The Napa Valley City Guides answer the questions that come up on every trip here: which wineries are worth booking now that almost all of them want a reservation, how many tastings fit into one day, where to grab lunch on the road between two cellars, how to dodge the afternoon jams on Highway 29 and how to enjoy the valley without paying top prices at every stop. Each guide is a short, honest list that explains why a place earns its spot, what to order, taste or look for and one tip you can use, and it opens in your browser as soon as you have paid.
About the Napa Valley City Guides
- 80 places
- 4 guides
- 7 languages
- Works offline
- Print or PDF
- Instant access
- Free updates
The four Napa Valley guides
Food guide
20 places
Napa’s riverside market hall, Thomas Keller’s bakery and fried chicken in Yountville, St Helena burgers and English muffins, Calistoga barbecue and the wineries worth a reservation.
Things to do guide
20 places
The valley town by town from Carneros to Calistoga, historic estates and wine caves, a small museum, an old water mill, redwood trails and the hot springs at the top.
Day trips guide
20 places
Sonoma’s old wineries, Healdsburg’s plaza and the Russian River redwoods, the Peanuts museum, the wild coast from Bodega Head to Point Reyes, and San Francisco by ferry.
Budget guide
20 places
Low-cost museums and picnic wineries, free parks and the paved Vine Trail, food-hall dinners, roadside burgers and deli sandwiches, plus the local bus up the valley.
Why an interactive guide beats a list
Tick places off
Mark each place as done and watch your progress, so you always know what is left.
Your own notes
Write notes on any place and add your own finds. They stay on your phone.
One tap to Maps
Every place opens in Google Maps, and the day route puts your picks in a sensible order.
Open now, near me
Filter by what is open right now or what is closest to you.
Works offline
Open the guide once with a connection and it keeps working without data.
Print it or save as PDF
On a computer, print any guide or save it as a PDF to take with you.
Three places from the guides
Mustards Grill
Highway 29, just north of Yountville
The roadhouse where winemakers have been having lunch since 1983. Order what has never left the menu: the Mongolian pork chop, a heap of thin onion rings and the lemon-lime tart under a cloud of brown-sugar meringue. From the food guide.
Beringer Vineyards
Main Street, north St Helena
Wine has been made here without a break since 1876, longer than anywhere else in the valley. Join the historic tour through tunnels dug by hand and past the ornate Rhine House; it ends with a short tasting and is fair value for Napa. From the things to do guide.
Hog Island Oyster General Store
Tomales Bay, Marshall, about 1 hour 30 from Napa
Oysters come out of Tomales Bay and go straight onto the counter, sold by the dozen with clams and local cheese. Take them to the picnic tables by the water and shuck them yourself, for far less than a San Francisco oyster bar charges. From the day trips guide.
Plan your days in Napa Valley
Day one: start at the Oxbow Public Market in Napa, drive out to Domaine Carneros for sparkling wine on the terrace, then head to Yountville for a pastry at Bouchon Bakery and a family-style dinner at Ad Hoc. Day two: follow Highway 29 north, picnic at Oakville Grocery, book a tasting at Inglenook in Rutherford, have a burger at Gott’s in St Helena and walk the old tunnels at Beringer, then come back down the quieter Silverado Trail. For a rainy or slow day, mix the Napa Valley Museum Yountville, the Culinary Institute at Greystone and the Bale Grist Mill, or leave the car in Vallejo and take the ferry to San Francisco.
Questions about the Napa Valley guides
What do the Napa Valley City Guides include?
Four guides covering 80 places: food, things to do, day trips and budget. Every entry tells you why it is worth going, where it is, notes on opening and one tip you can actually use.
How do I get the guides after paying?
The links appear on your order confirmation page and in the email that follows. They open in the browser of any phone, tablet or laptop, with no app to install and no account to set up.
Can I use the Napa Valley guides without internet?
Yes. Open each guide once while you are online and it keeps working offline afterwards, ticks and notes included. Sending a place to maps needs mobile data.
Which languages are the Napa Valley guides available in?
The guides open in English, German, French, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese and Korean. You can switch the language inside the guide at any time.
How much do the Napa Valley guides cost?
One guide is $5.99, two are $10.99 and the full set of four is $18.99.
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