILLAGE INN
▪ Best Places to Kiss
▪ Northwest Best Places
GROVELAND
HOTEL
▪ You’ve struck gold! – Best Places to Kiss
▪ A ‘must stay’ – Pathfinders Travel Magazine
▪ The Mosley’s have preserved the hotel’s reputation as ‘best
house on the hill.’– Sierra Heritage
▪ A Men’s Journal Dream Town – Men’s Journal
HARBOR
HOUSE
▪ One of the West's Best Small Inns – Sunset Magazine
▪ The Harbor House Inn has become the most luxurious inn along
this seaside stretch – Departures Magazine
▪ The Harbor House Inn...elegant, refurbished; next time we'll
stay there – Travel & Leisure
▪ Six rooms in the main house; each more wondrous than the last.
– Diablo Magazine
▪ This inn has it all: views, elegant rooms, and meals that
alone makes the trip worthwhile – Sunset Magazine, 2004
HONOR MANSION INN
▪ Flawless – Best Places to Kiss in Northern California
▪ A perfect balance of pampering and privacy – Pacific Sun
▪ Once in awhile, we stumble across a place that is so close
to flawless, it quickly reminds us why we do what we do. The
Honor Mansion is one of those places. Beauty and grace emanate
from the very foundation of this white, Italianate Victorian
home set in a quiet, residential neighborhood under a 100-year-old
magnolia tree. Your first glimpse of elegance comes in the guest
parlor with its deep burgundy wallpaper, crackling fireplace
and period antiques. – Best Places to Kiss in Northern California
(4th Edition)
INN
AT OCCIDENTAL
▪ One of the Top Five Wine Country Destinations – Wine Spectator
▪ Tops Our List as the Most Romantic Place to Stay – Bride
and Groom
▪ Featured in September 2004 Sacramento Magazine "Getaways
- 8 Romantic Escapes"
▪ AAA Four Diamond
▪ ...If time is of the essence, ...then perhaps we can help.
Here are our personal favorites...
Well off the beaten path but worth it, perched on a hill overlooking
the quiet village of Occidental, this inn is a jewel. – The
Napa & Sonoma Book: A Complete Guide
INN
AT SHIP BAY
▪ There is an atmosphere of calm and relaxation on the generous
waterfront grounds of the Ship Bay Inn, where a steady breeze
from the East Sound tousles the wide green lawns and blows gently
across the terrace as you enjoy your dinner or just an appetizer
and a cool glass of wine... The former chef at Rosario resort,
Geddes’ cuisine is clean, bright and bursting with vegetal color…
There’s a wonderful immediacy to the food, so choose a wine
from the Inn’s smart list of left-coast wines and make a toast
to orchards past…and present. – Island Dining by Ali Basye,
Shannon Borg and Sara Dickerman
JACKSONVILLE
INN
▪ Most Romantic Inn in Oregon. – The Oregonian, Gerry Frank
▪ Best Restaurant – Medford Mail Tribune Readers’ Choice
Awards – 5 consecutive years
▪ Best of Award of Excellence – Wine Spectator (one
of only 600 in the world)
▪ Award of Unique Distinction – Wine Enthusiast Magazine,
2007 Restaurant Award
▪ The Best Restaurant and Lodging in the Northwest – Best
Places Magazine
▪ Retailer of the Year – Medford/Jackson Country Chamber of
Commerce, 2006
▪ One of Oregon’s Finest – Bend Bulletin, 2008
▪ The Inn has provided accommodations for President George W.
and Laura Bush , who were joined for patio dining by Oregon’s
U.S. Representative Greg Walden and Senator Gordon Smith
THE
LODGE AT SUTTLE LAKE
▪ This comfortable destination has been created in the style
of the great old lodges of the West – The Oregonian
▪ A place on the lake with a story to tell. – Cascades East
OCEANWOOD
COUNTRY INN
▪ Crackling fireplaces, deep-seated sofas/chairs, well stock
bookshelves and a splendid kitchen foster a cozy and civilized
English country house atmosphere for unwinding in seclusion.
– Andrew Harper’s Hideaway Report
▪ Staying here is like being the guest of your best friend.
