No tasting room 6
Easy meals 7
A weekendCalistoga's value base: pool and hot tub, free hot breakfast in a family-friendly breakfast room, and a walkable-to-downtown location (the practical upvalley pick).
Calistoga's accessible-first park: smooth concrete paths across 10.5 acres, an inclusive playground, bocce and baseball.
Calistoga's modern luxury resort with a genuine family side: a big 130-foot family pool (plus a separate adults-only pool), cruiser bikes, and cottage-style studios with room to spread out.
A geyser that erupts on cue, a petting farm with llamas and goats, a small geology museum and picnic grounds.
Calistoga's shady creekside playground two blocks from downtown: newer climbing equipment under real tree cover, a gazebo, and steps down to the creek at low water.
Redwoods, creek trails, and a seasonal swimming pool with lifeguards in a state park.
Every room has a kitchenette with a fridge, and there is a shallow wading pool with a waterfall (the covered jet pool is adults only).
The 1952 mineral-springs original, redone, with outdoor mineral pools, a lawn of games and family rooms with twin bunks.
Calistoga's handmade-pizza standby: fast, casual, and cheap by valley standards, for hungry kids after the pool.
Historic brewpub with a big creekside patio on the Napa River's upper reach: house-brewed beer, a casual pub menu kids handle easily, and live-music nights.
A road-trip-themed motor lodge with geothermal mineral pools, board games and a hula hoop in the room, and bikes to borrow.
One of the few hot-springs hotels that lets kids into the big mineral pool, with mud baths for the grown-ups.
A historic Calistoga resort with a big mineral pool, lawn games like bocce and croquet, and bikes to borrow.
Calistoga's Mexican spot: big plates of enchiladas and tacos at non-wine-country prices.
Calistoga's old-fashioned diner since forever: pancakes and waffles for kids, huevos rancheros for the grown-ups, and a side of town lore.
The kids menu has mac and cheese, chicken tenders, a hamburger and cheese pizza, at Indian Springs.
Kids of any age are welcome with a grown-up, and children's admission includes grape juice.
Tacos and Baja-style plates beside the resort's long pool, and you don't need to be staying there to eat.
Free to enter, with a downloadable scavenger hunt for kids and pull-out risers so smaller kids can see the exhibits.
A long, narrow trattoria with the open kitchen right up front, so kids can watch the cooks while the homemade pasta is on its way.
Barbecue with indoor seating, plus a gazebo and picnic tables outside.
A grocery with made-to-order sandwiches and a lot of ready-made food.
The two-bedroom cottages sleep up to five and have a kitchen; the one-bedrooms sleep two.
A coffee shop with a toy box for the kids.
Curries, noodles and fried rice, with vegan and vegetarian options. Pad thai or plain fried rice is the safe order for a kid who doesn't do spice.
A Craftsman house turned restaurant, with a menu big on vegan and gluten-free dishes.
Calistoga's newest Italian: fresh pasta made daily, pizza, and house meatballs that suit kid palates.
A hilltop winery reached by an aerial gondola, so the ride up over the valley is the part kids remember.
Sushi plus cooked Japanese plates for the kid who won't do raw fish, and deep-fried Oreos over vanilla ice cream for dessert.
Two half-mile dirt trails, about an hour in all, and kids under 6 are free.
A tasting room with a kids' corner in the same space, where children paint, play and build within sight of the bar.
