The pool area has open views to the mountains
Why should I go now"
The blossom is out, days are longer, the crowds aren’t here yet and nor is the summer heat that increasingly hits Napa, one of the most beautiful, verdant and spiritual areas of the US. It is also the source of some of the world’s greatest wines, thanks to its location on the West Coast, north of San Francisco, influenced by both the cool waters of the Pacific and the semi-desert heat inland.
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What’s the lowdown"
Mention of a Four Seasons Resort conjures up visions of palatial buildings, grand entrances, and a generally high profile of good old fashioned luxe.
This is different. You could quite easily drive past the Four Seasons Napa Valley without noticing it. And that’s very much intentional. The resort is in a vineyard just outside the spa town of Calistoga, which marks the northern end of the wine-producing area of the valley. Located in an opening in the valley, it is surrounded by a theatre of steep hillsides. All the buildings are in a very eco style – biophilic design, where nature is incorporated, rather than counteracted. Wooden low-rises, they are surrounded by working vineyards.
The Four Seasons, Napa Valley, is built to blend in to the environment
At the centre of the development is a series of swimming pools, all angled towards the amphitheatre of hillsides; between them is a contemporary Cal-Mexican terrace ...