You will not find a more gracious host. – East Bay Business
Journal, San Francisco
▪ The fine island inn continues to garner rave reviews for its
facilities, its location, its cuisine – but most of all for
the hospitality of its owner, Jonathan Chilvers, who seems accustomed
as ever to meeting the needs of the guests, thinking of everything,
right down to a written list of nearby scenic walks. – Stephanie
Irving, Northwest Best Places
OLD MONTEREY INN
▪ Visitors are treated as houseguests, made to feel at home
with such thoughtful touches as goose down comforters and pillows,
breakfast in bed, and sherry and crackers at 5:30 every evening”
– Bon Appetit
▪ European in flavor, this owner-managed oasis is one of America’s
most refined B & Bs. – Andrew Harper’s Hideaway Report
▪ One of the most romantic country inns we’ve found is the Old
Monterey Inn, a gem… hidden from the intrusions of the world
by a thick blanket of ferns, fuchsias, pines, redwoods and oaks.
– Barbara Brass’ Romantic Hideaways
▪ Old Monterey Inn: elegance, comfort and room decors that read
like poetry. – Discovery Magazine
▪ One of California’s Top Ten Inns 2004 by iLoveInns.com
OVERLEAF
LODGE & SPA
▪ Overleaf Lodge was surprisingly inn like, rivaling any waterfront
accommodation on the Oregon coast. – Sunset Magazine
▪ Overlooking the rocky shoreline at the north end of Yachats,
this modern hotel offers some of the most luxurious and tastefully
decorated rooms on the central coast. Built in a sort of modern
interpretation of the traditional Victorian beach cottage, the
lodge caters primarily to couples seeking a romantic escape.
– Frommers
▪ 2008 Traveler’s Choice voted One of the Best Hidden Gems in
the United States – TripAdvisor.com
▪ It’s way too decadent to suggest a three-foot-deep bubble
bath, back in your room, a stone’s throw away from the ocean,
with a fireplace gently flickering in the background. Isn’t
it? Oh, what the hell. Pour yourself a glass of wine and relax
in bubbly waters up to your chin as the sun sets over a tumultuous
sea. Let the cares of the world melt away like a hot slab of
butter. – Cascades East
PELICAN
INN
▪ The lodge's Tudor architecture and traditional details are
enough to send even the stodgiest English visitor into a dewy-eyed
reverie. – Coastal Living
▪ I still covet weekend getaways there in one of its seven antique-filled
rooms, enjoying a game of darts in the pub, roast-beef-and-Yorkshire-pudding
dinners by an enormous fireplace in the dining room, then a
cozy night in a canopy bed. – New York Times
▪ This slate-roofed hideaway is so saturated in British hostelry
tradition that in each of the seven guest rooms a tiny stone
with a hole hangs over the bed to ward off witches and rickets.
– Los Angeles Magazine
▪ Inn of the Month – Travel & Leisure
▪ With whitewashed walls, leaded windows and period furnishings,
the Pelican Inn is more 16th century England than modern-day
Marin. – Los Angeles Times
PINE
RIDGE INN
▪ Pine Ridge caters to the romantically inclined, offering the
ultimate in personal attention and seclusion. – Best Places
to Kiss in the Northwest
PORTLAND’S
WHITE HOUSE
▪ Portland’s White House makes visitors feel absolutely presidential.
– Country Living
▪ One of the Top Ten City Hotels Too Good to Keep Secret – Sunset
Magazine
RIVER
DANCE LODGE
▪ “Stay List” of 150 Hotels You’ll Love – National Geographic
Traveler, 2008
▪ The River & Soul package includes floating on the river,
massage sessions, healthy meals, and accommodations in private
log cabins. – Healing Lifestyles & Spas
SHELBURNE INN
▪ A sense of place: Tricky to define, but like good art, you
know it when you see it. – Conde’ Naste Traveler, 1999
▪ A perfectly restored, impeccably run stronghold of antiques,
fireplaces and stained glass for which the word ‘gem’ is overused
but unavoidable… – Carey Goldburg, New York Times, 1997
▪ Products from 20 miles around rule the menu…David’s handmade
caviar, smoked salmon, and potato clam-cakes; Laurie’s pastries
and sourdough rolls… – Jeffrey Steingarten, Vogue, 1990
▪ For a century, the Shelburne has drawn visitors to the small
beach town of Seaview. – Sunset Magazine, 2001
STANFORD
INN
▪ Rustic hilltop elegance – Los Angeles Magazine
▪ More than a magnificent resort...it’s a true ecosystem. –
Northern California Best Places
▪ It’s the best kept secret in Mendocino. – The Oakland
Tribune
▪ Consider the facilities for a rainy Sunday like this: the
room looks out across a private patio to the ocean. A fireplace
opposite the foot of the bed, several cords of good wood outside,
dry and ready. Lots of crackle. Glass fireplace doors so I can
leave it burning when I doze or slumber. The bed’s a big four-poster
with first class linen, lots of good pillows. A desk, good chairs
– stuff I’d enjoy at home. In fact, that’s what this feels like
. . . home, not a room at an inn. – The Business Journal
▪ AAA Four Diamond
STEAMBOAT INN
▪ Rated #15 on the Saveur Top 100 list for food, restaurants,
recipes, people and places around the world. Steamboat Inn is
also famous for its guest chef and winemaker dinners, which
feature well known chefs and winemakers from Oregon, California,
Washington, and as far away as Toronto, Canada.
