Lantern Light Inn & Wedding Gardens
3085 W State Rte 89A
Sedona, AZ
A grown-ups' garden oasis in the red rocks.
About Lantern Light Inn & Wedding Gardens
Locally owned and run, Lantern Light Inn describes itself as a secluded retreat for couples seeking quiet luxury, and the whole property is shaped around that single idea. Rather than sprawl, it stays small and personal, a boutique inn where the gardens do the talking and the service is close and hands-on. The name says it plainly: this is a place of soft light and evening calm, a garden oasis set down in the desert.
The wedding gardens are woven right into the guest experience, so even if you are just passing through Red Rock country you are staying somewhere designed for meaningful moments. That intention shows up in the details, from the walled privacy of each room to the fountains and quiet nooks scattered through the grounds. It is a property that knows exactly who it is for and does not try to be anything else.
What Lantern Light Inn & Wedding Gardens Is Known For
The single most special thing is the sense of a private walled oasis. Between the exterior entrances, the patios that double the size of each room, and gardens laid out for stillness, the inn gives every couple a pocket of the desert that feels entirely their own. It is why the same grounds serve as an elopement garden and why guests keep using the word oasis without prompting.
Amenities
- Lush walled gardens with fountains and a water feature
- Semi-private patios off most rooms
- Fire pits in select accommodations
- Private exterior entrance to every room
- In-room refrigerator
- Coffee and tea station
- Free high-speed wifi
- Complimentary parking
What Guests Love
- Adults-only calm and real privacy
- Some of the prettiest gardens in Sedona
- Patios that double your living space
- Fire pits under the desert stars
- Minutes from trails, shops, and dining
Worth Knowing
- Adults-only: guests must be 18 and older, so it is not a fit for families with kids.
- It is a small inn that also hosts intimate weddings and elopements, so the gardens may occasionally be in use for an event.
- This is a quiet, slow-paced retreat rather than a full-service resort; the appeal is the gardens and the calm, not on-site dining or nightlife.
The Room
Rooms and suites are newly remodeled and range from cozy quarters made for resting after a day on the trails to larger suites with room to spread out and unwind. Every room has its own exterior entrance for full privacy, and most connect to a semi-private patio that works like a second room, a shaded outdoor living space to eat a meal, read, or simply sit and listen to the garden. Select accommodations add a fire pit for cool desert evenings. Inside, the comforts are the kind that make travel easy: a refrigerator, a coffee and tea station, and fast wifi throughout.
The Grounds
The gardens are the heart of the place and among the prettiest in Sedona. Aromatic plantings, fountains, and a tranquil water feature thread between the rooms, with quiet corners and shaded seating tucked in wherever you turn. Guests talk about lingering in the garden long after a hike, letting the sound of water and birdsong do its work, then drifting toward a fire as the light goes soft. It is a communal outdoor life that never feels crowded, because every seat somehow feels like it is just for you.
The Experience
A stay here moves at garden pace. Days start slow on your own patio with coffee and the sound of the fountains, break for red rock trails and drives minutes away, and end back in the walled quiet as the desert cools and the fire pits come to life. Because it is adults-only and small, the property stays genuinely peaceful, an oasis close to shops and restaurants but sealed off from the noise of them. Guests describe it as deeply relaxing, the kind of place where you find yourself doing less and enjoying it more.
Details
Sedona, AZ 86336
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to do near Lantern Light Inn & Wedding Gardens?
Cathedral Rock: 4 miles, about a 10 minute drive, or you can bike there. Chapel of the Holy Cross: 6 miles, about a 10 minute drive. Oak Creek Canyon: 9 miles, about a 20 minute drive.
How far is Lantern Light Inn & Wedding Gardens from Cathedral Rock?
Cathedral Rock is about 4 miles from Lantern Light Inn & Wedding Gardens, roughly a 10 minute drive or a short bike ride.
How far is Lantern Light Inn & Wedding Gardens from Chapel of the Holy Cross?
Chapel of the Holy Cross is about 6 miles from Lantern Light Inn & Wedding Gardens, roughly a 10 minute drive.
How far is Lantern Light Inn & Wedding Gardens from Oak Creek Canyon?
