Calistoga Motor Lodge and Spa — Napa Valley, USA

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Calistoga Motor Lodge and Spa — Napa Valley, USA
(Image credit: Aubrie Pick)

For oenophiles, Napa Valley’s attractions revolve solely around its gloried vineyards and fine restaurants. Thrill-seekers after less alcoholic pursuits tend to veer towards Calistoga to the northwest for its celebrated geothermal hot spring pools, a detour now made all the more de rigueur with this new 50-room property designed by AvroKO’s San Francisco studio.

The bright pastel hues of blues, yellows and greens alongside a glass-blocked lounge, reproduction vintage coolers by the pool and bedrooms dressed with camper van bench seats and graphic tiles, evoke iconography from the great American road trip, a canny move given the building’s past as the Sunburst Motel.

An outdoor mud spa featuring DIY mud-bakes boasts tectonic views east of the Napa hillsides and Howell Mountain, though we’re equally drawn to the detoxifying allure of a steaming soak in a mint-green claw-foot tub infused with medicinal salts harvested from Turkey, New Zealand and Japan. 

Calistoga Motor Lodge and Spa — Napa Valley, USA

(Image credit: Aubrie Pick)

Calistoga Motor Lodge and Spa — Napa Valley, USA

(Image credit: Aubrie Pick)

Calistoga Motor Lodge and Spa — Napa Valley, USA

(Image credit: Aubrie Pick)

Calistoga Motor Lodge and Spa — Napa Valley, USA

(Image credit: Aubrie Pick)

Calistoga Motor Lodge and Spa — Napa Valley, USA

(Image credit: Aubrie Pick)

Calistoga Motor Lodge and Spa — Napa Valley, USA

(Image credit: Aubrie Pick)

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Daven Wu

Daven Wu is the Singapore Editor at Wallpaper*. A former corporate lawyer, he has been covering Singapore and the neighbouring South-East Asian region since 1999, writing extensively about architecture, design, and travel for both the magazine and website. He is also the City Editor for the Phaidon Wallpaper* City Guide to Singapore.