Ember Coast
Sedona, Arizona

Arizona · Sedona

Red rock country, planned in full.

The stays, the tables, the trails and the overlooks. Every top-rated way to experience Sedona, curated and handled by a private concierge.

The destination, curated

Sedona is one part wilderness, one part wellness capital. The best of it takes a sunrise balloon, a slickrock trail, a reservation held weeks ahead, and someone who knows which overlook the light is on.

Where to stay

Resorts cradled by the red rocks.

From a creekside hideaway in Oak Creek Canyon to a resort tucked inside Boynton Canyon, these are the stays a Sedona trip is built around.

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Boynton Canyon

Enchantment Resort

A 70-acre resort set deep inside Boynton Canyon, ringed by red-rock walls, with casita-style rooms and the destination spa Mii amo on site.

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Uptown Sedona

L'Auberge de Sedona

Creekside cottages along the banks of Oak Creek, a Forbes-rated retreat known for its riverfront dining and outdoor cathedral of sycamores.

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Boutique

Uptown Sedona

Amara Resort & Spa

A modern hillside boutique within walking distance of Uptown, with an infinity pool framing the red rocks and creek access below.

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Top rated

West Sedona

Sky Rock Sedona

An elevated hilltop perch with some of the widest red-rock panoramas in town, recently reimagined with a stargazing-forward program.

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Destination spa

Boynton Canyon

Mii amo

An all-inclusive destination spa inside Enchantment, built around three-, four-, and seven-night immersive journeys for deep restoration.

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Adults-leaning

Oak Creek

L'Auberge Creekside Cottages

The most secluded rooms at L'Auberge, individual cottages set right at the water's edge for the quietest, most romantic stay in Sedona.

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The table

Red-rock-view tables and creekside chefs.

Sedona's dining runs from a hilltop room with panoramic walls of stone to a fine-dining cottage above Oak Creek. We hold the hard reservations.

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West Sedona

Mariposa Latin Inspired Grill

Chef Lisa Dahl's hilltop showpiece, walls of glass framing the red rocks over a wood-fired Latin grill, the definitive Sedona view table.

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Uptown Sedona

Cress on Oak Creek

The Forbes-rated fine-dining room at L'Auberge, serving seasonal American tasting menus on a deck suspended over Oak Creek.

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Uptown Sedona

Elote Cafe

Sedona's most beloved and hardest-to-book table, chef Jeff Smedstad's elevated, regional Mexican cooking drawn from years in Oaxaca.

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West Sedona

SaltRock Southwest Kitchen

The wood-fired Southwest kitchen at Amara Resort, open-flame cooking and craft agave cocktails with a red-rock backdrop.

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West Sedona

Dahl & DiLuca Ristorante Italiano

Lisa Dahl's romantic, candlelit Italian flagship, a perennial top-rated Sedona dinner two decades running.

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Village of Oak Creek

Cucina Rustica

A grand Tuscan-villa setting from the Dahl restaurant family, warm rustic Italian cooking under hand-painted starlit ceilings.

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Restore

Vortex energy, watsu, and red-rock calm.

Sedona is one of the world's wellness capitals: canyon spas, energy work, and immersive multi-night journeys built for the deep reset.

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Boynton Canyon

Mii amo Spa

Repeatedly named among the world's best destination spas, with a sacred Crystal Grotto at its heart and all-inclusive multi-night journeys.

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Boynton Canyon

The Spa at Enchantment

Day access to Mii amo's treatments and an open-air movement and meditation program set against the canyon walls.

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Oak Creek

L'Apothecary Spa at L'Auberge

Creekside treatments and the signature Watsu water therapy, performed in a private warm-water pool beside Oak Creek.

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Only-in-Sedona

Red-rock country

Sedona Vortex Experiences

Guided visits to the famed energy vortexes at Bell Rock, Airport Mesa, and Boynton Canyon, paired with meditation and breathwork.

Signature adventures

Pink Jeeps, hot-air balloons, and slickrock.

The one-of-a-kind days: a backcountry Jeep climb up the slickrock, a sunrise balloon over the buttes, and guided off-road into the high desert.

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Uptown Sedona

Pink Jeep Tours

The original Sedona off-road operator since 1960, famous for the Broken Arrow trail that climbs slickrock few other tours can reach.

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Bucket-list

West Sedona

Northern Light Balloon Expeditions

Sunrise hot-air balloon flights drifting over the red rocks, one of only two operators permitted to fly in the Sedona area.

