#19 in Top 20 Sedona for a Wellness Retreat · West Sedona
GreenTree Inn Sedona
Sixty-six plain, well-kept rooms and a hot tub, priced so the red rocks can do the expensive work.
Sixty-six plain, well-kept rooms and a hot tub, priced so the red rocks can do the expensive work.
The verdict: Book the GreenTree Inn if your Sedona wellness plan is hiking first, treatments second. This renovated 66-room former Days Inn in West Sedona has a heated year-round pool, hot tub and Thunder Mountain views from roughly $130 a night. The catch: no spa, no restaurant, and in July 2026 several nearby trailheads remain fire-closed.
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This hotel suits one traveller precisely: the self-directed hiker who wants a clean bed, a hot soak and a low bill, and who plans to source yoga, massage and healthy food from West Sedona's studios and cafes along Route 89A. Couples on a budget, solo hikers, road-trippers with a dog and anyone driving an EV up from Phoenix will find the package unusually practical, with free parking sized for Jeeps and campers, free guest EV charging and a Pink Jeep Tours pickup at the property itself.
It is the wrong booking for anyone who wants the retreat delivered to them. There is no treatment room, no restaurant, no room service and no elevator, and the building reads as what it is: a thoroughly renovated roadside hotel, formerly the Days Inn Sedona. If your ideal day ends with an in-house facial and a tasting menu, the creekside inns and destination resorts higher on this list are the honest answer, at three to eight times the nightly rate. That trade sits at the core of why we rank it #19 of 20: last on indulgence, close to first on value.
Yes. The hotel is open and bookable, and the Sedona Chamber's official line as of July 2026 is that the town remains open for business while the Pocket Fire response continues. The fire, which grew past 27,000 acres north of town and reached roughly 70 percent containment by July 10, never forced an evacuation of West Sedona, and full containment is projected for late July.
The caveat concerns the trails rather than the hotel. A Forest Service closure order issued on June 20, 2026 covers several of the trailheads this location is prized for, including Soldier Pass, Thunder Mountain, Andante and Sugarloaf, plus access points along Dry Creek Road that feed the Devil's Bridge routes. SR 89A through Oak Creek Canyon to Flagstaff is also closed to visitors. Trails off SR 179 south of town, such as Cathedral Rock and Bell Rock, sat outside that order. Check the Coconino National Forest alerts page in the week before you travel; closures lift in stages as containment holds, and rates in town are softer than usual while they do.
Book a king with a balcony on the second floor facing Thunder Mountain: it is the only category here that adds something you cannot get in the cheapest room, and the red-rock outlook at first light is the point of coming. Families or friends splitting costs should take the King Suite with a futon rather than squeezing into a two-queen room, since the suite adds usable living space for a modest premium. ADA-accessible kings exist on the ground floor.
Skip anything front-facing over the parking lot toward 89A if you are a light sleeper; it is the main road through West Sedona and carries traffic from early morning. Ask for a room set back or facing the pool instead. Two practical notes shape the choice: there is no elevator, so avoid the upper floor if you travel heavy, and pet-friendly rooms are a designated subset at $30 per pet, per night, two pets maximum, so secure one at booking rather than hoping at the desk. Check-in runs from 4pm, check-out at 11am.
When the trailhead routes are running, skip the parking wars entirely: the free Sedona Shuttle runs Thursday to Sunday from 7am (daily in the spring peak), and the Posse Grounds park and ride that serves Soldier Pass is under ten minutes from the hotel. On non-shuttle days, drive to the SR 179 trailheads before 7am, then claim one of the six rentable poolside cabanas for the hot afternoon.
It involves building the retreat yourself, with the hotel as recovery station. The day starts with the grab-and-go breakfast, engineered for dawn trailhead starts rather than lingering; guests are right that it is minimal, so plan a proper mid-morning meal in town. The reward loop comes after the hike: a heated outdoor pool open 10am to 10pm and kept warm year-round, a hot tub that earns its keep on sore legs, in-pool loungers, six rentable cabanas and a fire pit with seating for the evening.
Everything else is outsourced, deliberately. West Sedona's stretch of 89A holds massage and day-spa studios, yoga classes, juice bars and grocery stores within a short walk or drive, at prices well under resort equivalents, and Uptown Sedona is five to ten minutes by car. Red Rock State Park is about five miles away, the Grand Canyon a 110-mile day trip. For a traveller who treats wellness as an activity rather than a service, the scaffolding here is genuinely complete; it just carries no incense.
