If you’re like most visitors to Sedona, you’ll really want to savor our breathtaking landscape. Sedona’s vast variety of fabulous hiking trails, let’s you see its majesty from many wonderful angles. Our favorite, and the newest and best, hiking guide is GREAT SEDONA HIKES: THE 50 GREATEST IN SEDONA, ARIZONA by William Bohan and David Butler. Check out their fabulous website, which is filled with loads of insider information. You can see the book here.

You’ll also find great shopping in Sedona, in West Sedona, where The Well Red Coyote is located, uptown, and the various other shopping areas around town. Our favorite shopping centers are the Hillside Shops and the charming walled shopping city of Tlaquepaque.

You’ll find great art and great classes in a variety of arts at the Sedona Art Center.

And food! You’ll find great restaurants all over Sedona, with all kinds of cuisines. Our favorite restaurant is the Elote Café. You can see the new Elote Café Cookbook here.

We have great entertainment here, too. Read the latest issue of KUDOS to see what’s going on. You'll find free copies at The Well Red Coyote, as well as many other places around town. You'll find the best musical performances in the area at nearby Cottonwood's Old Town Center for the Arts.


Here are some other links to help you get to know Sedona better.

Sedona Visitor Information:

Sedona, Arizona Visitor Information: Gateway To Sedona is the largest Sedona, Arizona, visitor guide with thousands of photos and articles about Sedona and information about Sedona hotels and lodging, tours and attractions, restaurants, golf and spas, real estate and shopping.


Sedona News:

KUDOS: Entertainment news -- Your Guide to Fun and Excitement in the Verde Valley, Sedona and Northern Arizona.

Sedona.biz: For the best in local and national news.

Sedona Lodging -- here are some of our favorite hotels:

Southwest Inn
Pampering you in a truly luxurious setting - just across the parking lot from The Well Red Coyote
http://www.swinn.com
(800) 483-7422

El Portal Sedona Luxury Hotel
El Portal is your hiking and biking headquarters and your Grand Canyon specialist!
The New York Times calls it: "The place to stay in Sedona—godsend"
A pet-friendly hotel
http://www.elportalsedona.com/index1.html

Sedona Real Inn & Suites
Catering to family vacations, business groups, couples or single travelers of all kinds.
Each and every guest at Sedona Reál Inn & Suites is treated as a lifetime friend.
Across the street from The Well Red Coyote
http://www.sedonareal.com/
(877) 299-6016

Alma de Sedona
A luxurious, romantic inn -- a unique retreat combining modern comfort
and warm hospitality in a casually elegant setting. Right in our neighborhood.
http://www.almadesedona.com
800•923•2282
928•282•2737

Other great Sedona hotels and resorts include: Sedona Rouge, King’s Ransom, Poco Diablo Resort, Enchantment Resort, Best Western Inn of Sedona, Hyatt Pinon Point, Hilton Resort & Spa, and others.

Here are a few links to some of our favorite Sedona institutions that you might find of interest:

Old Town Center for the Arts: Located at 5th & Main in nearby Cottonwood, the Old Town Center for the Arts is one of the best, community-oriented performance venues in the area. This facility is historic, and beautifully renovated, and attracts some of the best local and national musicians.The Center provides professional audio, lighting, rigging, staging, dressing room with shower, and decorated, handicap accessible restrooms.

Chamber Music Sedona: Chamber Music Sedona is dedicated to the presentation of world-class chamber music performances in the red-rock country of Sedona, Arizona. Chamber Music Sedona's "Magical Music in the Red Rocks" offers a series of concerts and residencies September through May. One of the most distinguished groups of its size in the country, Chamber Music Sedona received in 1993 one of five coveted national Chamber Music America "Presenter Expansion Grants." Since then, Chamber Music Sedona has expanded its offerings of concerts and school programs, many of them made possible through the charitable contributions of our many members, sponsors and contributors, as well as the Arizona Commission on the Arts. These annual contributions insure the financial stability of Chamber Music Sedona by providing support for our subscription concert series and mission-oriented community programs.

Sedona Library: A privately-run library for members in the Sedona area.The mission of the Sedona Public Library is to enrich the lives of Sedona-area residents and to help them succeed by providing information services that are affordable, responsive, efficient and enjoyable, and by serving as a center for community activities.

Sedona Arts Center: The Art and Soul of Sedona. It started with a vision . . . and led to a longtime marriage of the landscape and the arts. In 1958 Egyptian-born sculptor, Nassan Gobran, and a group of visionaries, inspired by the natural beauty of Sedona, saw the need for a place where artists could work and teach together - an arts center. Today the Sedona Arts Center is a continuing legacy to those ideals. Not only is it a gathering place where artists and those who love art can explore, teach and exhibit, but it has grown into an organization with national presence, providing outstanding education programming and nationally recognized events.

Sustainable Arizona: Sustainable Arizona Resource and Education Council is dedicated to improving the quality of life in Arizona and the Southwest. We work with businesses, individuals, governments and other organizations to build resilient economies, strong communities and healthy natural environments.
Our nonprofit organization is made up of volunteers and professionals committed to making sustainable development possible. Together, we create and promote community practices to achieve a sustainable future – where people can thrive for generations in harmony with each other and the natural world.