Product Description
The Gateway To Sedona Visitor & Web Guide is the ultimate travel companion for anyone interested in visiting Sedona, the Verde Valley and Northern Arizona.

Beautifully illustrated with stunning color photographs from cover to cover, the Gateway To Sedona Visitor & Web Guide more than lives up to Sedona s designation as The Most Beautiful Place In America by USA Weekend Magazine. Sections include the story of Sedona s first people, a brief history of settler life, a close look at area wildlife, hiking trails and maps, ancient Indian dwellings and petroglyphs, and a snapshot of Sedona s mystical side, complete with a vortex map. Special coverage of Sedona s most popular state park, the diverse communities and attractions of the Verde Valley and top Northern Arizona destinations such as Flagstaff, Lake Powell, Meteor Crater and The Grand Canyon further adds to the excitement of planning a vacation to the region.

Travelers coming to Sedona by way of Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport will appreciate The Scottsdale Connection, a section of the guide covering things to do and see in Scottsdale, Arizona, on the way to Sedona.

Additionally, this perfect-bound, digest-size, information-packed guide includes a full color, centerfold pull-out map illustrating animals and birds of Oak Creek Canyon and the famous Red Rocks of Sedona.

The Gateway To Sedona Visitor & Web Guide is the only Sedona visitor guide that connects to always up-to-date special offers and coupons on GatewayToSedona.com. Guide readers can potentially enjoy substantial savings on top area lodging, tours, shopping, art galleries, restaurants, real estate, and wedding services for the perfect trip to Sedona and Northern Arizona.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 3.5 based on 12 reviews)

ads in a guidebook

The photos are beautiful. It got me excited to go to Sedona. However there is absolutely no excuse to sell ads in a guidebook. You cannot trust any of the recommendations.
November 10, 2008

Not worth the cost, same information on the Web and brochures

My wife is our trip planner. We got this book based on the reviews. However, most of the information my wife already had from the Web and free travel brochures.
The Fodor's type of books are a better investment.
September 30, 2008

Extremely poor binding

I would have given the book 4 stars had it not been for the poor binding. By the time I finished flipping through the book, (reading it only ONCE,)the binding completely fell apart. So now I am left with nothing but a bunch of loose pages. I should have returned it to Amazon, but threw away the receipt. Who would have thought a book would have fallen apart after only one viewing??
September 03, 2008

Visitor Guide Printed With Environmentally Friendly Materials

This book is printed using environmentally-friendly, "green" water-based materials. Two reviewers have mentioned their books "falling apart." If the book gets damp this may happen. Printing processes can be quite toxic, and the publishers wanted to go with a safer, "green" product. Don't expose the book to high humidity, or let it get damp or wet and it will not fall apart! This is a wonderful book, printed in gorgeous full color on good paper and professionally written by one of Sedona's best writers. It's certainly not warranting the extreme, negative statement from one reviewer. There is significant competition in the Sedona guidebook market, and it's not in everyone's interest to see this guide succeed! We know it's the most popular Sedona guidebook among hotel Concierge in the Phoenix metro area, as we have many emails attesting to this fact. The Concierge works diligently to give their hotel guests the best information, to maximize the fun of their Arizona vacation. And not to forget...the book can be previewed IN FULL on the Gateway To Sedona website.
July 21, 2008

Handle with care

Since my wife and I are considering a move to northern Arizona, I bought the book to peruse before we do any serious house-hunting. I found it quite helpful, concise, and informative--and the photographs are outstanding. However, the pages started falling out almost immediately despite trying to be careful, and now I'm left with a collection of loose pages. Seems like the publisher could do better than this, especially for a book that will be used frequently.
June 19, 2008

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