Expect roughly $130 to $170 a night in quiet periods and $250 to just over $300 at the top of the market, based on the ranges review platforms currently show. The peaks track Sedona's hiking seasons, March through May and September through November, when weekend rates across town roughly double; high summer and deep winter are the value windows, and July 2026 is softer still with the fire keeping crowds away. Book peak-season weekends six to eight weeks out; midweek in summer can be a genuine walk-up bargain.
On value the arithmetic is blunt. The creekside and spa properties on this list start around $400 and climb past $1,000 with treatments; the GreenTree covers sleeping, soaking and parking for a fraction of that, leaving budget for a la carte massages in town at $100 to $150. The one thing not worth paying extra for here is any notion of luxury positioning; pay for the balcony and the view, nothing more.
The three properties ranked around it answer different versions of the same Sedona question, and the honest comparison is about what you want the hotel itself to provide.
| Hotel | Best for | Character and trade-off |
|---|---|---|
| GreenTree Inn Sedona (#19) | Budget trail base, dogs, EVs | Renovated roadside hotel; pool and hot tub, but no spa or restaurant |
| Briar Patch Inn (#17) | Creekside seclusion in Oak Creek Canyon | Rustic cabins by the water; charm over amenities, higher rates |
| The Inn Above Oak Creek (#18) | Small-inn intimacy near Tlaquepaque | Personal B&B feel over the creek; few rooms, book early |
| Sedona Rouge Hotel & Spa | An actual on-site spa in West Sedona | Same neighbourhood with a full treatment menu, at a mid-range premium |
If the deciding factor is a spa you can walk to in a robe, Sedona Rouge is the nearest upgrade, a short drive along the same road. If it is silence and running water, the canyon inns win. If it is the bill, this page's subject wins without argument.
Across roughly two thousand reviews on the major platforms, where the hotel holds a solid four out of five and ranks near the top of Sedona's budget tier, the praise is remarkably uniform: the location relative to the West Sedona trailheads, renovated and genuinely clean rooms, a pool and hot tub that outperform the price point, and front-desk staff who hand out specific trail and parking advice. That last pattern is why our Service score sits at 9.0 for a hotel with no concierge desk.
The recurring complaints are equally consistent and worth pricing in. Guests flag the thin grab-and-go breakfast with too little seating, highway noise in rooms facing 89A, the absence of an elevator when hauling luggage upstairs, and air-conditioning units that grumble on summer nights. Almost nobody complains about cleanliness or the staff, and the reviewers who arrive expecting a motel are the ones who leave delighted; the rare disappointed ones expected a resort.
Every reason to hesitate follows from what the hotel intentionally leaves out, plus one 2026-specific problem it cannot control.
None of this is disqualifying at $130 to $170 a night. All of it is disqualifying if you wanted a retreat rather than a base, in which case spend up for a hotel that does the wellness for you.
Yes, it is open and taking bookings, and Sedona remains open for business during the Pocket Fire recovery. Several nearby trailheads, including Soldier Pass and Thunder Mountain, were still under a Forest Service closure order in early July 2026, so check the Coconino National Forest alerts before planning hikes.
No. You get a heated year-round pool, a hot tub, six rentable cabanas, a fire pit and a grab-and-go breakfast, but no on-site spa, restaurant or bar. Treatments, classes and meals all happen in West Sedona, mostly along Route 89A nearby.
Thunder Mountain and Andante are on the doorstep, with Soldier Pass and the Devil's Bridge access roads minutes away. As of July 2026 these sit inside the Pocket Fire closure order, while SR 179 trails such as Cathedral Rock stayed open. Verify current status before you travel.
Roughly $130 to $170 in quiet periods, climbing past $300 in the spring and autumn hiking peaks. That is well below Sedona's creekside inns and spa resorts. Pet rooms add $30 per pet, per night, with a two-pet maximum.
Yes, in designated pet-friendly rooms at $30 per pet, per night, up to two pets; certified service animals stay free. Confirm a pet room when you book, since the designated inventory is limited.
About two hours and roughly 120 miles via I-17 and SR 179, a route unaffected by the fire closures. SR 89A north to Flagstaff through Oak Creek Canyon was closed to visitors in early July 2026, so connect via I-17 instead.
Off peak pricing, suite upgrades, and subscriber only offers, flagged only when the value is real.