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Mary & Piet's Chiricahua Cottages
During the last couple of years, we've
very much enjoyed visiting with a lot of old - and some new - friends here in
the Chiricahuas...
We're seriously making our new home here in the foothills of the
beautiful Chiricahua Mountains of Southeastern Arizona! Built as a vacation home
between 1992 and
1997 by friends of friends, it consists of a small
house and guesthouse. We
still have our house in Tucson, and gradually we're moving down to southeast Arizona. In the meantime, the guesthouse is available,
but the
larger house is now fully occupied by us! The Cottage may be enjoyed by the day, week or month.
 
A
personalized vacation environment in the foothills of Arizona's Chiricahua
Mountains for nature-interested individuals who treasure getting away from the
ordinary.
Unparalleled Beauty 
Rufous hummers, Jerrilyn Billings photo
Located 150 miles southeast of Tucson,
the Chiricahua Mountains are among the most biologically diverse regions in
North America, a virtual crossroads where plants and animals
from the surrounding regions converge. Known worldwide to serious birders, this
region offers
attractions to casual bird watchers and nature lovers, as well as artists,
photographers, hikers and history buffs and seekers of peace and qui et.
With year-round moderate temperatures
and low humidity, you can enjoy the Chiricahuas any time.
Our "big" house (L) and the guest
house.
Piet
& Mary’s Chiricahua Cottages are located at 4800’ on 80 quiet and
scenic acres at the base of 8500’ Portal Peak. See rugged beauty rise up
oak-filled rhyolite
canyons to sky islands of high elevation pine and fir forests.
Grand vistas call you to take in awesome summer thunderstorms marching across
the wide valley to light distant mountains with their flashing lightning.
Winter is mild, with plenty of sunshine.
Delight at the simple pleasures of the rising and setting of the sun and moon,
and stars falling through the black sky.
Nearby Attractions 
Nearby
Cave Creek Canyon, a scant five-minute drive, features towering
lichen-covered rhyolite cliffs that embrace ribbons of sycamores and
willows winding along perennial creeks. Here the hamlet of Portal offers a
country store, pay phone and restaurant. A graded dirt road takes you to
the top of the Chiricahuas to experience the cool pine-fir forests. You
can choose from numerous easy day trips—Chiricahua National Monument,
Fort Bowie, Tombstone, Bisbee.
Accommodations
The Guesthouse
  
The charming
air-conditioned,
separate guest-house features queen and twin beds, a private full bath,
kitchenette with microwave, coffee maker, toaster, mini-refrigerator, ceiling
fan and a
spacious closet. The entry opens to your private patio for watching the light
play on mountains near and far. We supply our own blended coffee and assorted
teas.
Our
New House...
Just
to show all our friends our spacious
(well...is 700 sq. ft. spacious?) great room with air-conditioning,
ceiling fan, a full kitchen, dining, living and sleeping areas is
enhanced by its 12’ ceiling
and bright clerestory windows. The great room opens to
our
own grand covered porch for al fresco dining.
Come
and visit!
Rates
Guest House:
$85.00/night
for 1 or 2 guests;
add
$15.00 per night for third person. Two-night minimum stay; surcharge for
single night.
· Weekly and
monthly rates available.
· Special
rates for Friends of BFT...if you've traveled
with us, just ask!
· Rates and
terms subject to change.
Gift Certificates Available.
Please
plan ahead as far as possible. But, if you’re spur-of-the-moment folks, try
anyway; we’ll accommodate you if at all possible. Call 520-887-2340 to
confirm availability. Please leave a message if we’re away. Reservations
will be held for seven days pending receipt of payment.
·
Children (8 years and
older) are welcome...if
you question the age, please call us.
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Our
entire property is smoke-free.
·
Sorry,
pets cannot be accommodated. Lots of wildlife here.
Directions to Portal, AZ 
Portal Post Office © Martin Creasey
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From Tucson take I-10 east to Road Forks, New Mexico (137 miles ). |
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Turn south on highway 80, travel 28 miles to the junction of Portal
Road.
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Turn right (west) on Portal road.
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Specific directions to Chiricahua Cottages will be sent to registered
guests.
The cottages can be reached entirely on paved roads, except the
final ¼ mile of graded access road and
private drive.
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to enlarge. Back to return.
Chiricahua
Cottages, Portal, Arizona
Questions?
Reservations?
Contact
us by e-mail!
Contact us by phone:
520-887-2340 (Tucson, Arizona)
Toll
Free: 1-800-726-7231
©Baja's
Frontier Tours & Piet Van de Mark & Mary Erickson, Portal, Arizona
20 02March 11, 2017
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