Oak Creek Canyon is about 9 miles from Lantern Light Inn & Wedding Gardens, roughly a 20 minute drive.
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Things to Do Near Sedona / Verde Valley
Cathedral Rock
3.0 miles away
Cathedral Rock is the most-photographed rock formation in Arizona. The classic shot is from the Red Rock Crossing area of Oak Creek, with the twin spires reflected in the water.
Red Rock State Park
3.1 miles away
Red Rock State Park is a quieter alternative to Slide Rock, with guided creek hikes, ranger programs, and a riparian cottonwood corridor along Oak Creek. Cathedral Rock towers above the park from across the creek.
Red Rock Scenic Byway
3.1 miles away
Red Rock Scenic Byway follows AZ-179 for about seven miles between the Village of Oak Creek and Sedona, threading past some of the most photographed red rock in the Southwest.
Chapel of the Holy Cross
3.4 miles away
A modernist chapel built straight into the red rock buttes just south of Sedona, with a ninety-foot cross for a spine and a glass wall framing the Verde Valley. It is free to enter and welcomes people of every faith.
Bell Rock
4.4 miles away
Bell Rock is one of Sedona's most iconic butte formations, and one of the few where scrambling on the rock itself is allowed and common.
Boynton Canyon
4.7 miles away
Boynton Canyon is one of Sedona's premier day hikes - 6 miles round-trip through a lush canyon that ends in a box with high red walls. The Enchantment Resort sits midway through the canyon.
Slide Rock State Park
6.5 miles away
The main feature at Slide Rock State Park is a natural water slide worn smooth by Oak Creek flowing over sandstone slabs for centuries. Kids slide seated or on their backs down the rock chute into a chest-deep pool.
Oak Creek Canyon
8.4 miles away
Oak Creek Canyon runs from Sedona north to the Mogollon Rim, dropping 3,400 feet in 16 miles.
Oak Creek Canyon Overlook
9.0 miles away
The first overlook on US-89A heading south from Flagstaff into Oak Creek Canyon appears after the switchbacks at 6,400 feet and gives a full view into the canyon before the road descends.
Tuzigoot National Monument
14 miles away
Tuzigoot is a hilltop pueblo of 110 rooms occupied by the Sinagua people for nearly 300 years.
Dead Horse Ranch State Park
14 miles away
A cool, green riverside state park on the Verde River just outside Cottonwood, with three fishing lagoons, shady cottonwood trails, and some of the best birding in Arizona.
Montezuma Well
15 miles away
Montezuma Well is a detached unit of Montezuma Castle NM - a 350-foot-diameter limestone sinkhole fed by a subsurface spring at 1.5 million gallons per day.
Sycamore Canyon Wilderness
16 miles away
Sycamore Canyon is a 21-mile wilderness canyon with a perennial creek, sycamore-cottonwood gallery forest, and red rock walls. The canyon has no interior roads - access is from several trailheads at the rim or ends.
Palatki Heritage Site, Sedona area
17 miles away
Palatki has two adjacent sites: a Sinagua cliff dwelling occupied 1150-1350 CE, and a shelter with 6,000 years of painted pictographs in overlapping layers.
Verde Canyon Railroad
17 miles away
Verde Canyon Railroad runs a 4-hour, 40-mile excursion through the Verde Canyon, which has no road access - train is the only way in.
Montezuma Castle National Monument
17 miles away
Montezuma Castle is one of the best-preserved cliff dwellings in North America. The Sinagua built the 5-story structure in a natural limestone alcove 70 feet above Beaver Creek, accessible only by ladder.
Jerome
19 miles away
A former copper boomtown stacked up the side of a mountain, once branded the wickedest town in the West and now an artists' colony full of galleries and ghost stories.
Jerome Grand Hotel
19 miles away
The Jerome Grand Hotel occupies the 1926 United Verde Hospital, built by the Phelps Dodge Corporation on the most prominent point in Jerome at 5,200 feet.
Historic Route 66, Flagstaff to Winslow
44 miles away
The Route 66 alignment east of Flagstaff passes through Winona (you need to know it) and ends at the famous Standin' on the Corner park in Winslow.