▪ Best in the State by The Oregonian for guest chef/winemaker
dinner series.
▪ Ambiance: Feels and looks like the Northwest getaway of your
dreams (Ralph Lauren must have seen photos of this place.) –
Sara Perry, Ultimate Magazine
▪ Rated #6 of North America’s 25 Best Fishing Lodges – Field
& Stream
▪ 2008 Oregon Wine Board Outstanding Industry Partner Award
presented by the Oregon Wine Industry for commitment to food
and wine in Oregon and unwavering hospitality.
▪ Steamboat Inn has turned into an all around fantastic vacationing
spot. The gardens and surrounding environment are truly breathtaking.
The library, cabins, and inn are beautifully decorated with
local pictures and artwork. With fishing, swimming, hiking,
and more available within minutes, there is truly something
for everyone. – Heidi Buchanan, Gusto Magazine
▪ Outstanding Oregon Wine List – The wine list shows some insight.
Spring winemaker dinners with guest chefs are star-studded.
– Wine Press Northwest
TALLMAN
HOTEL
▪ This intimate luxurious Inn …sets a new standard for the area.
The rooms are large, and the décor blends contemporary elegance
with a well-heeled coziness. – Wine Spectator
▪ The historical Tallman Hotel is a well kept secret... Neighboring
Blue Wing Saloon & Café, serving down-to-earth, tasty food,
is Virginia City revisited without the whiskey. - Reno Magazine,
July/August 2008
▪ The ideal place to enjoy a Northern California weekend. –
Los Angeles Times, 2006
▪ The best thing that's happened to California's Lake County
in the last 100 years. – Sunset Magazine, April 2007
▪ In addition to restoring and expanding the 1890s structure
and its adjacent saloon, the Butchers were committed to reusing
and recycling as much original building material as possible.
The hotel complex also is energy efficient, using solar energy
and a geo-exchange heating and cooling system. – Eco-Structure
Magazine, 2006
▪ The executive conference room is ideal for corporate retreats
and the country-style gardens are superbly suited for special
events and weddings. – Steppin’ Out Magazine, Summer/Fall
2006
▪ …But there is an even better reason to head to Clear Lake:
the Tallman Hotel…. This 17-room boutique inn may be the ideal
place to enjoy a Northern California weekend. – Los Angeles
Times, October 2006
▪ The Tallman Hotel…has everything you’d want in a country inn
– and more: cushy bedding, wrap around porches, hand-painted
egrets on the walls, and Japanese soaking tubs. – San Francisco
Magazine, May 2007
TURTLEBACK
FARM INN
▪ Open since 1985, the inn has earned a solid reputation as
a romantic place to spend a night off Orcas Island's well beaten
path but within easy reach of the principal village of Eastsound.