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Sedona

Red Rock Balloon Adventures

FAA-certified dawn flights with a traditional champagne breakfast in the desert, an FAA-permitted Sedona balloon operator.

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Red-rock country

Sedona Off-Road Adventures

Private, small-group backcountry tours by open-air vehicle into the canyons and mesas, paced for photography and quiet.

The drives & overlooks

Airport Mesa at sunset, the canyon by car.

Some of Sedona's grandest scenery is reachable on smooth ground: a switchback canyon byway, a panoramic mesa overlook, and a chapel in the rocks.

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Highway 89A

Oak Creek Canyon Scenic Drive

A designated scenic byway switchbacking through a wooded river gorge between Sedona and Flagstaff, stunning in autumn color.

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West Sedona

Airport Mesa Overlook

The classic 360-degree red-rock panorama and the town's most popular sunset spot, perched on a mesa above West Sedona.

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Sedona

Chapel of the Holy Cross

A modernist chapel built directly into the red-rock buttes in 1956, with sweeping views from its perch above the valley.

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Highway 179

Red Rock Scenic Byway

An All-American Road past Bell Rock and Courthouse Butte, the gateway approach to Sedona with pullouts at every turn.

On foot

Cathedral Rock, Devil's Bridge, and a saddle.

From a short scramble to a famous saddle to the largest natural arch in the area, Sedona's trails are paced to any fitness level.

Many trailheads require a Red Rock Pass; Devil's Bridge and Cathedral Rock parking fill early, so go at first light.

Bucket-list

Village of Oak Creek

Cathedral Rock Trail

A short but steep slickrock scramble to a dramatic saddle between the spires, one of the most photographed views in the Southwest.

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Dry Creek

Devil's Bridge Trail

A moderate hike to the largest natural sandstone arch in the Sedona area, with an iconic photo standing atop the span.

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Village of Oak Creek

Bell Rock Pathway

An easy, mostly level loop around one of Sedona's signature buttes and a famed vortex site, with optional slickrock climbing.

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Boynton Canyon

Boynton Canyon Trail

A wooded canyon walk past Enchantment toward red-rock walls and the Subway cave, one of the most scenic moderate trails in town.

Fairways

Red-rock holes on high-desert turf.

Two of Arizona's most scenic courses, both with the buttes as a backdrop and both within easy reach of where you stay.

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West Sedona

Seven Canyons Golf Club

A Tom Weiskopf-designed private course set against towering red-rock walls, regularly cited among Arizona's most beautiful layouts.

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Village of Oak Creek

Oakcreek Country Club

A mature Robert Trent Jones design with red-rock views from the fairways, the area's established semi-private club.

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Award-winning

Village of Oak Creek

Sedona Golf Resort

A Gary Panks course with panoramic red-rock vistas at nearly every hole, a longtime favorite for resort play.

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Creek & lake

Wild trout in Oak Creek, fly rods in the canyon.

Sedona's fishing is a quiet, creekside affair: stocked and wild trout in Oak Creek, with guided fly trips into the canyon water.

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Oak Creek Canyon

Oak Creek Fly Fishing

Guided wade trips for wild and stocked rainbow trout along the cottonwood-shaded riffles of Oak Creek, paced for all levels.

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Oak Creek Canyon

Slide Rock State Park

A historic apple farm and natural rock waterslide in the canyon, with creekside trout fishing alongside the famous swimming chutes.

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Red-rock country

Sedona Fly Fishing Guides

Private, fully outfitted half- and full-day fly excursions to Oak Creek and nearby high-country streams and lakes.

When to go

Timing is the whole trip.

Best overall months

March to May and September to November bring mild days, cool nights, and the clearest light on the red rocks.

Fall color in the canyon

Late October into November lights up Oak Creek Canyon with sycamore and cottonwood gold, the peak time for the scenic drive.

Summer heat and monsoon

June is hot and dry; July to September brings afternoon monsoon storms, so plan hikes and balloons for the early morning.

Winter quiet

December to February is crisp and uncrowded, with the occasional dusting of snow on the red rocks for a striking contrast.

Golden sunset light shimmering on the sea

Your Sedona

Let us build the Sedona you came for.

Tell us the shape of the trip you can already picture. A concierge fills in everything still open and sends back a plan, not a quote.

Design My Sedona Escape