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Casa Graciosa (Gracious Home), Nestled In Quiet Desert Neighborhood

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Recent exterior remodel November 2014
Exterior
Exterior detail
Private kitchen
Interior

Reviews

10 out of 10, Loved by Guests
Top 10% of guest reviews in this area
2 bedrooms1 bathroomSleeps 4

Popular amenities

  • Kitchen
  • Washing machine
  • Dryer
  • Free Wi-Fi
  • Air-conditioning
  • Outdoor space

Explore the area

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Tucson, AZ
  • Place, Christopher Columbus Park
    ‪5 min drive‬
  • Place, Silverbell Golf Course
    ‪5 min drive‬
  • Place, Greasewood Park
    ‪6 min drive‬
  • Airport, Tucson, AZ (TUS-Tucson Intl.)
    ‪29 min drive‬

Rooms & beds

2 bedrooms (sleeps 4)

Bedroom 2

1 Queen Bed and 1 Double Futon

Primary

1 Queen Bed

1 bathroom

Bathroom 1

Bathtub or shower · Bathtub · Toilet

Bathroom 2

Toilet · Shower only

Spaces

Deck or patio
Porch or lanai
Kitchen
Separate dining area
Dining area

About this property

Casa Graciosa (Gracious Home), Nestled In Quiet Desert Neighborhood

Casa Graciosa translated means (Gracious Home), This well kept and fully furnished 1530 square foot 2 bedroom 2 bath home is nestled at the base of the beautiful Tucson Mountain range in Tucson, AZ.

Come and enjoy this quiet neighborhood and experience the beautiful sunset and landscaping of the Sonora desert. This home is surrounded by humming birds, wild gamble quail and other desert animals.

This fully furnished home has a queen size bed in the master suite., Second oversized bedroom has a queen size bed and a full sized futon. This allows 2 persons per bed. Wood floors are throughout the home, a washer and dryer, dishwasher, iron/Iron board. Wifi internet and local TV channels are included.

Casa Graciosa is close to:

Safeway Grocery Store 2.2 Miles
I-10 Freeway 4.2 Miles
Downtown Tucson 4.8 Miles
University of Arizona 6.8 Miles
Tucson Shopping Mall 7.1 miles
Old Tucson Studios 8.2 Miles
Arizona Desert Museum 10.1
Tucson International Airport 15.7 Miles

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House Rules

Check in after 4:00 PM
Minimum age to rent: 21
Check out before 11:00 AM
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Children

Children allowed: ages 0–17
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Events

No events allowed
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Pets

No pets allowed
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Smoking

Smoking is not permitted
No smoking allowed in home and on property,

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
On-site parties or group events are strictly prohibited
Host has indicated that there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property
Host has indicated that there is a smoke detector on the property
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a first aid kit and a deadlock

About the area

Tucson

Located in Sahuaros Grandes, a neighbourhood in Tucson, this holiday home is in a rural area and near theme parks. Silverbell Golf Course and El Rio Golf Course are worth checking out if an activity is on the agenda, while those wishing to experience the area's natural beauty can explore Saguaro National Park and Sweetwater Preserve. Shonto Trading Post and Children's Museum Tucson are also worth visiting. Take some time off to enjoy the health/beauty spas in the area, or get some fresh air with adventures like rock climbing, mountain climbing and hiking/biking trails nearby.
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Tucson, AZ

What's nearby

  • Christopher Columbus Park - 5 min drive - 4.2 km
  • Silverbell Golf Course - 5 min drive - 4.6 km
  • Greasewood Park - 6 min drive - 5.7 km
  • Starr Pass Golf Club - 11 min drive - 8.3 km
  • Tucson Convention Center - 12 min drive - 11.0 km

Getting around

  • Tucson Station - 10 min drive
  • Tohono Transit Center - 21 min drive
  • Tucson International Airport (TUS) - 21 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Circle K - ‬8 min drive
  • ‪Circle K - ‬9 min drive
  • ‪McDonald's - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪Circle K - ‬7 min drive
  • ‪Waffle House - ‬7 min drive

Frequently asked questions

Is Casa Graciosa (Gracious Home), Nestled In Quiet Desert Neighborhood pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

How much is parking at Casa Graciosa (Gracious Home), Nestled In Quiet Desert Neighborhood?

On-site parking is available at the property.

What time is check-in at Casa Graciosa (Gracious Home), Nestled In Quiet Desert Neighborhood?

Check-in begins at 4:00 PM.

What time is check-out at Casa Graciosa (Gracious Home), Nestled In Quiet Desert Neighborhood?

Checkout is at 11:00 AM.

Where is Casa Graciosa (Gracious Home), Nestled In Quiet Desert Neighborhood located?

Located in Sahuaros Grandes, this holiday home is within 3 miles (5 km) of Silverbell Golf Course, Christopher Columbus Park and Greasewood Park. University of Arizona and El Rio Golf Course are also within 6 miles (10 km).

