A COUNTRY INN
Across the Creek at Aravaipa Farms
Nurture Your Soul at Aravaipa Farms
Bed and Breakfast Country Inn
| Enchanting, mysterious, inspirational - a lost paradise found…. are the words guests use to describe their experience at this charming bed and breakfast Country Inn. Enjoy incredible bird watching, hiking or simply relaxing in this beautiful Arizona Sonoran desert wilderness preserve. "I know it’s hard to believe that I am at a loss for words – and I’m a writer. But sometimes less is just plain more. Words would simply guild the lily. Sort of trying to paint the Grand Canyon, it can never be done adequately." Betty Marvin, Arizona Highways Publication. "An old proverb says - Eat an Asian Pear and you will live forever…while here you can actually believe it is a possibility" said one guest after eating a delicious pear crisp desert. Carol Steele, 1992 inductee into the Phoenix-Scottsdale Culinary Hall of Fame, weaves her magic in creating an Inn experience that tantalizes all your senses from... | |
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bourbon chicken aromas permeating the dining area while you sip wine and talk to your hostess before dinner. |
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tastes of National Award winning lunches and dinners gleaned from her extensive international travel and upscale restaurant experience. |
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natural sounds permeating the air from trickling water from many eclectic fountains to the songbirds that will start your day. |
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your eyes dancing in a veritable museum of folk art - Persian Kilim rugs, paintings, hand-painted tiles from her own studio and much more. |
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sensing the mystery and ultimate privacy that is both unique and rare only hours from two large cities. |
Aravaipa Canyon located 2 1/2 hours SE of Phoenix, Arizona and 1 hour North of Tucson is known worldwide for it’s dense biodiversity and spring fed pristine creek that weaves through the canyon. Located next to the Aravaipa Wilderness Preserve, it is home to a hundred butterfly species, 400 bird species, 93 mammals, and 47 amphibians and reptiles – the greatest diversity of vertebrates in the U.S. and the second highest land-mammal diversity in the world.  Directions to "Across the Creek" From Phoenix - take highway 60 east toward Superior. At Superior take highway #177 to Winkleman. Turn right onto Highway #77 in Winkleman. Proceed 10 miles south to mile marker #124. From Tucson - take highway #77 north toward Winkleman. Proceed 10 miles north of Mammouth to mile marker #124. From Phoenix - at mile marker #124 (sign for Central Arizona College) turn left onto E. Aravaipa Road. From Tucson you make a right turn onto E. Aravaipa Road. You are now approximately 8 miles from your destination. The first 4.5 miles is paved road and the remaining is on dirt road. On the right hand side of the driveway there is a rusty, tall sign that says ARAVAIPA FARMS. On the left hand side of the driveway are 2 mailboxes (Steele, 89395). From the top of the driveway you can see the creek, the orchard and beyond the orchard several buildings, particularly a red one (formerly the old barn) that houses two of the casitas and a dining room. Proceed down this steep driveway which makes a sharp right hand turn at the bottom to cross the creek. Cross the creek (at times there may be water running in several spots). You will come to a green gate. Proceed through the gate (please close the gate) and the orchard. Carol's house is the brick house behind the tamarisk trees where you check in upon arrival. Welcome, your adventure to Aravaipa has begun. The Inn also reflects the unique history of Aravaipa - sacred home to Geronimo and the Apaches, hardy pioneer homesteaders, Basque Angora sheepherders and traditional old west cattleman.
Aravaipa Farms 89395 E. Aravaipa Road Winkelman, Az. 85292 520-357-6901 www.aravaipafarms.com | |
