Napa

Napa is a city in the state of California, located 50 miles north of San Francisco, at the southern end of scenic Napa Valley.

By plane

 * San Francisco International Airport, +1 650-821-8211.
 * Oakland International Airport, +1 510-563-3300.
 * Sacramento International Airport, +1 916-929-5411.

Evans Airport Shuttle provides transportation from OAK and SFO. Check the schedules beforehand.

By car
From San Francisco:
 * Highway 101 North over the Golden Gate Bridge (toll), to Highway 37;
 * Highway 37 East towards Vallejo/Napa, to Highway 121;
 * Highway 121 North towards Napa to Highway 29 North to Napa.

From San Francisco or East Bay:
 * Interstate 80 East Over Carquinez Bridge (toll), to Highway 37;
 * Highway 37 East towards Vallejo/Napa, to Highway 121;
 * Highway 121 North towards Napa to Highway 29 North to Napa.

From Sacramento and points east:
 * Interstate 80 West to Highway 12 West;
 * Highway 12 West/Jamison Canyon Road toward Napa to Highway 29 North to Napa.

By bus

 * Evans Transportation operates scheduled shuttles ($29, 90 minutes) between San Francisco and Oakland airports and Vallejo and Napa hotels.
 * Napa Valley Transit operates several buses, called the VINE from neighboring cities.

By boat
San Francisco Bay Ferry ($13 each way, 60 minutes) operates between San Francisco and Vallejo. From the Vallejo ferry terminal, you can take VINE Bus #10 to Napa.

By bus

 * The Vine Public bus service with several routes in Napa County

By chauffeur

 * Elegant Wine Tours offers a $299 10-passenger limousine 6-hr wine tour plus tax, fuel, gratuity and license. Elegant Wine Tours specializes in providing boutique Napa and Sonoma limousine winery visits, custom Napa and Sonoma itineraries and off-the-beaten path wine tour destinations.
 * Allure Wine Tours based in Napa provides personalized, chauffeured limo excursions throughout wine country. Every guest has the option to design their own trip or have Allure Wine Tour's staff create an itinerary to suit their tastes.
 * Perata Luxury Tours is probably the best private tour service. The owner knows most of the owners of the local wineries personally. $65–75/hour, plus taxes and gratuity. 5-6 hour minimum.
 * Platypus Wine Tours offers daily 6-hour tours of 4 wineries. 8-12 people per tour. $99 per person. Local pick up included.

Do




Sleep
Napa includes many bed and breakfasts, which include breakfast and more home-like, romantic atmospheres than regular hotels, but these establishments have strict cancellation policies and most require non-refundable deposits of 50-100% of the room cost at the time of booking and multiple-night stays on the weekends.

Go next

 * Napa Valley includes several other small similar towns including Sonoma and Vallejo.
 * San Francisco is 90 minutes away.