Sedona

Enchantment Resort

Boynton Canyon / West Sedona

Sedona's signature canyon resort — adobe casitas scattered up the mouth of Boynton Canyon, wilderness on every side, the Trail House for guided adventures, and exclusive guest access to the Mii amo destination spa next door.

Ambiente, a Landscape Hotel

West Sedona / Airport Mesa

Forty freestanding glass-walled atrium suites set lightly into the red rock landscape, adults only, with private rooftop stargazing, breakfast for two at Forty1, the Velvet Spa, and no resort fee.

Amara Resort and Spa

Uptown / Oak Creek

A creekside boutique resort at the foot of Uptown — a zero-edge infinity pool facing the red rocks, SaltRock Southwest Kitchen, a full spa, free bikes, and galleries and restaurants a short stroll away.

The Wilde Resort and Spa

West Sedona

West Sedona's reinvented boutique resort (formerly Sedona Rouge) — Rascal's all-day diner, the Wilde Haven Spa with outdoor hot tubs, a rooftop terrace for red rock views and stars, a heated pool and fire pits.

Hilton Sedona Resort at Bell Rock

Village of Oak Creek

A full-service resort in the Village of Oak Creek with Bell Rock on the horizon — suites with gas fireplaces and balconies, championship golf next door, an eforea spa, pools and the Sedona Athletic Club.

Arabella Hotel Sedona

Gallery Row / SR 179

An easygoing eight-acre hotel on Gallery Row, a short walk from Tlaquepaque — two heated pools and two hot tubs, breakfast and parking covered by the amenity fee, a Mexican kitchen and a fenced dog park.

Sky Ranch Lodge

Airport Mesa

A family-owned lodge on top of Airport Mesa with arguably the best views of any hotel in town — cabin-style rooms with fireplaces, botanical gardens, an outdoor pool, an Airstream café, and the vortex trail across the street.

Adobe Grand Villas

West Sedona

Sixteen hand-built, individually themed villas in quiet West Sedona, each with at least two fireplaces and a two-person jetted tub, plus chef-cooked breakfast and innkeepers who plan your days. AAA Four Diamond since 2004.

Hyatt Vacation Club at Pinon Pointe

Uptown / SR 179 (the Y)

Villa-style suites with kitchens on the hill above the Uptown Y, steps from Gallery Row and the Visitor Center, a short walk to Tlaquepaque, with a heated pool, hot tubs and wide red rock views.

Canyon Villa Bed and Breakfast Inn of Sedona

Village of Oak Creek

An adult-oriented, 11-room inn in the Village of Oak Creek built to face Bell Rock and Courthouse Butte, with a hot breakfast, French doors onto view patios, a seasonal pool and red rock trails next door. No resort or parking fees.

Residence Inn by Marriott Sedona

West Sedona

An all-suite West Sedona hotel backing onto national forest, with full kitchens, free hot breakfast, a pool, a view deck facing the red rocks and trailheads within walking distance. No resort fee.

Element by Marriott Sedona

Village of Oak Creek

A LEED-certified, all-suite hotel in the Village of Oak Creek near Bell Rock, with full kitchens, free hot breakfast, a saline pool, free bikes and a pet-friendly policy. Often the best value among Sedona's brand hotels.

Mountain Modern Sedona, Tapestry Collection by Hilton

West Sedona

The former Sedona Real Inn, reborn as a Hilton Tapestry boutique in West Sedona: a pool with a poolside bar, a firepit lounge, The Den for coffee and cocktails, sunrise ceremonies, and Devil's Bridge about two miles away.

Southwest Inn at Sedona

West Sedona

A small, Southwest-styled boutique inn in West Sedona with kiva fireplaces, red rock-facing decks, a complimentary breakfast, a year-round heated pool and hot tub, plus a sauna, salt cave and cold plunge.

Hilton Vacation Club Ridge on Sedona

Village of Oak Creek

A villa-style vacation club in the Village of Oak Creek beside an 18-hole golf course, with studios and one- and two-bedroom suites, a heated pool and hot tub, grills and games, and Bell Rock a few minutes away.

Cathedral Rock

Sedona's signature silhouette — a cluster of red spires above Oak Creek, climbed by a short, steep slickrock scramble to a saddle with a 360-degree view. Shuttle-only on busy days; reflected in the creek at Red Rock Crossing.

Devil's Bridge

The largest sandstone arch in the Sedona area and the most famous photo in Red Rock Country — a walk-out-onto-it span above a juniper canyon, reached by shuttle and the Chuckwagon Trail or a rough jeep road.

Bell Rock and Courthouse Butte

The bell-shaped butte beside SR 179 and its massive neighbor — Sedona's most accessible red rock playground, with an easy loop around both, free-form slickrock scrambling, and one of the town's best-known vortex sites.

Airport Mesa Vortex and Overlook

Sedona's sunset balcony — a mesa in the middle of town with a paid scenic overlook, a short scramble to the most-visited vortex knoll, and a 3-mile loop that circles the whole mesa with views of every butte.

Chapel of the Holy Cross

A modernist chapel wedged between twin red rock pinnacles since 1956, with a cross that is the building's whole facade — free to visit, open daily, and one of the most striking pieces of religious architecture in the West.

Pink Jeep Tours

Sedona's original off-road outfitter and a rite of passage — the famous pink jeeps climb Broken Arrow's slickrock staircases, crawl the Scenic Rim, and roll out to Honanki's cliff dwellings, with guides who know every butte by name.

