"Available only to hotel guests, a dip in the pool at Hotel Healdsburg is worth staying overnight for — heated just so, a manageable size, and surrounded by olive trees and hedges that make the swimmer feel tucked into an experience of intimate luxury. Local farms and vineyards encircle the town of Healdsburg, informing the menus at restaurants that line the central square, including iconic chef Charlie Palmer’s Dry Creek Kitchen, on the hotel’s first floor. But it’s straightforward casual Italian cuisine served by popular plaza spot PizZando that caters to the hotel’s poolside diners. Open for lunch and dinner, the restaurant offers classics like panzanella salad and the requisite (for good reason) Northern California little gems caesar with boquerones, as well as pastas, pizzas, wine, beer, cocktails, and mocktails." - Laura Smith Borrman