#3 in Top 20 Sedona for A Wellness Retreat · ★★★★★
L'Auberge de Sedona
Oak Creek-side cottages, wellness amenities, the romantic-wellness double.
Oak Creek-side cottages, wellness amenities, the romantic-wellness double.
"Oak Creek-side cottages, wellness amenities, the romantic-wellness double."
L'Auberge de Sedona opened in 1984 on the Oak Creek banks just north of Uptown Sedona — the property is the only working creek-side luxury resort in Sedona (the working creek runs through the property, with cottages built directly on the working creek bank), and the working Oak-Creek-side positioning is the working alternative to the Boynton-Canyon-and-vortex-cluster. Eighty-eight rooms and cottages across the working multi-acre creek-side property, the upper-tier Creekside Cottage (with private outdoor patio on the working creek bank, with the working Oak Creek water-running-past-the-deck as the working soundtrack) is the working honeymoon-and-anniversary flagship, and the L'Apothecary Spa is the working in-house wellness programme. The asset is the working creek-side cottage and the working romantic-wellness double-positioning — the property handles both the working honeymoon-and-anniversary couple and the working wellness traveler, and the working Oak-Creek-side positioning is unique among the Sedona luxury cluster. The Cress on Oak Creek (the in-house Forbes-Travel-Guide-Five-Star restaurant) is the working anniversary-dinner space. L'Auberge de Sedona is the right pick for the working couple who wants the working wellness-and-romance double — the working centerpiece is the working creek-side morning (the working stream-side breakfast, the working 7am creek-walk, the working in-spa couples'-treatment), and the working Uptown-Sedona-walking position handles the working Tlaquepaque-and-shopping circuit.
Creekside Cottage (the working flagship with private creek-side patio) or Creekside Lodge for the working couple-of-friends option.
Reserve the working stream-side breakfast at L'Auberge restaurant on every morning — the working Oak-Creek-water-side-with-the-stream-running breakfast is the working centerpiece. Pre-book the L'Apothecary Spa working couples' treatment on day three. Walk to Tlaquepaque Arts & Crafts Village (10 minutes south) for the working art-walk afternoon.
L'Auberge de Sedona sits within our broader Top 20 Hotels in Sedona for a Wellness Retreat list. It scored an aggregate 9.7/10 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 (Uptown) 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.