A Sparkling Good Time for All, the City of Yountville Hosts the 21st Annual Festival of Lights

Yountville's 21st Annual Festival of Lights begins November 27th and runs through the absolute ages of December.

For a lot of of the year, the tiny boondocks of Yountville, CA is accepted for its accomplished dining, abundant wineries, flush shopping, and spas. During the Christmas division though, this absorbing Napa Valley boondocks becomes a amazing winter wonderland complete with ablaze white lights, horse-drawn accustomed rides, and – of advance – Santa Claus.

The chargeless anniversary begins the day afterwards Thanksgiving. Santa Claus and his elves access at 2pm to bang off the daylong block affair with contest and activities for the absolute family. While accouchement appointment with Santa and accept photos made, Yountville's bounded wineries and restaurants will absorb adults with samples of their world-famous wines and cuisines. Food and wine tasting tickets are just $1 each; alarm 707.944.0904 for admission information.

At sundown, the acclaimed "town lighting" accident illuminates Yountville with the afterglow of bags of white lights. The town's abounding boutiques, galleries, and restaurants will break accessible backward to acceptable revelers. The Festival of Lights continues through December with added appropriate contest and horse-drawn accustomed rides offered every weekend.

In addition, Yountville visitors can sample the best of Napa Valley's wine and comestible choices – a lot of amid aural the town's bunched four aboveboard miles.

That baby geographic across is abounding of surprises: it contains 20 wineries and even added restaurants. Local wineries cover the Cosentino Winery, Goosecross Cellars, and Robert Sinskey Vineyards. The town's dining options are just as assorted and exceptional. Yountville is home to one of country's finest restaurants, The French Laundry and aswell offers fun comestible treats like "Brent's Brittle" begin at Ranch Markets.

Getting to Yountville is easy. It's nestled in the affection of the Napa Valley, just 55 afar arctic of San Francisco, on Highway 29. The abounding abode options ambit from the four-diamond Villiago Inn & Spa ( http://www.villagio.com ) to adventurous wine country bed and breakfasts to the comfortable (but family-friendly) Napa Valley Holiday Inn Express & Suites - Napa Valley ( http://www.napavalleyhie.com ) in adjacent American Canyon.

Yountville offers a absorbing acquittal for visitors analytic to escape the pressures of burghal life. The boondocks draws visitors admiring to its different mix of old and new: wine tours, accomplished dining, shopping, celebrated barrio and museums - and even hot air airship rides. The anniversary Festival of Lights combines ancient fun with the above breeding of Napa Valley's wine culture. Many visitors accomplish it a admired ancestors tradition.

For added information, acquaintance the Yountville Chamber of Commerce web website ( http://www.yountville.com ) or alarm 707.944.0904.