An ideal retreat in an ideal location.
With 14 luxury-appointed rooms, boon is an intimate boutique hotel located 75 miles north of San Francisco, just off the Russian River. boon not only offers guests a relaxing place to lounge by the pool or cozy up with a book, but also provides a perfect home base for exploring the rich surroundings of Sonoma County, nearby Napa Valley, and the Pacific coast.
Eco-Friendly Luxury
boon hotel + spa proves that luxury and environmental awareness can coexist as they work to preserve resources and reduce their carbon footprint.
The pool and hot tub are filled with saline water to minimize the use of chlorine. In addition, the pool is solar heated, the landscape lighting is solar powered, and the night lighting uses photocells. The hotel also uses natural, nontoxic laundry detergents, cleaning products, and bath and body products.
In addition, boon has given great care to their remodeling efforts by using nontoxic paint, cork flooring, and reclaimed teak shower mats. The toilets are low flow and the toilet paper 100% recycled content. The hotel also recycles, composts, and uses non-plastic flatware, compostable cups, and 100% recycled-content napkins. Even the bedding and robes are made of organic cotton.
Feet-Friendly Spa Services
Guests at boon hotel + spa can take advantage of the hotel’s sumptuous spa services, which can range from Swedish massage to Reiki to facials that use organic products and seaweed anti-wrinkle masks.
And then there’s Happy Feet, a recent addition to boon’s spa services. Performed poolside amid the flourishing gardens, soaring redwoods, and serene setting of the Russian River area, this 50-minute service is a rare luxury that will make the toes tingle, the calves cave in, and the soles sing with sheer pleasure.
Dog-Friendly Lodging
Dogs, and by extension their people, will love it here. When the four-legged guests arrive, the hotel provides them with special doggy treats and an extra cover for the bed, in case they’re partial to the organic cotton linens.
While staying at boon, the canines can play in the woods, splash in the creek, or lounge by the pool with their bipedal counterparts. boon allows guests to bring one or two “well-behaved” dogs - up to 70 pounds worth. And true to their green nature, the hotel provides biodegradable waste bags so guests can clean up after their furry friends.
People-Friendly Hotel Services
boon hotel + spa is, above all else, about service. The intimate setting provides a welcoming, peaceful environment that is warm, friendly, and accommodating.
Each day begins with a fresh breakfast that can include anything from granola to croissants to homemade bread pudding - served either poolside or, in more inclement weather, brought to the individual rooms, where guests can sit by their fireplaces wrapped in warm cotton robes as they sip organic French press coffee.
And later in the day, guests can take a bike ride, walk into town, or lie out by the pool. Unlike many hotels, poolside at boon isn’t a mad rush amid clamoring, chair-grabbing hordes, but rather a relaxed gathering place that provides a tranquil release from the more harried lives they leave behind.
Whether in their rooms or by the pool, guests can be sure they’ll receive personalized service that makes boon hotel + spa, with its environmental sensibilities and extraordinary setting, the perfect spot for those seeking luxury and serenity amid lavish redwood forests, soft fragrant breezes, and crystalline blue skies. Indeed, the hotel is a boon for just about anyone looking for the idyllic getaway.
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