Where to Stay in Sedona: Your Guide to Luxury and Comfort
If you’re wondering where to stay in Sedona, Ambiente, A Landscape Hotel should be at the top of your list. Ambiente is the first landscape hotel in North America. It offers stunning red rock views, eco-conscious architecture, proximity to hiking trails and attractions, and amenities that wrap you in sensual luxury and comfort at the edge of the Coconino National Forest. There’s no place like it in Sedona for celebrating a special occasion.
Choosing the right place to stay can completely shape your experience. Below are some key points to consider when booking accommodations in Sedona, plus details on how Ambiente delivers an adults-only sanctuary that immerses you in the natural landscape.
1 Location Matters
One of the first things to consider when deciding where to stay in Sedona, AZ is location. Do you want to be in the heart of the action–within walking distance of restaurants, shops, and galleries—along with the accompanying traffic and crowds? That’s Uptown Sedona. Perhaps you prefer a quieter escape closer to nature and don’t mind the longer drive into town.
Ambiente offers the best of both worlds. Located in West Sedona, it’s just a five-minute drive from all the buzz of Uptown, yet feels more peaceful. There’s easy access to restaurants like Mariposa, art galleries, and Sedona landmarks like Airport Mesa and Thunder Mountain without the density.
For guests who want to lace up their hiking boots and go, there’s a trailhead right alongside the hotel. The Adobe Jack Trail links to several other paths, allowing guests to customize their routes by distance, difficulty, and views.
Back at the property, Ambiente’s 40 cube-shaped guest Atriums feel completely immersed in nature. Each Atrium is elevated on steel piers and carefully placed into the landscape to maximize the red rock vistas with floor-to-ceiling bronzed glass walls. Desert cottontails hop amidst the juniper at sunrise and hooting owls can be heard at night.
2 Red Rock Views
Sedona sits in the heart of red rock country, and you absolutely want a front-row seat to the iconic scenery. The town is surrounded by cliffs, buttes, and soaring spires, so it’s not hard to catch a glimpse of the views. But you want a great view especially for those golden, magic moments just before sunrise and just after sunset when the rocks come alive, glowing in shades of crimson and copper.
At Ambiente, you don’t have to miss a minute of it. Each Atrium offers 180-degree views through floor-to-ceiling glass walls (with blackout shades you can control from your bedside). Private rooftop decks with firepits and daybeds elevate the experience even further, giving you 360-degree vistas of the red rock formations by day and star-filled skies by night.
It’s as effortless as opening your eyes in the morning to catch the first light on the red rocks, or walking up the spiral staircase with a mug of coffee to begin your day bathed in that fleeting Sedona glow.
3 Amenities
When choosing accommodations, the right amenities can greatly enhance your stay. Beyond a comfortable bed, think about how you want to live while you’re here. Do you prefer slow, luxurious mornings with great coffee and a beautiful breakfast? A pool or spa waiting after a long hike? Thoughtful touches like in-room snacks, plush bedding, and a concierge who steers you toward the best trails, galleries, and dinner spots? Ambiente has you covered on all counts.
Breakfast at Ambiente’s on-site Restaurant Forty1 sets the tone for the day with nourishing options, whether you’re fueling up before a hike or lingering over coffee and contemplating a swim in the curvaceous pool. Dinner is especially romantic, featuring soft lighting and local, organic ingredients.
Velvet Spa at Ambiente offers a complete menu of facials and body treatments designed to restore, hydrate, and rebalance, and some can be arranged on your private rooftop deck. For those who want to cocoon, each atrium is stocked with complimentary coffee and chef-curated gourmet snacks. Not to mention a two-person Hinoki soaking tub, walk-in shower with dual rain heads, spa robes and slippers, and a luxurious king bed with organic linens.
4 Activities & Experiences
Consider what you want to do while in Sedona, and how your chosen accommodation can help you best experience it. Will you be golfing, playing tennis or working out at a gym? Or do you want to explore the hiking and mountain biking trails and vortexes?
At Ambiente, activities are designed to deepen your connection with the landscape. The concierge team can help arrange exclusive off-road Jeep tours, helicopter flights
over the red rock canyons, and a “Saddle n Sip” horseback ride and wine tasting through the Verde Valley. Private Atrium rooftop experiences include stargazing led by an astronomer with specialty telescopes, and a landscape painting class with an instructor.
5 Sustainability, Conservation & Architecture
In a place as naturally powerful as Sedona, how a property shows up on the land matters. When you’re choosing where to stay, it’s worth considering how the architecture blends into the environment, or dominates it. Are native plants preserved? Are the energy choices respectful of the fragile ecosystem? Are linens and amenities chosen with the planet in mind?
At Ambiente, sustainability and design go hand in hand. Atriums are elevated on steel piers, allowing the natural terrain below to remain largely undisturbed. This approach reduces the building’s footprint and creates the feeling that you’re hovering within the landscape. Beneath the Atriums is an ancient waterway which Ambiente restored and incorporated into the design of the resort.
Whether you’re marking a milestone, planning a romantic escape, or simply craving a reset, choosing Ambiente means your stay in Sedona is not only luxurious and restorative, but also aligned with the preservation of the landscape that drew you here in the first place.