Prickly Pear Inn room interior offers plenty of space, including a kitchenette and beamed ceilings. | Laurence Parent
Central Lodging

Prickly Pear Inn

There’s plenty to do near the Prickly Pear Inn, from Cave Creek’s bars and restaurants to hiking trails at Jewel of the Creek Preserve to the north.…
Jan Wichayanuparp (left) and Helen Yung serve up sweet treats at Sweet Republic. | Rob Ballard
Central

Sweet Republic

Pasta pescatore, topped with scallops, calamari, shrimp, clams, mussels and a homemade red sauce. | Steven Meckler
Southern Dining

Melio’s Trattoria

Italian food has been part of Melinda and Elio Trovarelli’s lives since they met four decades ago. “My mother is Italian, and she took me on a trip…
The long, wooden porch at Tal-Wi-Wi has plenty of chairs for guests to enjoy the White Mountains view. By Laurence Parent
Eastern Lodging

Long Shadow Lodge at Tal-Wi-Wi

For more than three-quarters of a century, Tal-Wi-Wi Lodge, just off U.S. Route 180 north of Alpine, welcomed visitors to Eastern Arizona’s…
Barista Linnea Renken prepares a pour-over coffee at Peixoto’s Chandler location. | Jill Richards
Central

Peixoto Coffee Roasters

Photograph of an artistic salad and a pink drink garnished with flowers against a soft backdrop of a red rock view is by Rob Ballard.
Central Dining

The Hudson

Three words: A robust menu. Four more: Epic Red Rock views. Put them together, and you’ve got The Hudson, a longstanding Sedona restaurant known for…
Photo of Sycamore Cabin in late afternoon light is by Laurence Parent
Central Lodging

Sycamore Cabin

With every mile driven southeast on Forest Road 68 (Dugas Road), the scenery becomes more remote and beautiful. The buzz of Interstate 17 is replaced…
Photograph of man crouching on a rock in the desert blowing into a didgeridoo is by Steven Meckler
Southern

Desert Mountain Didgeridoos