Travel Time

You've arrived at San Francisco International Airport!  You have your luggage and you just signed the papers for your rental car.  So how long will it take you to get to California Wine Country?  Well.....   That all depends.

On what you ask? "I've got the Google map directions and it says it will take 67 minutes to get to Napa" (the city).  Ah, yes, but you arrived on a Friday afternoon and it's 2pm now right?  Try more like 2-3 hours to get there!

 

Part of any trip is getting to - and from - your arrival point and just like at home that varies based on the day of the week and the time of the day.  Whether it's Napa, Sonoma, Anderson, Livermore, Paso Robles, Santa Ynez, Temecula or any of the other wine valleys you need to plan the time into your schedule.  California's freeways are notorious for heavy traffic volumes.

What we suggest of course is to let us here at Vineyard Visits plan your itinerary.  Your travel time is just one of the things that we take into account.  But, if you want to plan for this on your own, just know that from 1pm on the traffic leaving the cities starts to build and it can be well after 7pm before it starts to abate.  And that's on a good day with few accidents.

Is travel time part of your itinerary?  Cheers!