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Ranked by traveller reviews: 1) an off-road jeep tour of the Broken Arrow or Western canyon trails, 2) the Verde Canyon Railroad from Clarkdale, 3) a Grand Canyon day trip from Sedona, 4) a guided ATV or UTV backcountry tour, 5) the Cathedral Rock, Bell Rock and Devil’s Bridge hikes, 6) a Verde Valley wine tour, 7) an e-bike ride along the red-rock trails, 8) a vortex and chakra tour, 9) a Night Sky stargazing tour and 10) the Chapel of the Holy Cross and Airport Mesa at sunset.

Plan two to three days. Day one: a morning jeep or ATV tour, lunch at Tlaquepaque, the Chapel of the Holy Cross, then Cathedral Rock and sunset at Airport Mesa. Day two: Devil’s Bridge at dawn, Oak Creek Canyon and Slide Rock, a wine tasting in Page Springs and a stargazing tour. Day three: the Grand Canyon South Rim on a small-group tour, or the Verde Canyon Railroad with Jerome and Montezuma Castle. Sedona also works as a two-night stop between Phoenix and the Grand Canyon.

Watch the sunset from Airport Mesa or the Bell Rock pathway, visit the Chapel of the Holy Cross built into the rock, browse the galleries and courtyards of Tlaquepaque and Uptown, drive the switchbacks of Oak Creek Canyon to the overlook, and hike the classic trails — Cathedral Rock, Bell Rock, Devil’s Bridge, Fay Canyon, Boynton Canyon — for the cost of a $5 Red Rock Pass or by taking the free Sedona Shuttle. The vortex sites themselves are simply hilltops and cost nothing.

The Grand Canyon South Rim (two hours; small-group tours from Sedona cost about $197–209), the copper-mining ghost town of Jerome (45 minutes), Montezuma Castle and Tuzigoot national monuments (30 minutes), the Verde Canyon Railroad from Clarkdale (40 minutes), the wineries of Page Springs and Cottonwood (20 minutes), Flagstaff with Walnut Canyon and Sunset Crater (45 minutes) and Meteor Crater (90 minutes). Antelope Canyon and Horseshoe Bend are three hours away — a long day or an overnight.

Stargaze — Sedona is an International Dark Sky Community, and guided star tours with telescopes run most nights (about $100). Otherwise: sunset at Airport Mesa, dinner and live music at Sound Bites Grill or Vino di Sedona, a beer at Oak Creek Brewery, the lit-up courtyards of Tlaquepaque, a film at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre or a full-moon jeep tour. Nightlife is quiet — most of Sedona is asleep by 10pm.

Winter days are cool and clear (50s–60s°F), the trails are at their best and jeep, ATV and railroad tours run year-round; a dusting of snow on the red rocks is a photographer’s dream. Early December brings the Festival of Lights at Tlaquepaque with 6,000 luminarias, and the Verde Canyon Railroad runs its Magical Christmas Journey. Slide Rock is too cold to swim, and the Grand Canyon may have snow on the rim.

A Pink Jeep or ATV tour (most take children from age two), the natural waterslide at Slide Rock State Park in summer, the easy Bell Rock Pathway and Fay Canyon trails, the Verde Canyon Railroad, Out of Africa Wildlife Park in Camp Verde, a stargazing tour, the cliff dwellings of Montezuma Castle, wading in Oak Creek and the Sedona Heritage Museum.

March to May and September to November — mild days, cool nights and clear skies, though these are also the busiest months, so book jeep tours and hotels ahead. Summer highs reach 95–100°F with afternoon monsoon storms in July and August; winter is quiet, cool and occasionally snowy.

Yes — the jeep tours reach trails like Broken Arrow, Soldier Pass and the Western canyons that you cannot legally drive yourself, and they are consistently the highest-rated experiences in Sedona. The two-hour Broken Arrow trip is the classic; choose a late-afternoon slot for the best light on the rocks, and book a day or two ahead in spring and autumn.