Napa on Yelp’s list of Top 10 family-friendly destinations
Napa may be known for its wine tasting rooms and high-end restaurants, but the city is also gaining a reputation as a place for families, according to Yelp.
The review website ranked the city of Napa No. 2 on its list of the top 10 family-friendly travel destinations on Tuesday, coming in just behind Fredericksburg, Texas. The list, covering locations across the U.S., used data from searches on Yelp to make the ranking. San Luis Obispo on the Central Coast is the only other California city mentioned.
“Families are increasingly on the lookout for spots that are known to be kid-friendly,” Yelp said in a news release. “In fact, searches on Yelp for ‘good for kids’ surged 88% in 2023 compared to 2021. To make planning your travel itinerary a breeze, we’ve compiled activities and locales with our ‘Good for Kids’ attribute on Yelp. We identified the top family-friendly destinations in 2024, by analyzing Yelp data in cities where ‘family friendly’ searches saw significant increases, and finalized the rankings with the expertise of Yelp Trend Expert Tara Lewis.”
The top 10 list is as follows:
- Fredericksburg, Texas
- Napa, California
- Charlottesville, Virginia
- Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina
- Breckenridge, Colorado
- Burlington, Vermont
- Ithaca, New York
- Virginia Beach, Virginia
- San Luis Obispo, California
- Salem, Oregon
“While Napa may be best known for its premier wineries, the region offers plenty of incredible sites that can be uncorked for the whole family,” the Yelp statement reads. “Shop from local vendors at Oxbow Public Market, and dine at family-friendly restaurants like Boon Fly Café, which will delight Dr. Seuss fans with its Green Eggs and Ham. For a taste of culture, visit the di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, and its peaceful outdoor sculpture walk. Head over to Connolly Ranch for an educational wildlife experience that has everything from baby goats, wild gardens and chicken pens.”
Check out these kids having fun at Napa’s Connolly Ranch summer camps. The camp is home to 31 chickens, seven goats, three sheep, two pigs, two donkeys even a miniature horse named Penny.
Photos: Take a look inside Napa’s Connolly Ranch summer camps
Frank Brol, 7, holds a chicken at Connolly Ranch Education Center in Napa on Thursday.
Camp educators Lauren McClaugherty and Jeff Freed talk to Frank Brol, 7, about chickens at Connolly Ranch Education Center in Napa on Tuesday.
Outdoor education coordinator Jeff Freed helps kids identify different bird calls in the woods at Connolly Ranch Education Center in Napa on Thursday.
Kids line up before moving on to their next adventure at Connolly Ranch Education Center in Napa on Thursday.
Clyde Stephens’s face is covered with dirt from working in the educational garden at Connolly Ranch Education Center in Napa on Thursday.
Kids swing on a tire swing as educators help other children at Connolly Ranch Education Center in Napa on Thursday.
Kids take a break from activities to enjoy snack time at Connolly Ranch Education Center in Napa on Thursday.
Sierra Lilla, 8, and Lilly Aaron, 7, check on the goats at Connolly Ranch Education Center in Napa on Thursday.
Isla Sakamoto, 8, holds a chicken and an egg at Connolly Ranch Education Center in Napa on Thursday.
Isla Sakamoto, 8, holds a chicken while depositing a fresh egg into a carton at Connolly Ranch Education Center in Napa on Thursday.
Sierra Lilla, 8, and Lilly Aaron, 7, check on a sheep at Connolly Ranch Education Center in Napa on Thursday.
Camp educators Lauren McClaugherty and Jeff Freed talk to Frank Brol, 7, about chickens at Connolly Ranch Education Center in Napa on Thursday.
Kids sit and listen to different bird calls in the woods at Connolly Ranch Education Center in Napa on Thursday.
Elle Newberry, 10, maps the different bird calls she hears in the woods at Connolly Ranch Education Center in Napa on Thursday.
A child swings on a tree swing at Connolly Ranch Education Center in Napa in July 2022.
Kids and camp educators are seen walking on the grounds of Connolly Ranch Education Center in Napa on Thursday.
Kids play in a sand pit at Connolly Ranch Education Center in Napa on Thursday.
Sarita Dangol a camp educator, helps Emma Forner, 6, make a bracelet at Connolly Ranch Education Center in Napa on Thursday.
Two kids are seen exiting the educational garden at Connolly Ranch Education Center in Napa on Thursday.
Two kids are seen in the educational garden at Connolly Ranch Education Center in Napa on Thursday.
Clyde Stephens, 6, eats a peach he pulled from a tree in the educational garden at Connolly Ranch Education Center in Napa on Thursday.
A child’s hands are stained red from eating berries from the educational garden at Connolly Ranch Education Center in Napa on Thursday.
A scrub jay is seen sitting on a fence post at Connolly Ranch Education Center in Napa on Thursday.
Luke Hefner, 5, is seen playing on a structure at Connolly Ranch Education Center in Napa on Thursday.
Camp educators and kids are seen walking on the grounds of Connolly Ranch Education Center in Napa onThursday.
A child’s bird journal is seen on a table at Connolly Ranch Education Center in Napa on Thursday.
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