Bed and Bagels
of Tucson

Bed and Bagels of Tucson is an Arizona bed and breakfast inn with special amenities for pets, children, birdwatchers, and business travelers.

Lovingly run by psychologist and Alzheimer researcher Sharon Arkin, you will enjoy a mix of familiar and unusual breakfasts, homebaked treats, comfortable lodging accommodations, kitchen and laundry privileges, fax, guest computer, and DSL/wireless Internet connections.

Common rooms offer comfort and convenience during your stay. Furnishings include an eclectic mix of antique, modern, and foreign and domestic hand-crafted pieces plus Chinese, Indian, and Navajo area rugs. Much of the art featured in the house was collected during the innkeeper's travels in the U.S., Europe, Africa, Israel, South America, and Mexico. The living room is a quiet television-free and dog-free zone for reading, relaxing, playing games, or birdwatching. The family room, adjacent to the kitchen, is where folks gather to watch television, help themselves to a hot or cold beverage, or have a snack.

The carpeted rec room next door is a great play or sleeping area for children or teens and has a queen-size LaZboy sofa bed, a matching sectional sofa and recliner, a queen-size inflatable Aerobed, television and VCR, Nerf basketball, table and chairs, a mini-tramp, toddler toys, and a ping-pong table. It opens to a shaded patio with a refrigerator for guest use. This spacious, self-contained living space is popular with long-term visitors.

Guest rooms, each uniquely decorated, provide a private and peaceful stay. Two rooms with queen-size beds have access to two baths down the hall, while a king-bedded room boasts a private bath as well as a private exit to the patio/pool/Jacuzzi area. Terry bathrobes, phones, and television with VCRs are included in each room.

After a restful night's sleep, you may enjoy several breakfast options. You might be served lox and bagels with all the fixings one day, and baked polenta with portobello mushroom sauce or French toast with fresh blueberry sauce the next. If you prefer to sleep late and help yourself, you might find a ready-to-heat artichoke and cheese casserole, a chilled bowl of black cherry and yogurt soup, or an Israeli or Mexican salad plate. Juice, fresh fruit, eggs, breakfast meats, cold and hot cereal, specialty breads and spreads, yogurt, coffee, tea, and chocolate chip cookies or other home-baked treats are always available, and breakfasts to go for early morning bird watching or hiking trips are a specialty.

Guests will find endless recreation and sightseeing opportunities around Tucson. The Arizona Sonora Desert Museum is also a must-see, more of a zoo and botanical garden than a museum experience, with rare specimens of flora and fauna.

Guests seeking outdoor beauty will want to visit Upper Tanque Verde Falls and Saguaro East National Park, providing miles of trails on which to explore gorgeous, secluded canyons and Sonoran desert landscapes. Recreation can also be found at the nearby Udall Park and Recreation Center or the exclusive Club La Mariposa, two of Tucson's best-kept secrets for swimming, jogging, and tennis.

Come experience breathtaking beauty and relaxing recreation, combined with extraordinary decor and comfort, at Bed and Bagels of Tucson Bed and Breakfast.

The freedom to come and go and do as you please helps Bed and Bagels of Tucson, often referred to as "Camp Sharon", stand apart from the rest. The kitchen, laundry room, and refrigerator are available for guest use. A patio with umbrella table and barbecue grill is accessible from the kitchen and family room. The pool and hot tub are protected by a six-foot safety fence with a latch that is out of children's reach, and there is a fenced-in area for dogs and a litter box for visiting cats.

Sharon, your host, is a longtime member of the Tucson Audubon Society, and Bed and Bagels of Tucson has multiple seed and hummingbird feeders on the premises, as well as current schedules of free guided birding trips, field guides, binoculars, and copies of the local birders' bible, Finding Birds in Southeast Arizona.