Bill and Susan Fletcher have created an environment that most
guests can't wait to tell their friends about... – Weekends
for Two in the Pacific Northwest – 50 Romantic Getaways
▪ You'll shift to relaxation mode the minute you arrive at the
enchanting Turtleback Farm Inn, set on 80 acres of gentle green
pasture to rival any in Ireland. The only sounds are the wind
through the trees and the bleating of sheep...– Karen Brown’s
Pacific Northwest
TU
TU’ TUN LODGE
▪ Grand Award Winner – Harper’s Hideaway Report
▪ World’s Top 25 Small Hotels – Conde’ Naste Traveler
VAGABOND’S
HOUSE INN
▪ Gold List – Conde’ Naste
▪ Best Inn on the West Coast and #1 in the U.S.: Best to Visit…again
and again! – Inn Traveler Magazine
VILLA
TOSCANA
▪ The Tuscan-style palazzo is as intimate and low-pressure as
a friend's home. Set around a courtyard shaded by a memorable
oak, the eight lavishly put-together suites have broad vineyard
views, and the guest breakfasts...egg scrambles made with herbs
and veggies from the villa's garden or some seriously sweet
French toast, might be the freshest meal you can find between
Santa Cruz and Santa Barbara. – San Francisco Magazine,
2003
▪ Presiding
over…its own 12-acre vineyard – the luxurious, nine-suite inn
is a welcome addition to an area where impressive lodgings have
been scarce. – Sunset Magazine
▪
If you are a wine enthusiast, a treat is to spend a few nights
at Villa Toscana, nestled in the vineyard of Martin & Weyrich
Winery. – The Sacramento Bee, 2003
▪ Each suite in the Villa is designed to cater to beauty and
comfort. Rich warm colors, exquisite fabrics and imported stonework
transports guests to another time and place. The piece de resistance
-- hand loomed bed and bath linens -- are expressly made for
Villa Toscana. Seldom will you find such amenities in the world.
The Villa's Bistro will delight your taste buds, starting with
a hearty made-to-order breakfast. Then a late afternoon fete,
complete with delectable imported cheeses, pizza (Tuscan-style),
proscuitto with homegrown figs and melon, and, of course, a
very fine selection of Martin & Weyrich wines completes
your culinary experience. – The Modesto Bee
▪ Longing to linger near a sunny Italian villa surrounded by
extraordinary vineyards as you begin to build your idyllic future
together? Well, if a jaunt to Italy is out of the question,
Villa Toscana, nestled among the rolling hills of Martin &
Weyrich Winery in Paso Robles, is the answer to your wedding
prayers. Modeled after a gracious Italian estate, Villa Toscana
has gone to great lengths to recreate the romance of Tuscany...from
the terrace featuring limestone imported from Italy to the spiral
staircases, vine-covered trellis and outdoor fireplace. –
L.A. Brides Magazine
▪ Move over Napa. Some of the best California wines are produced
in the Central Coast wine region, located halfway between LA
and San Francisco. Now, one of its award-winning wineries is
taking hospitality as seriously as its vino. Hard to believe
this slice of Italian heaven is a few hours from the City of
Angels. – “Inn-Style” by Erinn Bucklan, Elegant Bride, 2003
▪ Miss the quaint old Napa? The little vineyard whose owner
might himself be your host at an inn? Look south, down the coast.
Midway between San Francisco and Los Angeles lies Paso Robles,
with most of the winemaking potential of Napa but none of the
traffic jams. – Forbes Magazine
WASHINGTON
SQUARE INN
▪ …a comfortable, intimate hotel in the midst of North Beach’s
hustle and bustle…with linens that make the “luxury” sheets
other hotels tout seem ordinary by comparison. – Betsy Malloy,
About.com
▪ …with beautiful antique furniture, hardwood floors, high ceilings
and luxuriously soft bed sheets. – Malibu Chronicle
▪ Overlooking Washington Square and elegantly furnished with
exquisite European antiques, our charming sanctuary features
a canopy over wrought-iron king bed, a private ensuite bathroom
with marble floors, an inviting bay-window seating area and
all the conveniences one would expect from one of the world’s
finest hotels. – Dreamscapes
▪ Cover of Karen Brown Guides - 2009 CA edition
WEST
END GUEST HOUSE
▪ Those of us familiar with the bed and breakfast circuit can
recount a variety of charming accommodations and styles, but
it is rare that we walk away from an establishment with a lasting
impression for its hospitality and flair. The West End Guest
House is such a place, exemplifying Victorian luxury with genuine
hospitality and charm. – Aaron Danzig, Traveler’s Passport
▪ Vancouver guest house one block and 100 years from downtown.
– Chicago Chronicle-Herald
▪ In the heart of bustling Vancouver, amid high rise structures
and chain hotels, sits a pink and white Victorian confection
known as the West End Guest House. It is a first-rate Bed and
Breakfast that offers all the amenities of a luxury hotel at
a price that won’t leave your credit card wilting in your hand.
