The Sonora Inn historic hotel, Sonora California

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Welcome to The Sonora Inn historic hotel in downtown Sonora, CA. The Sonora Inn was built in 1896 and originally named the Hotel Victoria. The Inn’s rich historic charm and small-town hospitality has lured and played host to many celebrities including Grace Kelly during the filming of High Noon and more recently Drew Barrymore while she worked on the film Bad Girls.

The hotel’s architecture has been changed over the years from Victorian to now the popular California Mission style of the 1920’s that hosted Hollywood’s elite during the golden era of tourism and film making. Please enjoy our site and visit our hotel soon to see what makes the Sonora Inn so charming and unique.

The Sonora Inn was built in 1896 and originally named the Hotel Victoria. The Inn’s rich historic charm and small-town hospitality has lured and played host to many celebrities including Grace Kelly during the filming of High Noon and more recently Drew Barrymore while she worked on the film Bad Girls.

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HISTORIC DOUBLE ROOM

HISTORIC QUEEN ROOM

HISTORIC KING ROOMS

HISTORIC TWO DOUBLE BEDS

HISTORIC TWO QUEEN BEDS

HISTORIC KING SUITE ROOM

HISTORIC TWO ROOM SUITE

Explore Historic Sonora and Our Surroundings

There are several downtown hotels such as the Sonora Inn and Gunn House, from which guests can easily walk to restaurants and shops.

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A weekend escape to Sonora, Calif., where the charm of the Old West remains (...) There are several downtown hotels such as the Sonora Inn, from which guests can easily walk to restaurants and shops.

Located right on the main strip of downtown Sonora, the hotel makes for a great choice if you want to be slap, bang in the centre of it all.

I would be staying in the historic Sonora Inn, the preferred hotel for the many film crews and actors while filming westerns in the area

Recently under new ownership, they’re about to undertake and extensive renovation to include a farm to table restaurant, craft cocktail lounge, spa and fitness centre and a library, so expect big things from its next chapter

This historic hotel has maintained its charm of days gone by but has all the amenities of modern day accommodation.

For a possible encounter of the spirit variety, head to the Sonora Inn (1896), where a ghostly girl bounces a ball in various rooms and the elevator moves between floors on its own

The Sonora Inn historic hotel in downtown Sonora has been visited by many celebrities including Grace Kelly during the filming of High Noon – a suite has been named after her – as well as Drew Barrymore while she worked on the film Bad Girls.