Four-star One MICHELIN Key Rutherford, Napa
Rancho Caymus Inn
A Spanish-style hacienda in Rutherford with twenty-six rooms around a heated courtyard pool, built in the 1980s from the beams of a nineteenth-century barn.
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- MICHELIN
- One Key, 2026
- Rooms
- 26, three of them dual-level suites
- Built
- 1980s, by Mary Tilden Morton
- From the airport
- About 90 minutes from SFO
The hotel
Mary Tilden Morton's hacienda.
Mary Tilden Morton, of the Morton Salt family, was a vintner, a sculptor and a pilot. In the 1980s she built this inn in Rutherford as a Spanish hacienda: honey-coloured stucco, terracotta roof tiles, heavy oak doors, and ceiling beams salvaged from a nineteenth-century barn in Ohio. She commissioned stained glass and murals for it and filled it with Ecuadorian textiles. The name recalls the Rancho Caymus land grant of 1836.
George Altamura Jr. later spent two years restoring the building, keeping the glass, the mosaics and the old beams, and adding patios, fire pits and lounges. Stonehouse Capital bought it in November 2021. The inn has no restaurant. Breakfast is included, wine is poured by the glass in the courtyard, and Rutherford Grill is a two-minute walk away. Beaulieu Vineyard is around the corner.
- The courtyard A heated pool and a jetted hot tub at the centre of the hacienda, open from 7 am to 11 pm.
- Original craftsmanship Stained glass, mosaics and murals commissioned by Mary Tilden Morton, kept through the restoration.
- Neighbours Beaulieu Vineyard is around the corner, and Auberge du Soleil is just down the road.
Rooms & suites
Oak beams and gas fireplaces.
Every room has oak-beamed ceilings and a stovepipe gas fireplace, and some open onto a private patio.
- Rooms Guest rooms Oak beams, a stovepipe gas fireplace, a 55-inch television and Tarocco toiletries.
- Two floors Dual-level suites Three suites spread over two levels.
- Favourite Room 109 A premium suite with a wraparound balcony and an original stained-glass bathroom window by Gaye Frisk.
Good to know
Before you go.
- Arrival Check-in from 3 pm, check-out by 11 am.
- Meals Breakfast is included, from 7.30 to 10.30 am. Cheese and charcuterie platters are served from noon to 6.30 pm; there is no restaurant or bar.
- Children Welcome, with cots on request. There are no children's facilities.
- Pets Not accepted.
Getting there
Flying to Napa.
San Francisco International is about 75 miles away, roughly 90 minutes by car. Private jets can land at Napa County Airport, about half an hour south by our estimate; there is no customs there, so flights from abroad clear first at an airport of entry such as San Francisco or Oakland.
- Los Angeles 1 h 05
- Las Vegas 1 h 15
- Aspen 2 h 05
- Honolulu 5 h 25
- New York 5 h 45
Questions
What guests ask first.
- How many MICHELIN Keys does Rancho Caymus Inn have?
- One. The inn holds one MICHELIN Key in the 2026 United States selection.
- Does Rancho Caymus Inn have a restaurant?
- No. Breakfast is included and platters are served in the afternoon. Rutherford Grill is a two-minute walk, and Auberge du Soleil is a short drive.
- Who built Rancho Caymus Inn?
- Mary Tilden Morton, vintner, sculptor and pilot of the Morton Salt family, built it in the 1980s. George Altamura Jr. later restored it.
- Can SkyCourtage arrange the flight to Napa?
- Yes. We arrange Business and First Class seats on scheduled airlines and private jet charter to Napa, with one final price, our margin included. The hotel is booked with the hotel or through our booking partner.
Also in Napa
Other hotels worth the trip.
- Meadowood Napa Valley Thirty-six rooms, suites and cottages, each with a fireplace, and a restaurant cooking from the estate's own farm.
- Auberge du Soleil A restaurant first and a hotel afterwards, with fifty rooms opening onto terraces above the valley floor.
- Solage One hundred bungalow rooms and a large spa that uses the volcanic mud of Calistoga.
- Milliken Creek Inn Twelve rooms on the Silverado Trail, every one of them looking over the Napa River.
- Bardessono Rammed earth and reclaimed wood, with an organic vineyard of its own and a farm for the kitchen.
- North Block Twenty rooms on Washington Street, a few minutes on foot from The French Laundry.
- Four Seasons Resort Napa Valley Eighty-five rooms on a working estate with its own organic cabernet vineyard, and the starred Auro in the house.
- Stanly Ranch Rooms, suites and villas spread across a ranch of seven hundred acres, with Bear for dinner.
- Le Petit Pali St Helena Twenty-nine rooms and cottages among the vines, with champagne at breakfast and no restaurant to dress for.
Staying at Rancho Caymus Inn?
Book the room, then the flight.
Rates and availability come from the hotel itself. For the journey to Napa, a Business or First Class seat or an aircraft of your own: tell us the date and we come back with one final price, our margin included.
Opens the hotel's own website. We have no arrangement with the hotel.