Metro Hotel & Café is the kind of property that gets named in lists of the most unusual hotels in America: a 19th-century Petaluma building reimagined as a Parisian-circus-themed boutique inn, complete with bocci ball and pétanque courts, an on-site French café, and a roster of accommodations that includes a pair of vintage Airstream travel trailers parked on the property. The Wall Street Journal called it 'artistic and bright modern Parisian-circus-themed.' Sunset Magazine listed it among the top twenty most unique hotels in the western U.S. TripAdvisor has rated it Petaluma's #1 hotel for over twenty years running.
Beneath the whimsy, the operations are sharp. Rooms have lightning-fast 1GB Wi-Fi, large 4K smart TVs, climate control, clawfoot tubs in many baths, and stocked minibars. Pétanque tournaments run on the courts. Bicycle rentals carry guests into Petaluma's historic downtown a few minutes' ride away. The on-site café serves European-leaning breakfast and pastries. For travelers who want their Sonoma County base to have a sense of humor and a strong design point of view rather than resort-tier polish, Metro Hotel is the obvious choice. Owners Justin and Susan Schoolcraft have run the property as an independent passion project for two decades.
