Readers' Choice Awards
Top 20 Hotels in Northern California: Readers’ Choice Awards 2023
Condé Nast Traveler readers rate the top hotels in Northern California, which is home to iconic nature—and hotels worthy of the views.
Trinette Reed/Courtesy Auberge Resorts
View all of the 2023 Reader’s Choice Awards winners here.
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98.41Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa
Sonoma, United States
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98.34Portola Hotel & Spa
Monterey, United States
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98Post Ranch Inn
Big Sur, United States
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97.49Rosewood Sand Hill
Menlo Park, United States
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97.27Auberge du Soleil, Auberge Resorts Collection
Rutherford, United States
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96.67Monterey Plaza Hotel & Spa
Monterey, United States
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96.17La Playa Hotel
Carmel-by-the-Sea, United States
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96.02MacArthur Place Hotel & Spa
Sonoma, United States
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95.89Farmhouse Inn
Sonoma, United States
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95.43The Lodge at Bodega Bay
Bodega Bay, United States
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95.03Hotel Nia, Autograph Collection
Menlo Park, United States
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94.38Brewery Gulch Inn
Mendocino, United States
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94.25Andaz Napa
Napa, United States
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94.12Kimpton Sawyer Hotel
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94.1Harvest Inn
St. Helena, United States
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94.01Claremont Club & Spa, A Fairmont Hotel
Berkeley, United States
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93.99Paso Robles Inn
Paso Robles,
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93.84The Inn Above Tide
Sausalito, United States
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93.72Archer Hotel Napa
Napa, United States
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93.28Little River Inn
Little River, United States