Starwae Inn

Sonoma, United States

4.2

6 reviews

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+1 707-938-1374
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www.starwae.com
Address:
21490 Broadway, Sonoma, CA, 95476
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Description

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We have a small inn with fully furnished suites convenient to San Francisco and Napa, 5 minutes from the historic town of Sonoma. Private, quiet, lovely views. Fully equipped kitchen, East-​facing patio, air conditioned, cable TV, wireless, washer-​dryer. Utilities included. Centrally located in the Sonoma-​Napa wine country, it is two miles to the beautiful, historic town of Sonoma, and only 45 minutes to San Francisco or to ocean beaches. The Russian River, with canoe rentals, is an hour away. Redwood forests and the Point Reyes National Seashore are within an hour from us. Balloon rides, biplane rides, golf, swimming, tennis, spas, fishing, hiking, bicycling, and gyms are close by. Art galleries, museums, shops, theater, and wonderful restaurants are minutes away.

We offer weekend workshops in writing and creativity in our art studio on the 3 acre property. Authors such as Adair Lara, Hal Zina Bennett, SARK, and John Flinn teach classes geared to both beginning and advanced students.

History

Established in 1976.

We bought our property in order to establish a pottery, which we had for 16 years, producing pottery which was collected throughout the U.S. During that time we also offered workshops in the creative process. In 1992, we closed the pottery and remodeled the pottery buildings into vacation rentals and a B&B.

The property is filled with our paintings and sculpture from all of the years we’ve lived here. We enjoy sharing our creativity with visitors and students in our workshops.

Meet the Business Owner

Janice C.

Business Owner

I’m an artist and writer. I work in watercolor and oil. After publishing my memoir, which has watercolors and drawings from my childhood and stories from my life, I decided to offer workshops and feature the teachers who had been such valuable guides to me. My husband John Curry and I enjoy hosting the classes in our studio, and welcome people from all over the world who attend them.

In addition to being a talented artist, my husband is a great chef. He prepares delicious lunches for workshop attendees.

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6 reviews of Starwae Inn

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Place rating: 5
Los Angeles, CA
This business appears to be closed. No website and telephone disconnected.
Place rating: 2
Needham, MA
We killed 6 different spiders our first night. The owners are old and put the place up for sale the day we arrived. It seems like its too much for them to manage. they were kind and apologetic but made no offer to give us a discount or part of our money back.
Place rating: 5
San Francisco, CA
«PUSH THE FIND BUTTON WHEN YOU ARRIVE» — that’s how you check in, gotta love it!
This is a low key, chill, unpretentious but charming little place to stay.
There’s no shee shee restaurant, no pool, no spa, no worries and no annoying kids (old and young, I don’t discriminate).
What you will find is random lovely art (paintings & sculptures compliments of the owner/​artists) both outside & inside your cottage. There’s a hand theme going on, the one of the screen door can be eerie at first but it’ll grow on you.
You’ll find peace and quiet here: from the mature trees, birds waking you up with their lovely chirps to the very friendly unobtrusive service. They offer a cozy room with a good sized shower, an awesome simple breakfast including a couple scones from Basque café, fresh melon, yogurt, coffee & real butter & homemade preserves.
I’d definitely return here if I wanted a nice understated room to sleep in after some spa treatments and/​or wine tasting. It’s a peaceful and convenient cottage with character. Reasonably priced ‘for the area.‘
I gave it a 5 star not because it’s fancy, but because it was as good as it can get. I’d recommend coming here if, like me, you don’t do motels but also can’t fathom a $ 500 per night room.
Place rating: 4
Oakland, CA
Starwae is a great place … understated and artistic!
The owners. John and Janice, are wonderful people. Over the years, I have attended a few of their special events and workshops. Each one was memorable and interesting.
While the inn is not fancy, it is practical. Like staying at grandma’s house.
Place rating: 5
Richmond, CA
I attended a two day workshop here, conducted by SARK– the author of several books like «Wild Succulent Women» and «Prosperity Pie».
I expected the retreat center to be sort of hippie-​dippy and maybe not that organized, but my worries were soon stomped out as I drove down Highway 12 and saw several signs out on the highway and up the driveway for the workshop. Good ‘signage’ is a ways a boon to me.
The property is right on Highway 12, so it’s convenient to access and drive into town from, but that’s not a very busy highway so there’s not much noise from the road. As per usual in Sonoma you’re not far from vineyards or a grazing animal in some pasture or paddock.
The landscaping is well established and pretty, though not very formal. This has been the home and workspace for John and Janice Crow for many years.
They are both artists and have lots of their art on the property and hanging in the geodesic dome where the workshop itself was conducted. They are both so hospitable and sweet, they have lots of suggestions and resources of things to do and see in Sonoma, if you are staying there I’m sure they would be lovely hosts, they were lovely for the two days I was there. John did all of the cooking for our group and the food was wonderful!
Very special people, a vibrant place to go and be creative and learn new things. Love you guys!
Place rating: 4
Half Moon Bay, CA
A very eclectic B&B just south of Sonoma. The couple that owns it have been artists for… well, forever… and are continually creating new pieces that are distributed throughout the rooms and surrounding yard.
We’ve stayed here multiple times, and each time has been a great experience. My wife also spent a weekend with Sark at Starwae, and loved that as well (I think that’s an annual event, but not sure).
You can’t go wrong staying here… it’s a good place run by good people.