Sedona Hot-Air Balloon Flights

A sunrise float over Red Rock Country — balloons launch from the forest west of town at first light, drift with the morning air past Cathedral Rock and the Verde Valley, and land to a traditional champagne celebration.

Slide Rock State Park

A historic apple homestead in Oak Creek Canyon where the creek pours down a slick sandstone chute — Arizona's favorite natural waterslide in summer, a quiet orchard-and-cabin park the rest of the year. Check swim status after storms.

Oak Creek Canyon Scenic Drive

Fifteen miles of SR 89A from Uptown Sedona up a forested red-and-white canyon to the Mogollon Rim — Midgley Bridge, creekside picnic sites, Slide Rock, and a switchback climb to the Oak Creek Vista overlook. Spectacular in autumn.

Tlaquepaque Arts and Shopping Village

A Mexican-village-style warren of courtyards, fountains and vine-covered walls under giant sycamores beside Oak Creek — more than 50 galleries, shops and restaurants, a wedding chapel, and Sedona's most beloved December luminaria night.

Palatki Heritage Site

Sinagua cliff dwellings and a gallery of rock art spanning thousands of years, tucked under red cliffs northwest of Sedona — reached by gravel road and seen on small guided tours booked in advance.

Montezuma Castle National Monument

A five-story Sinagua cliff dwelling tucked high in a limestone cliff above Beaver Creek — one of the best-preserved in North America, seen from an easy shaded loop, with Montezuma Well and Tuzigoot as companion sites.

Verde Canyon Railroad

A four-hour round trip from Clarkdale into a roadless red rock canyon along the Verde River — lounge-style cars, open-air viewing cars, a charcuterie box and a toast, eagles in winter, and the turnaround at old Perkinsville.

Out of Africa Wildlife Park

A 103-acre wildlife preserve in Camp Verde, about 30 minutes south of Sedona, where rescued tigers, lions, giraffes, zebras and rhinos live in roomy habitats. The safari ride, the tiger swim show and the Predator Feed make it the Verde Valley's best family day.

Jerome State Historic Park

The 1916 Douglas Mansion, built above the Little Daisy Mine, tells the story of Jerome, the copper boomtown clinging to Cleopatra Hill. A 3-D model of the mines below and sweeping Verde Valley views make it the best first stop in town.

Gold King Mine and Ghost Town

A gloriously cluttered ghost town just above Jerome: more than 100 vintage cars, trucks and fire engines, a working sawmill and stamp mill, a blacksmith shop, gold panning and a petting zoo, on the site of an 1890s mining camp.

Tuzigoot National Monument

A Sinagua hilltop pueblo of about 110 rooms crowning a ridge above the Verde Valley, with a short loop to the rooftop and a marsh trail for birders. One pass also covers Montezuma Castle for seven days.

Sedona Heritage Museum

The Jordan family's red sandstone farmstead, a short drive from Uptown, now tells the story of Sedona's pioneers, orchards, cowboys and the Hollywood westerns shot among the red rocks.

Evening Sky Tours Stargazing

Sedona became an International Dark Sky Community in 2014, and this astronomer-led tour shows you why: a laser-pointer tour of the constellations, then telescope views of galaxies, nebulae, star clusters and planets at a dark site south of town.

Fort Verde State Historic Park

Arizona's best-preserved Indian Wars era fort, in the heart of Camp Verde: original 1870s officers' houses furnished as they were in the 1880s, a visitor center in the old administration building, and living-history days through the year.

Boynton Canyon Trail

A six-mile out-and-back into a towering red-walled box canyon in the Red Rock-Secret Mountain Wilderness, past Enchantment Resort and into cool forest, with a short spur to one of Sedona's best-known vortex sites.

Soldier Pass Trail

The best short hike for variety in Sedona: a collapsed sinkhole called Devil's Kitchen, the stair-stepped Seven Sacred Pools and a hidden arch, all within reach of a small West Sedona trailhead served by the free shuttle.

Amitabha Stupa and Peace Park

A 36-foot Tibetan Buddhist stupa beneath Thunder Mountain in West Sedona, reached by juniper paths hung with prayer flags. Free, open dawn to dusk, and one of the most peaceful places in town for anyone of any faith.

Montezuma Well

A spring-fed limestone sinkhole holding more than 15 million gallons of water, ringed by Sinagua cliff rooms and a prehistoric irrigation canal still visible today. Free, and one of the strangest natural sights in Arizona.

Honanki Heritage Site

With its sister site Palatki, the largest Sinagua cliff dwelling in Red Rock Country, built against a sandstone cliff and surrounded by petroglyphs and pictographs. No reservation needed, but the dirt road in is rough.

Crane Petroglyph Heritage Site

The largest known petroglyph site in the Verde Valley, formerly called V Bar V: sandstone panels crowded with Sinagua rock art in the distinctive Beaver Creek style, open Friday to Monday near the I-17 and SR 179 junction.

Broken Arrow Trail

A moderately easy red rock walk off SR 179 past a giant sinkhole and Submarine Rock to Chicken Point, the slickrock perch Pink Jeep made famous, with sweeping views of the buttes south of town.

Fay Canyon Trail

Sedona's best easy canyon walk: about two miles round trip with almost no climbing into a narrow red rock box canyon in the wilderness, ending beneath a towering Supai sandstone wall, with a hidden arch for sharp-eyed hikers.