Highway to heaven: an American road trip along Route 1 Laid-back hotels, fine wines – and Airstreams selling bacon butties. Lisa Grainger celebrates the reopening of America’s top road.
From Matouk.com: In our new series, we step inside some of the country’s most beautiful hotels and inns that pamper guests with Matouk linens. Owner Dina Dwyer shows us around this historic property in the heart of Napa, with wine country charm and luxe details, and shares ideas on how to soak up all the area has to offer.
Wine Country Renaissance. The rebirth of Napa and Sonoma after devastating wildfires is inspirational. And in celebration of its resurgence, we’ve rounded up a few of our favorite places to revel in the renowned region’s wine, scenery and phenomenal food.
Restoring Calistoga’s historic Francis House and turning it into a luxury inn has been a labor of love for a Bay Area couple. In May, Architectural Digest named The Francis House as one of the “15 Best-Designed Hotels Opening this Year.”
Shuttered for over 50 years, the historic The Francis House was respectfully restored and re-envisioned by Dina and Richard Dwyer as a luxury, 5-room inn. Originally built in 1886 for merchant James H. Francis, the National Register landmark is the only stone building in Napa with French Second Empire architecture.
This Revived Napa Landmark Should Be Your Next Vineyard Stay. The historic Napa Valley landmark has just reopened as a luxe five-room inn.
SONOMA HOTELS, WHAT’S NEW IN SONOMA COUNTY A Piece of Calistoga History Becomes Luxury Five-Room Inn by DANA REBMANN SLIDE 1 OF 15 The Francis House was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979 but over the years it fell into disrepair.
A mystery. A grande dame of a house. An architectural unicorn. A small town hospital. An eyesore. The Francis House has been all of these. This month, the 1886 National Register of Historic Places landmark starts a new chapter, as a small luxury inn that’s also the home of Richard & Dina Dwyer. After three years of painstaking restoration, the Dwyers are opening the doors to this legendary property steeped in Napa Valley lore.
