Add These Exciting Places to Visit to Your Sonoma Valley Bucket List

With a number of award-winning wine producers and more than 425 wineries, it's no wonder Sonoma Valley is one of the world's top destinations for wine enthusiasts. However, Sonoma County also offers a variety of exciting attractions for visitors of all ages. Nature lovers who want to escape the hustle and bustle will be rewarded with plentiful hiking and biking trails amid peaceful redwoods, lush meadows and gorgeous mountains. Uncover the history of Sonoma by touring historical landmarks and museums around colonial-era Sonoma Plaza. Enjoy world-class car racing, whale watching along the coast, cultural and theatrical events, and plenty of great shopping and dining. Find out for yourself why Gallup-Sharecare Well-Being Index named Sonoma "The Happiest Place in California."

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Sonoma Plaza

Located less than one block from our sonoma valley inn, sonoma plaza is bursting with boutiques, cozy cafes, wine tasting rooms and galleries, shopping, dining, art galleries and cheese tasting as well as historic landmarks and beautiful outdoor areas just perfect for a picnic.

Historical – buena vista winery ( california’s oldest winery) the barracks, san francisco de solano mission, bear flag monument statue, general vallejos home named lachryma montis which means tears of the mountain. Picnicking

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Jack London State Historic Park

See the famous writer's cottage, a 2,000-year-old redwood tree, a 19th century winery and an 80-acre orchard when you visit jack london state historic park. It's the perfect spot for hiking, biking, bird watching, horseback riding, picnicking or just strolling through nature.

Historic- the house of happy walls, wolf house ruins, the pig palace, jack londons cottage and londons lake and bath house transcendence theater company's broadway under the stars in jack london state park june - september

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Hiking

Jack London State Park, Montini Reserve, Overlook Trail , Sonoma Valley Regional Park and Sugarloaf Ridge State Park, Quarry Hill Botanical Garden, Picnicking

Biking

Bikes available to rent here on property. $20 for 2 hours or $35 for the whole day Bike to restaurants, wineries and parks, Picnicking

Wine Tasting

http://www.sonomavalley.com/wineries  (SVVB wineries page) Shows several Sonoma Valley Wineries and links to the wineries

Wine Tours

Grapeline Wine Tours