"What’s to love: Napa Valley’s superlative back-to-nature experience beckons at Meadowood, a 250-acre forested estate sprinkled with rustic-chic cottages and stilted lodges. On site are myriad walking trails, an adults-only swimming pool, Forum restaurant, the alfresco Terrace Café, and The Meadowood Spa (our favorite in Napa). Just beyond the Meadowood gates, find some of the best wineries in all of California wine country. Romance factor: The crackling fireplaces, intimate terraces, and verdant surroundings make Meadowood prime real estate for romance. Connect over glorious spa time with massages in a treehouse suite. And, since Michelin three-star The Restaurant at Meadowood (TRAM) has yet to reopen, check out the next best things. There’s Forum, Meadowood’s ingredients-driven dining, and two miles away, there’s the other fabulous venture by TRAM chef Christopher Kostow, The Charter Oak. Expect dining divinity with dishes like slow smoked beet with black garlic bbq sauce and walnut relish; and bavette steak with pestled mustard leaves and creamed radishes. Get there: A two-hour drive from San Francisco; seven hours from Los Angeles" - Paul Rubio
