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— Boutique hotel, est. demo Sonoma County · California
A house in the hills,
for people who know
where to find it.

A quieter kind of luxury.

Twelve rooms. Thirty-four acres. One long table by the fire in the evenings. Maison Vale was built for people who want to arrive somewhere and actually stay.

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— Chapter one 01

A farmhouse, then a home,
and now, somewhere you
might want to stay.

Maison Vale began as a working farmhouse in 1912. After three generations, and one slow, careful renovation, it is now a twelve-room retreat on the same thirty-four acres it has always occupied.

We kept the bones. We kept the trees. We kept the long table in the kitchen where three generations of the same family ate their dinners. Everything else we chose, piece by piece, with the people who will stay here in mind.

There are no televisions in the rooms. The wifi works. The coffee is very good. The pillows are the right kind of heavy. In the evenings, someone lights a fire.

"Stay a long weekend.
Leave a different person."

— Félt. V / The drawing room, 6:32pm 02 / Chapter two

The rooms.
Twelve in total, each its own.

Index / 01 — 12
— 01 / King I

The Orchard

Corner / 2 guests

$640per night
— 02 / Suite II

The Library

Upper / 2 guests

$820per night
— 03 / King III

The Lark

Garden view / 2 guests

$580per night
— 04 / Suite IV

The Vale

Owner's suite / 4 guests

$1,240per night
— 05 / Queen V

The Pantry

Ground / 2 guests

$520per night
— 03 / Chapter three

What you'll find
when you arrive.

i

A proper breakfast

Eggs from the property. Bread from the oven. Coffee you'd actually order twice.

Daily · 7 – 10am
ii

The long table

A six-course dinner served family-style, Wednesday through Sunday. Optional. Unforgettable.

$145 / person
iii

The grounds

Thirty-four acres of walking trails, an orchard, a still-water pond, and one very opinionated resident cat.

Always open
iv

Wellness barn

Cedar sauna, cold plunge, and a small treatment room. Book ahead, especially on weekends.

By reservation
v

Local excursions

Vineyards, hot springs, and the Sunday market in Healdsburg. We'll drive you. Or you can take the bicycle.

Complimentary
— 04 / The land

Sonoma, but
the quiet side.

Fifteen minutes from the nearest town. Forty minutes from a vineyard worth the drive. An hour and a half from the city, if you miss it — which, by the second day, you won't.

Plan your visit
34Acres of grounds
12Rooms total
1912Original build
90mTo nearest vineyard
— 05 / Kind words

They wrote about us.

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Condé Nast Traveler
"The kind of place you'd lie about to keep a secret — but we'd rather the right people knew."
Sample · Autumn feature
Monocle
"Restraint done with such confidence that it reads as abundance. A lesson in modern hospitality."
Sample · The Escapist issue
The Financial Times
"Twelve rooms, no fuss, and the best breakfast in Northern California. We'll be back."
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— Reserve

Come stay
a while.

Reservations open twelve weeks in advance. Most weekends fill. Midweek is our favorite time of year, any time of year.

Call the house