Hiking, mountain biking, restaurants, relaxing in the hot tub with views of the red rocks, exploring interesting nearby towns within an hour radius or less, and just generally relaxing.
A family member said to me that he could never live there because there is no beach. We were really into the beach when the kids were young, but not so much anymore. When our youngest was 4 or 5, we had been alternating between Disney trips and Sedona trips, and at one point both kids said they preferred Sedona to Disney.
Now, we go alone. It's quiet there. Low humidity. Abundant sunshine with bright blue skies. Most people are generally in a good mood and pleasant, except for some of the locals who are made that the town is overrun with tourists and Air bnbs.
Been going to Sedona regularly since about 2003 after our first visit in I think 1998. We will never get bored of it. I still have a list of hikes and places to explore. We now go at least 3 times per year, and that will increase, and on each trip, we go on at least one new hike or adventure.
Some people believe in the vortexes and their healing power. There is something that seems supernatural to the place for us, as we have had some quite amazing experiences out there.
We found that there is adequate water entertainment without a beach.
Slide Rock State Park is a natural waterslide park, where you slide down moss covered red rocks in the cool creek:
And we discovered a place called the Crack at the Wet Beaver Creek (calm down
@mildone ):
This is our next new adventure on our next trip:
It never gets old to us. The hiking and biking is great to burn off the extra calories we eat when eating out.