8 Days Sonoma Splendor Tour Package
Duration: 8 Days / 7 Nights
Priced From: $2000 ppdo
Tour Highlights
- Choose your accommodations from a complete and carefully selected list of Sonoma County’s most exclusive hotels, inns, and bed & breakfasts.
- See Sonoma County’s spectacular beauty including the rugged coast from inside a hot air balloon and enjoy a gourmet breakfast among the vineyards.
- Sail around the S. Francisco Bay & enjoy a lovely wine-paired lunch, while you enhance your culinary and wine knowledge with a local sommelier.
- Enjoy a horse-drawn wine tasting excursion in the Alexander Valley and dinner at a lo-cal winery.
- Relax at a beautiful pool while you enjoy luxurious spa treatments.
- View local art galleries, shop at boutiques and specialty stores, or collect antiques while you visit the charming towns of Sonoma, Healdsburg, and Santa Rosa.
- See some of Sonoma County’s historical sites that helped create Northern California’s culture, business, and industry, which are still a part of the region today.
Tour Itinerary
Day 1
The Russian River Wine Road will begin your wine tasting adventure. Enjoy a fabulous lunch at a prestigious family-owned wine estate that specializes in Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Sip at your own pace because you will visit four different wineries to-day. Enjoy an elegant and scrumptious dinner at “John Ash and Company” this eve-ning. Dinner reservations are made for you.
Day 2
Get your head above the clouds this morning with an early morning balloon ride.  See the beautiful Sonoma wine region and a glimpse of Sonoma’s rugged coast-line. After your ride, enjoy a full breakfast in a beautiful vineyard. Consider an after-noon of down time by the pool, or treat yourself to luxury spa treatments. This evening you will enjoy an extravagant wine-maker’s dinner at a local hot spot “Syrah” in Santa Rosa.
Day 3
The beautiful Alexander Valley is the focus for today. Begin with a viticulture and production tour, and end your tasting experience in a wine cave with barrel sam-pling. A delicious box lunch will be waiting for you on the deck at noon. Your afternoon transportation is a vintage horse-drawn carriage to visit more Alexander Valley wineries. Dinner includes “Chef Jeff,” and a gourmet five-course dinner in a historic adobe home that once was the home of Cyrus Alexander.
Day 4
Spend the day at Healdsburg, a charming picturesque town. Your free time here may include a casual stroll along the famous streets of the town square. Lunch is your choice today since there are many fabulous eating establishments in Healdsburg. Don’t forget to taste more wine today because Healdsburg is home to more than 10 dif-ferent wineries. This evening you will dine at the well known “Cyrus” restaurant. Your meal will begin with an ounce of caviar and a glass of sparkling wine. Pace yourself, because this is a seven-course wine-paired meal. Bon Appetite!
Day 5
Hop into your stretch limousine and enjoy the “Best of the Bay” sailing adven-ture. See Alcatraz, Fisherman’s Wharf, and Sausalito in a 51-foot sailboat. All this fresh ocean air will create an appetite for fresh seafood. Upon returning to the marina, you will have a five-course meal prepared. Learn how to get the most out of food and wine with the courses paired by a local sommelier. This evening the limo will take you to Berkley and then to one of the San Francisco Bay Area’s Top 10 restaurants, “Chez Panisse.”
Day 6
Sonoma Valley is the ticket today. Stop at two well-known wineries on your way into the charming town of Sonoma. Check out the famous San Francisco Solano de Sonoma Mission, and the home and military barracks of General Mariano Vallejo. Be sure to visit more of the town’s famous wineries. Tonight dinner is at “The General’s Daughter.” This is the actual home of General Vallejo’s daughter, which is now turned into a modern but elegant wine country restaurant.
Day 7
We have selected several wineries for you to choose from today, depend-ing on your personal preferences. Choose from private tasting, wineries with tours, great wine gift shops, or scenic estates located in the beautiful Dry Creek Valley. You will be provided a picnic lunch at a winery of your choice. This evening your dinner will be at the famous “Madrona Manor.” Your taste buds will dance for joy
Day 8
Sleep in before your leisurely ride to one of the Bay Area airports for your return flight home.
Accommodations
Property, location, style, size and amenities chosen based on client specifications.
Dining
Restaurants and meals listed above are recommendations only. Wine Tours of the World handles reservations at top restaurants, small intimate bistros and gourmet din-ners at vineyards. Exact meal inclusions and dining reservations will be specified at time of booking based on final trip itinerary.
Pricing
This suggested itinerary is based on two people traveling together. A single supplement fee will apply. Cost of itinerary is priced based on dates of travel.
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