The spacious interior of a room at Ranchos de los Caballeros includes an adobe fireplace, wood beam ceilings and mirrored couches and coffee tables. | Laurence Parent
Central Lodging

Rancho de los Caballeros

Rancho de los Caballeros, a family-owned, luxury dude ranch sitting on 18,000 acres of pristine Sonoran Desert near Wickenburg, claims to be the…
Gray Dog Music customer Julie Sullivan Brace plays one of the store’s available guitars. | Dawn Kish
Central

Gray Dog Music

A table for four is set with bar drinks and entreés including salad, pasta and meat dishes. | David Zickl
Central Dining

Lom Wong

More than 20 years ago, Alex Martin moved to Thailand to work in education, taking students on immersive learning experiences in-country, as well as…
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