Fodor's Expert Review Hotel E

This downtown hotel's developer renovated a four-story 1908 Beaux Arts former bank into a boutique property within walking distance of restaurants, bars, and shops and less than a 10-minute drive to vineyards and tasting rooms. Period photos of Santa Rosa and rural Sonoma County line the broad hallways, off which lie rooms whose contemporary decor incorporates country touches like unpainted wooden desks and armoires and barn-style bathroom doors. Some rooms are smallish, but all are thoughtfully organized, and the electronics are au courant.