This Napa wine trip itinerary includes 13 pages of expert advice to help you navigate the Napa Valley wine region and maximize your weekend trip. This guide includes recommended wineries and restaurants in Napa Valley, where to stay, and the optimal route to take for your weekend wine trip.
Last Updated: December 2024
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Where the Weekend Napa Wine Trip Itinerary Goes:
This comprehensive Napa Valley travel guide has you arriving in the Napa Valley with directions for plane and car, using Napa as your homepage and details the winery and culinary route to take to explore this beautiful wine region. This Napa Valley winery trip will take you to:
- Napa
- Yountville
- Rutheford
- Calistoga
How this Weekend Napa Wine Trip Itinerary will help you
This itinerary makes planning a trip to the Napa Valley a breeze! We include recommendations on daily activities, how to structure your day, the exact location of each activity, how much time to allot for each winery and activity, costs, and the distance and travel time between locations. Use this weekend Napa Valley wine trip itinerary to plan your weekend, where to stay in Napa, and choose the best unique restaurants and culinary experiences in the region.
How to Get Around Napa
Several modes of transportation can get you around Napa. We break down how to get to Napa by plane and nearby airports, rental car options, and a self-driving or escorted map to follow this same itinerary.
Where to Stay in Napa
The itinerary includes hotel recommendations for the weekend Napa wine trip including the hotels we considered and actually stayed in and other top recommendations across the region.
- Where to stay in Napa
- Where to stay in Yountville
- Where to Stay in St. Helena
Activities & Extras in Napa
Planning a Napa Valley trips and wine tasting can be overwhelming with so many winery options and not being familiar with the Napa wine region that extends far beyond the city border of Napa, that is why we include everything in this itinerary that you need to just show up and have fun! There are so many amazing wineries and things to do in Napa and this itinerary includes activities, tasting experiences, estates, and restaurants that are worth visiting. We also share packing lists, helpful squad tips, extra winery and restaurant options, and general travel tips. Here are some of the highlights of this trip:
- The Welcome to Napa Valley sign
- Downtown Napa
- Priest Ranch Winery
- St. Supery Estate Vineyards
- Round Pond Estate
- Sterling Vineyards
- Winston’s Café & Bakery
