Four Seasons Napa Valley Ranks No. 6 Among Northern California Resorts in Condé Nast Traveler Readers’ Choice Awards
The Calistoga resort, which opened in November 2021 inside a working vineyard, lands on the reader voted 2026 list announced Oct. 6, one place ahead of Meadowood Napa Valley.
CALISTOGA: Four Seasons Resort and Residences Napa Valley has been ranked No. 6 among resorts in Northern California in the 2026 Condé Nast Traveler Readers’ Choice Awards. The resort announced its place in the awards on Oct. 6, the day the results were published, and EDG, the hospitality design firm behind several of the winning properties, listed the Calistoga resort at No. 6 in the category.
We’re grateful to be included in the 2026 @cntraveler Readers’ Choice Awards. Thank you for making Four Seasons Napa Valley part of your travels in Northern California.Four Seasons Resort and Residences Napa Valley, in its Oct. 6 Instagram post
Reader votes, announced Oct. 6
The Readers’ Choice Awards are decided by reader votes. Condé Nast Traveler received more than 798,867 survey responses from readers across the United States for the 2026 awards, according to the announcement carried by Meadowood Napa Valley, and the results are published on the magazine’s website and celebrated in its November issue.
At the top of the Northern California resorts list, readers placed Appellation Healdsburg at No. 1, according to the Healdsburg resort’s announcement. Meadowood Napa Valley, in St. Helena, ranked No. 7, one place behind the Four Seasons, according to Meadowood’s announcement.
Readers placed the Calistoga resort at No. 6 among Northern California resorts, one place ahead of Meadowood Napa Valley.
A vineyard resort, opened in 2021
The Four Seasons opened in Calistoga in November 2021, set within a working vineyard. Its estate vineyard covers 4.7 acres of Cabernet Sauvignon, with the on-site Elusa Winery steps from guest rooms, according to the resort’s fact sheet and Four Seasons releases.
The resort’s restaurant Auro is Calistoga’s only Michelin-starred restaurant, Four Seasons said, and presents a seven-course tasting menu under Executive Chef Evan Neumann.
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