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Celebrate California’s Cherry Blossoms with Four Sisters Inns

by Kimberly Inlander

Apr 1, 2025

© Inns of Mendocino

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Four Sisters Inns properties can be found up and down the coast of California, offering wonderful opportunities to celebrate the state’s cherry blossoms.

 

In Northern California, Inns of Mendocino is a collection of three unique inns within walking distance: rustic Packard House, coastal-inspired JD House or refined Blue Door Inn. Amenities include full breakfast each morning, afternoon wine and cheese hour, freshly baked cookies and more. Just a 15-minute drive away, Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens offer sea views and cherry blossoms.

 

© Gosby House Inn

Also in the state’s northern region, 12 guestrooms await at Healdsburg Inn on the Plaza, built in 1901. And cherry blossoms can be viewed right on site. There’s also Gaige House in the Sonoma Valley hamlet of Glen Ellen. With 23 thoughtfully appointed guestrooms with modern Japanese flair, guests can drive and enjoy San Francisco’s Japanese Tea Garden and Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival.

 

Traveling down the coast, Central California offers Gosby House Inn, a Victorian mansion welcoming guests for more than 100 years. Hakone Estate and Gardens and Japanese Friendship Garden offer cherry blossom-viewing opportunities.

 

© Gaige House

In SoCal, Four Sisters Inns include Channel Road Inn and Newport Beach Hotel. Channel Road Inn offers a smaller boutique inn with 15 guestrooms and a host of signature amenities. South Coast Botanic Garden and The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens provide close-by chances to take in cherry blossoms. Newport Beach Hotel is dubbed “Newport’s Closest Hotel to the Beach,” and Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden and Orange County Cherry Blossom Festival boast cherry blossom viewing for when guests can pull themselves from the beach.

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