{"id":2604,"date":"2023-08-29T14:32:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T21:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stayhealdsburg.com\/?p=2604"},"modified":"2025-12-17T08:58:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T16:58:47","slug":"this-small-town-is-the-jewel-of-california-wine-country-with-some-of-the-best-restaurants-and-resorts-in-the-world-in-travel-leisure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stayhealdsburg.com\/es\/blog\/this-small-town-is-the-jewel-of-california-wine-country-with-some-of-the-best-restaurants-and-resorts-in-the-world-in-travel-leisure\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;This Small Town Is the Jewel of California Wine Country, With Some of the Best Restaurants and Resorts in the World&#8217; in Travel + Leisure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Healdsburg could fairly be described as the jewel of California Wine Country. It\u2019s a special highlight of <a data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.travelandleisure.com\/guide-to-visiting-sonoma-california-6752440\" data-type=\"internalLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sonoma County<\/a>, which was one of <a data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.travelandleisure.com\/trip-ideas\/best-places-to-travel-in-2021\" data-type=\"internalLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>T+L<\/em>\u2019s 50 Best Places to Travel in 2021<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s a charming little town where you can <a href=\"\/es\/food-drink\/\">eat<\/a> incredible pastries on a park bench under redwoods in the morning, taste <a href=\"\/es\/wine-country\/\">wine<\/a> and spirits at the source, grab an organic burger or wood-fired pizza for lunch on a patio, detox with a shrub or tea tasting in the afternoon, and dine on <a href=\"\/es\/blog\/michelin-rated-restaurants-around-town\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"4899\">three-Michelin\u2013star cuisine<\/a> at night before walking back to your <a href=\"\/es\/places-to-stay\/\">hotel<\/a> \u2014 all without getting in a car,\u201d says Sonoma County denizen of 20 years and Healdsburg expert Lisa Mattson, author of \u201cThe Exes In My Glass: How I Refined My Taste in Men &amp; Alcohol\u201d and food and wine contributor for <em>Wine Country Table<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelandleisure.com\/healdsburg-california-travel-guide-7814495?utm_source=flipboard&amp;utm_content=FunLaffin%2Fmagazine%2FRetirement+%26+Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">READ MORE HERE!<\/a><\/h4>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Healdsburg, CA, was named the &#8220;Jewel of California Wine Country&#8221; by Travel + Leisure. The article praises the small town&#8217;s incredible concentration of three-Michelin-star dining, world-class resorts, and unique luxury experiences, all within a walkable plaza area.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2605,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"custom_post_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stayhealdsburg.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stayhealdsburg.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stayhealdsburg.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stayhealdsburg.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stayhealdsburg.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2604"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stayhealdsburg.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12643,"href":"https:\/\/stayhealdsburg.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2604\/revisions\/12643"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stayhealdsburg.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stayhealdsburg.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stayhealdsburg.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stayhealdsburg.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}