#17 in Top 20 Sedona for A Wellness Retreat · ★★★★
Briar Patch Inn
Oak Creek cottages, mountain-creek wellness retreat.
Oak Creek cottages, mountain-creek wellness retreat.
"Oak Creek cottages, mountain-creek wellness retreat."
Briar Patch Inn is the family-run B&B in Oak Creek Canyon — the property is the working creek-side cottage cluster at the working budget tier compared to L'Auberge de Sedona, with the working 19-cottage scale and the working family-run operating culture. Nineteen cottages across the working multi-acre Oak-Creek-side property, the upper-tier Riverside Cottage (with working direct-creek-bank private patio) is the working flagship. The asset is the working Oak-Creek-side cottage product at the working accessible price point — Briar Patch runs at $280-$450/night for a working creek-side cottage (vs $700+ at L'Auberge), and the working family-run operating culture handles the working B&B-style hospitality. Briar Patch Inn is the right pick for the working couple who specifically wants the working Oak-Creek-side experience at the working budget tier — the working centerpiece is the working morning-creek-walk and the working in-cottage fireplace-and-private-patio.
Riverside Cottage (the working creek-bank flagship) or Garden Cottage for the working entry-level option.
Walk the working Oak-Creek-bank at 7am — the working empty-creek-side morning is the working centerpiece. The working three-course-plated breakfast is the working morning anchor.
Briar Patch Inn sits within our broader Top 20 Hotels in Sedona for a Wellness Retreat list. It scored an aggregate 9.3/10 across the three editorial criteria — competitive against the field but, on a wellness retreat-specific factors, the angle above is what earned its rank. For the alternatives in the same Sedona neighbourhood, see Oak Creek Canyon (north) and adjacent. For a different city entirely, see the related lists below.
If you have already chosen the dates, our editor recommends booking the room twelve weeks ahead. The best suites with the right view orientation go first, and inventory for the popular months is quoted in months, not weeks. Suite-level rooms with private plunge pools or terraces — the ones that earn this rank — are typically the first to sell out.