…it could well be one of that city’s best kept secrets. – Vancouver
Province
▪ Bed and breakfasts come in all shapes and sizes in the Lower
Mainland, but there are some that are a cut above the rest when
it comes to style and luxury. One such B&B is the West End
Guest House, owned and operated by Evan Penner since 1991. –
The New York Times, 2006
▪ Victorian luxury with genuine hospitality and charm. – Traveler’s
Passport
WILLOWS
INN
▪ The menu of Craig Miller, the chef at the Willows, keeps so
closely abreast of the garden that it's hard to imagine one
that's more local or seasonal....wake up each morning to breakfast
eggs from The Nettles - about the best I've ever had, they're
the kind you want to linger over while watching the massive
freighters that quietly plow their way in and out of Rosario
Strait, Orcas Island behind them, lit by the morning sun. ....the
inn is likely to remain a restorative and unpretentious place
to stay, Lummi a hidden gem of pristine quiet, and the kitchen
focused on serving, in a straightforward way, the most local
food imaginable. – Deborah Madison, Gourmet, July 2007
▪ The ‘farm-resort’ style inn offers visitors an exceptional
regional experience…The meals are outstanding and accompanied
by a wine list nothing short of superlative…The western sky
is a canvas ablaze with color. From the front porch, I watch
the setting sun suffuse the Sound with golden light…There are
no man-made sounds… – Coastal Homes & Lifestyles, Fourth
Quarter 2004
▪ It (ferry travel) is easily the most accessible. No long lines,
no extensive wait, and the price was right: $4 per car and driver.
The Inn is perched on a small hill, surrounded by woods, and
has an expansive deck that looks right over the water – a perfect
spot for whiling away the hours with a cup of coffee or a glass
of wine…A full breakfast is included in the room rate. I highly
recommend you stay for dinner, which I guarantee will be a memorable
experience…– Deborah Stone, Queen Anne News, November 2003
▪ From the deck, a panorama sweeps across shimmering Rosario
Strait. The silhouettes of mountainous isles fade into Canadian
waters against a vermilion sky. The loudest sound is the rhythmic
hush of waves from the beach below… – Coastal Living, June 2003
▪ Following her day out on the water, (Holly) Smith, (chef/owner
Cafe Juanita) joins Willows Inn chef Craig Miller in the kitchen
to prepare a gourmet feast based around the day's sockeye catch.
A smorgasbord of fisherfolk and foodies...crowd around a small
table in the inn's posh dining room....With a clink of wine
glasses, everyone settles in for a local, sustainable and downright
tasty meal. – Roddy Scheer, Seattle Magazine September,
2007
WINCHESTER INN
▪ The West’s Best Small Inns – Sunset Magazine
▪ Innkeepers Michael and Laurie Gibbs’ crowning touch is the
food. – J. Kingston Pierce, Travel & Leisure
▪ A history of its own and a reputation for exquisite meals.
– Judy Fleagle, Northwest Travel
▪ The Winchester Inn is among the most notable of Ashland’s
many overnight accommodations… and outstanding restaurant, and
you don’t have to be an overnight guest to eat there. – Northwest
Palate Magazine
▪ One of the Top 75 Hotels in the U.S. – Conde’ Nast Traveler,
November 2005
WINE COUNTRY INN
▪ Surrounded by vineyards and verdant hillsides, The Wine Country
Inn is as pleasing as a canvas laid down by Van Gogh – Jerry
Hulse, Los Angeles Times
▪ A likely headquarters for your visit might be The Wine
Country Inn, a romantic 25-room retreat just off the main road
north of St. Helena. – Craig Turner, Los Angeles Times
▪ The Wine Country Inn has been guided by three generations
of the Smith family since it was built in 1975... – Los
Angeles Magazine
▪ Located in the heart on the Napa Valley on a shady lane, this
contemporary board-and-batten chateau was built specifically
as a place for couples to escape daily hassles. – Roberta
Homan Gardner, Woman’s Day
▪ The Inn offers a generous, self-serve breakfast in the morning.
The homemade granola cereal is not to be missed. The staff is
one of the Inn’s greatest assets - all of the employees are
helpful, friendly and knowledgeable... – Rob Reid and Elizabeth
Hendricks, The Stanford Daily
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