3 Best Hotels in Placerville, Sacramento and the Gold Country

This lavish but rustic B&B occupies a converted turn-of-the-20th-century hay barn, the centerpiece of which is a 27-foot slate fireplace that rises to a sloping ceiling of timber beams. Every room was designed with romance and pampering in mind, with meticulous bedding, gas fireplaces, and private entrances to sleek, deep outdoor tubs secluded by lattice sliding doors. Lush gardens and hammocks overlook a pond and wooded nooks. Guests enjoy breakfasts of homemade breads and dishes cooked with herbs and vegetables grown on-site or nearby.

Effusive but not intrusive hospitality is the trademark of this contemporary inn between Placerville and Plymouth whose spacious light-filled suites and a cottage have views of the oaks, firs, and other trees surrounding the property. Furnished with king-size beds with pillow-top mattresses, all the accommodations have private decks and sitting areas with fireplaces. Microwaves, coffeemakers, flat-screen TVs with satellite connection, and refrigerators stocked with complimentary sodas and waters are among the other amenities.

Snappy design, full kitchens, and proximity to downtown, wineries, and Apple Hill make this small early-1940s motel renovated in 2022 into vacation rentals a delight for its price point. The aesthetically pleasing suitelike accommodations have separate bedrooms (king or queen beds), walk-in rain showers, 60-inch smart TVs, and responsive Wi-Fi. The husband-and-wife hosts pride themselves on the TLC they've put into the house and the hospitality they show their guests. Some noise bleed-through between rooms and the less than scintillating location in a residential cul-de-sac between stand-alone commercial establishments and a strip mall count as drawbacks, but the pluses for the most part outweigh them in this Gold Country town with few worthy nonchain options.