Downtown Mendocino is the region’s hub of hospitality and Sweetwater Inn & Spa is in the midst of it all. Within easy walking distance are restaurants, coffee shops, yoga studios and access to the Mendocino Trail which runs along the coast. The sunny yellow Victorian hosts three upstairs rooms. Individual “towers” — the Redwood Tower initially functioned as a water tower — are unique and homey. Sears Tower has a sunken living room, Redwood Tower’s deck has 360º views of Mendocino and Sweetwater Tower has a shared downstairs bath and spa area. Along with the wide array of romantic lodgings to choose from — private fireplace cottages, historical water tower suites, ocean view luxury suites — the inn also houses a hot tub & sauna spa called Sweetwater Gardens, which offers private saunas and hot tub soaks by the hour, as well as Swedish and deep-tissue massage therapy. The massage staff is the finest on the Mendocino coast. The Sweetwater is also one of the most pet-friendly lodgings on the North Coast.Truly, this is a one-of-a-kind inn.