Nearby, your children will enjoy Sunset and Posse Grounds parks, with playground equipment, and the Sedona Skate Park, municipal tennis courts, bowling, miniature golf, four-wheeling, a trout farm and fish hatchery.

Consider, too, a family outing on the Sedona Trolley, which offers entertaining, educational and short 55-minute tours every day on the hour, new owners Sarah and Jeff Beard explain. The children can even ring the bell, and the uptown depot has antique trolleys to enjoy. On first Fridays, the trolley provides free transportation between the Sedona galleries for their monthly showcase.

On the way up or back from the Valley, you might stop at 104-acre Out of Africa Wildlife Park, a safari-like experience, or book a trip on the Verde Canyon Railroad, a four-hour, round-trip excursion through sublime Sycamore Canyon.

Sedona Rouge, in fact, is offering an Out of Africa Wildlife Park Package through the end of the year including two-nights accommodations in a deluxe guest room, admission for two to the park and $50 dining credit at Reds Restaurant.

Says Ed Conway, general manager: “Sedona is one of the great places to stay in the world, and we believe that you’ll find Sedona Rouge Hotel & Spa to be one of the best places for you and your family to stay in Sedona.”