Napa Real Estate
Owning property in the Napa Valley region is a wine lover's dream come true! Luckily there is a large variety of properties for sale to suit the needs of any buyer from luxury to affordable. As per records, Napa county has 48,554 housing units, 3,152 are vacant, 12.4% are for sale and 14.3% are for rent.
Napa California Information
America’s Food and Wine capital, Napa Valley is most often compared to Italy’s Tuscany or the Bordeaux region of France.
One of the original counties of California, the county was named after the Napa Valley. The word “napa” is of Indian derivation and has been variously translated as “grizzly bear,” “house,” “motherland” or “fish”. Of the many explanations of the name’s origin, the most plausible seems to be that it is derived from the Patwin word napo meaning house.
The combination of natural beauty, pleasant Mediterranean climate and proximity to San Francisco, Oakland and Sacramento, acknowledged growth areas in the state, has made it into one of the United States’ most preferred areas in which to live.
Napa Valley is surrounded by fields of fields of vineyards, 200 wineries, and a rime of rolling hills and mountains of spectacular beauty. It is visited by as many as five million people each year, making it the second most popular tourist destination in the states, second only to Disneyland.
Napa Valley is the best known among the State of California’s multiple wine-making areas; major wineries dotting the areas along Highway 29 and the Silverado Trail, offer tastings, tours, and welcoming picnic sites.; superb restaurants are in St. Helena, Oakville, Rutherford, and Yountville. shopping enthusiasts are in St. Helena's shops and those at Vintage 1870 in Yountville; you could relish and admire the scenic vineyards in a hot-air balloon, one of the romantic and spiritual activities one could experience; soak in the mud baths and natural hot springs of Calistoga; travel a short distance to see Old Faithful Geyser periodically erupt 60 feet in the air. Water-sports and camping enthusiasts enjoy nearby Lake Berryessa.
The architecture of the area wineries and homes are modeled after European designs and largely unknown is that several wineries support world class art collections for public viewing that has resulted into a cultural reawakening in recent years. The various restaurants offers cuisines accented with flavors from Asia, South America and the Pacific to pair perfectly with the area’s fine red wines.
Napa offers good schools, beautiful parks and an array of services designed to assist those who call Napa home. It is also host to a variety of industries ranging from retail stores and services to manufacturing and pharmaceuticals.
A thirty mile strip of gently landscaped hillsides, Napa Valley is perfect for romance if you are planning a getaway for two yet still offers a relaxing vacation the whole family can enjoy and a perfect atmosphere for that dream house of yours .
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Located north of the San Francisco Bay area, the county has a population of 132,339, 61,142 households and an average household income of $74,558. It has a total land area of 2,042 square kilometers, 89 kilometers of which is water.
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