Ember Coast
A smooth paved overlook with red-rock views in Sedona

Mobility-friendly

Dramatic Sedona, on smooth ground.

The region's grandest scenery, planned to minimize rough terrain and long transfers.

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Many of Sedona's grandest views need no trail at all. The Chapel of the Holy Cross has accessible parking and a paved ramp to a sweeping overlook, and the Airport Mesa pullout delivers a 360-degree panorama from the car. A single resort base such as Enchantment, with its level casita grounds, minimizes transfers.

Big views without rough trails

For smooth-terrain sightseeing, the Oak Creek Canyon and Red Rock scenic byways deliver dramatic scenery entirely by car, with paved pullouts at every turn. Several Pink Jeep tours can accommodate guests who can transfer, offering the backcountry without the hike.

We confirm room and bathroom layouts in advance, arrange equipment, and choose the experiences and routes that keep the trip grand and the ground smooth.

What’s inside

  • Chapel of the Holy Cross: paved ramp to the overlook
  • A single resort base to limit transfers
  • Drive-up mesa overlooks and scenic byways
  • Jeep tours with boarding assistance
  • Room layouts and equipment confirmed in advance

A sample rhythm

  1. 01

    One base

    A single accessible resort with level grounds in the canyon.

  2. 02

    Smooth scenery

    Paved chapel and mesa overlooks and the canyon byway.

  3. 03

    Gentle adventure

    A Jeep tour with boarding assistance into the backcountry.

  4. 04

    Restore

    Level spa grounds and a red-rock-view dinner to close.

The Sedonawe’d build in

The pieces that fit this trip.

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.

Iconic

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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Iconic

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 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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Bucket-list

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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Top rated

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.

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.

Iconic

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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Award-winning

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.

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.

Iconic

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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Award-winning

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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Award-winning

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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Golden sunset light shimmering on the sea

Accessible luxury

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