Resort – OverviewChristine Gustafson2022-08-22T11:04:56-07:00

Resort Overview

The Stanford Inn’s wellness center is a key feature of our integrated destination resort.

… offering private classes/sessions in nutrition & healthy living, cooking, creativity, meditation, Chinese medicine, acupuncture, acupressure, Tai Chi, yoga, massage & spa treatments, gardening, nature walks, mushroom foraging and more.

A large greenhouse features a saline (saltwater) swimming pool (heated to 82F), dry sauna, hot tub, showers, and lounging areas among the plants. The greenhouse provides a warm, relaxing experience throughout all four seasons, and is especially delightful on a rainy evening!

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mendocino resort at the stanford inn - organic gardens

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“I really enjoyed Joan’s creative playshop. I liked feeling a childlike, creative energy in me where it was all right to play and go with whatever idea seized my fancy.

Joan’s happy, friendly smile and gentle leading set the tone and her abundantly supplied studio encouraged creation.”
– Creative Playshop Participant

Mendocino sits atop beautiful ocean bluffs surrounded on three sides by Mendocino Bay and the Pacific Ocean. The bluffs comprise the Mendocino Headlands and offer walking trails that afford incredible views of the ocean and the lovingly restored 1850’s New England style Victorians which now house restaurants, specialty shops, galleries and provide lodging for Mendocino artists.

The Mendocino Art Center serves area artists as well as artists throughout the United States. All this is the nature of Mendocino, located about 150 miles north of San Francisco on Highway 1.

Besides the natural beauty, visitors to Mendocino will find a variety of things to see and do.

Hikers and mountain bikers enjoy bluff-top excursions to view seabirds, the seasonal gray whale migration and spring wildflowers. Nearby Big River Beach is ideal for family picnics and Big River is an ecological treasure which is easily explored by canoe or kayak which can be rented at Catch A Canoe & Bicycles, too! Montgomery Woods up Comptche Ukiah Road offers virgin redwood groves with the tallest living tree in the world.Redwoods and Douglas Firs dominate the Russian Gulch State Park as well as other nearby State Parks including Van Damme and Hendy Woods. Many of these parks allow dogs on their trails. And at MacKerricher State Park Lari Shea offer horseback riding along the beach.

Mendocino is the perfect destinations for gay and lesbian travelers as Mendocino is gay-friendly. Stanford Inn provides gay-friendly lodging, massage and vegetarian dining. Mendocino is truly a special destination – it is the “wine country coast” with Anderson Valley wineries within only twenty minutes drive and Sonoma’s fine wineries just an hour south.

Resort Overview

The Stanford Inn’s wellness center is a key feature of our integrated destination resort.

Mendocino, California