Go green: Ride the ferry from San Francisco to Napa

June 19, 6:11 AMSF Honeymoon Travel ExaminerSuzie Rodriguez

Previous Next

1 comment Print Email RSS Subscribe

Subscribe

Get alerts when there is a new article from the SF Honeymoon Travel Examiner. Read Examiner.com's terms of use.

Email Address   Include other special offers from Examiner.com Terms of Use

Docking in Vallejo

The Napa Valley Wine Train and Platypus Tours have teamed up to offer a fast, easy, and inexpensive way to travel from San Francisco to Napa Valley. Now a new, direct shuttle service creates an express link from the San Francisco ferry to downtown Napa.  This shuttle currently makes one round trip a day from the Vallejo Ferry Terminal to the Napa Valley Wine Train station.

Avoid traffic; Enjoy Nature

• You can now leave San Francisco's Ferry Building in the morning, cruise the Richmond and San Pablo Bays to Vallejo, and catch the special shuttle to the centrally-located Napa Valley Wine Train Station in downtown Napa.
• BayLink buses and ferries leave San Francisco at 8:10 every morning to the Vallejo Ferry Terminal where guests catch the new shuttle; arriving in downtown Napa by 9:30 a.m.
• Due to current highway congestion in the Bay Area, driving this same route could take much more time than this simple car(e) free solution.

 Lunch on the Wine Train; Explore Downtown Napa

• Experience any of the Napa Valley Wine Train's lunch or winery tour packages. Then enjoy an afternoon that suits the two of you: wine tasting, shopping, indulging in spa treatments...
• The Wine Train departs daily at 10:30 am for lunch and winery tours, returning to the station at 2:30. Shuttle passengers have one hour in the morning and two hours in the afternoon to explore before leaving the station at 4:30 pm. The Oxbow Public Market, the Hatt Building and downtown Napa shops and restaurants are all within easy walking distance.

What You Need to Know

• Ferry prices: up to $26 round trip. Tickets are purchased at the Ferry terminal. Shuttle service costs $15 round trip and is added to the price of your Wine Train package.
• This executive shuttle is maintained and managed by Platypus Tours, but reservations are made by calling the Wine Train 24-hours in advance of your trip: (800) 427-4124.