Sedona, AZ trip
 

What to see and do? We'll (myself and husband) be there for one week, flying into and out of Phoenix. GC is on the list, as is Pink Jeep tour, but what else? Can we do the HD from Sedona or is it too far in one day? Will be staying at a friend's timeshare, so no need for hotel suggestions (other than GC area). Thanks!

HD?

Here is a webpage to get you started:

http://www.visitsedona.com/article/75

I went there in '05 and took a day trip to the Grand Canyon. We also hiked, went to Jerome, went to Montezuma Castle. I arrived the day before my friend and when I picked her up in Phoenix, we went to the botanical gardens. That was really nice also.

You should go to the library and get a guidebook.

This place had really great karaoke:
http://www.thefullmoonsaloon.com/index.html

<b>HD?</b>

Guessing Hoover Dam ...

A drive through Oak Creek Canyon. Other than Montezuma Castle, there are other amazing pueblo ruins in the area, such as Walnut Canyon pueblo ruins (walk down or see from the top if not up for the hike), Wupatki Nat'l Mon., Sunset Crater - all north, near Flagstaff. Walnut Canyon is just off I-40, others off Rt. 89, one of the two routes to the Grand Canyon; you might be able to see one or more on the way to or from GC, depending on how long you spend there. You could drive up either Rt. 64, spend a night in the GC park if room (or just outside on 64), return on 89 and see Wupatki - or vice versa. Or all three would combine with the drive through Oak Creek. Also, other pueblo ruins beside these and Montezuma Castle (and Montezuma Well, a unit of the castle monument a few miles away and some say more interesting than the Castle), include Tuzigoot, which you could see on the way SW to Jerome. All these are National Monuments. A less known group of pueblo ruins is the Palatki Heritage Site, which has some nice rock art in addition to the buildings; when we saw it, it was open daily, but I gather it became a "by appointment" site for awhile; sometime I read recently suggested it was regularly open again but check before you go.

Petrified Forest National Park and Meteor Crater could be combined for a day trip an hours drive east on I-40. (I'd skip Meteor Crater myself but my husband is a fan.)

Some good art and fine craft galleries in Sedona if that interests you.

If HD means Hoover Dam, HD is not a reasonable day trip from Sedona; the round trip is 530 miles.

The Sedona-Jerome-Prescott-Sedona Loop makes a good day trip of 123 milews.

HTTY

We (me, husband, 2 teenagers) just went to this area in early June. We flew into Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix and then drove up to Sedona the same day. Spent 2 days in Sedona (at the View's Inn Sedona, which was clean, nice and very reasonable), hiking and relaxing. We hiked around the Red Rock State Park one day. On the way to the Grand Canyon, we stopped in Jerome (Arizona's largest ghost town circa 1950's)...would recommend the Haunted Hamburger for lunch for its food and great overlook. The shops were quaint and interesting.

We stayed in the Maswik Lodge, about 1/4 mile from the Grand Canyon South Rim. This made for a nice walk at sunset and sunrise, which is highly recommended if you stay inside the park. Food options are somewhat limited inside the park, but we ate a reasonable breakfast inside the Maswik Cafeteria and good dinners at the Canyon Cafe.

We stopped in Flagstaff as we left the Grand Canyon, ate at Cafe Pickles and looked through the quaint shops of this college town. The last 2 days were meant for relaxing, and we spent them in Scottsdale at the Gainey Suites (highly recommended!).

This thread, which includes a trip report link, was very helpful:

http://www.fodors.com/community/unit...nk-you-all.cfm

Thank you all so much...and yes, HD was Hoover Dam...I greatly appreciate the feedback! I do plan to pick up a guide book too, but there's nothing like feedback from other travelers!

Have lunch at Enchantment Resort(you have to book ahead), or at the creek side restaurant at L'Auberge de Sedona. Heartline Cafe is another good spot for a meal.