Hotels in Napa

This is the real decision. Our Downtown Napa cluster contains 16 properties within one mile of the downtown reference point, all of them classified Highly walkable or Reasonably walkable. Archer Hotel Napa, Andaz Napa and R Inn Napa are the three closest, all within 0.15 miles.

Outside that ring the picture changes. Hilton Garden Inn Napa sits 2.33 miles out but is the only property in the city pairing a 9.1 score with both a pool and a spa in our lowest price band. Silverado Resort and Carneros Resort and Spa are around 3.7 to 3.9 miles out and offer resort facilities that no downtown property matches. SENZA Hotel, 3.73 miles out, carries the largest review base of any Napa hotel we profile in full at 727 reviews.

If your trip is built around walking to dinner, stay in the downtown cluster. If it is built around the property itself, or around price, the outer ring is where the value sits.

One thing Napa does not offer is proximity to the central winery stretch. Every downtown Napa property in our selection sits roughly 13 miles from our Highway 29 corridor reference point at Rutherford. St. Helena properties sit at 3.2 to 3.5 miles and Yountville at around 4.5 to 4.9 miles.

That difference is worth about 25 minutes of driving in each direction on a winery day. If tasting rooms are the centre of your trip rather than restaurants, compare St. Helena hotels and Yountville hotels before booking in Napa.

Choose Archer Hotel Napa if you want the best-evidenced strong rating in the downtown core. Choose Hilton Garden Inn Napa if you want a pool and a spa at the lowest price band and are willing to drive into town. Choose Churchill Manor if you want a bed and breakfast that is still walkable to downtown. If tasting rooms matter more than restaurants, compare St. Helena and Yountville first.