Reviews

10

Exceptional

Reviews are presented in chronological order, subject to a moderation process, and verified unless otherwise labelled.
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Rating 10 - Excellent. 79 out of 87 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 8 out of 87 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 0 out of 87 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 87 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 87 reviews

10/10

Cleanliness

10/10

Check-in

10/10

Communication

10/10

Location

9.8/10

Listing accuracy

Reviews

Verified

10/10 Excellent

Rita D.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Holiday Retreat

Return visit and we continue to enjoy the location and accommodations.
Stayed 6 nights in Dec 2023
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Chris V.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Tucson getaway

A diamond in the desert Excellent!
Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Pat V.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Casa graciosa

Beautiful place with lots of wildlife. Conveniently located to lots of activities.
Stayed 5 nights in Feb 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Douglas B.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Private Quiet Desert Getaway

The home was great. The location was peaceful. We loved watching the quail out back in the mornings.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Paul P.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Desert joy

Another delightful stay at Casa Graciosa. Peaceful setting, abundant wildlife visits, and marvelous hosts. Each year we enjoy the desert, while knowing the city is close by too. Have enjoyed many new and different experiences with each stay.
Stayed 32 nights in Dec 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

LAURA B.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Peaceful Environment

We came to Tucson to cycle and hike. The stay at Placita Graciosa was perfect for me and ny friend. We had the best sleep and recovery after long days in the saddle and on our feet .
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Edward M.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Tucson 24

Cozy, clean and comfortable. Convenient to hiking and downtown dining. Very relaxing stay with a beautifully landscaped yard
Stayed 6 nights in Mar 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Parents weekend at UofA

Nice house and beautiful desert views.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great desert retreat

Thank you so much for your house. We had a lovely time enjoying the view from the shady patio. It was a great place from which we enjoyed exploring Tucson.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2023
Archival

10/10 Excellent

Thomas W.

March Rental in AZ

Great place to stay. Beautiful view of desert and mountains from patio. Numerous animals made an appearance - coyotes, javelinas, road-runners, to name a few.
Response from VrboOwner on 26 Mar, 2020
Tom and his wife were great guest and left our home like they found it. We look forward to having them come back and stay with us again.
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Karen K.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great stay!!

This is our third stay at Placita Graciosa. The house is very nice! The backyard is next to a wash. We saw coyotes, javalinas, quail, hummingbirds, a bobcat (quick peak), and roadrunners. We love the wildlife. Mike is a great landlord, very responsive.
Stayed 31 nights in Feb 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Paul P.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Gracious Home

Gracious Home aptly named due to both the home and the hosts. We enjoyed another delightful stay at this lovely home in the desert. Close to needed commercial and nature related sites. Hosts that provide outstanding suggestions while exploring the area. Wonderful wildlife views from the backyard.
Stayed 25 nights in Dec 2023
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Kav E.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Second stay

This was our second time to stay at this house - we enjoyed staying here a couple of years ago and knew we wanted to stay again when we came back to Tucson. The house is very clean and has some recent updates and plenty of space. We love the backyard landscaping and its location by the dry wash - we especially enjoyed watching the birds and wildlife!
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Paul P.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Peaceful Desert Stay

Another delightful stay at Casa Graciosa. We have enjoyed this peaceful desert home for several years and this was no exception. This year it provided an additional benefit in that it worked well for my spouse to rehab from ankle surgery. The location is outstanding and the wildlife visits are exceptional. Host is most gracious that we’ve ever met.
Stayed 20 nights in Jan 2023
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Erin H.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Quiet gem

Wonderful place to stay! The house was super clean and comfortable and in a really nice, quiet neighborhood. The best thing about the house (in my opinion) is the backyard. Lots of wildlife and birdwatching. It was great to sit on the back porch, relax, and watch the birds. Mike the property manager was super nice and easy to communicate with. We will definitely stay here is the next time we visit.
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Bill M.

We enjoyed our stay here

This is a great location to view the desert while at home. Mike even called us to let us know that javalina were there. We were out but fortunately we had already seen them. The birds were amazing.
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2017
Response from VrboOwner on 26 Mar, 2020
It was great to have Bill and his family stay with us. They left our home the way they found it. Mike
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Matt G.

Golf and Hike paradise!

If you like to hike and golf, this is a great location. Saguaro West and Tucson Mountain park are great, as are the close public courses. Comfortable beds, quiet neighborhood, kitchen very nice. coyotes, Road runners, Javelinas sightings. Very convenient and good Safeway. Thanks Mike We will be back!
Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2018
Response from VrboOwner on 26 Mar, 2020
Hello Matt, It was great having you stay with us at Casa Graciosa. Hope to see you again soon! Mike
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Kirby S.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Our home away from home

After being on the road for 3 weeks we were ready to get out of the tight confines of a hotel room. Mike's VRBO property was perfect, just outside of Tucson with peace and quiet like we enjoy in our own home. The home was spacious, well equipped, quiet, in nature and conveniently located. Mike was a great host and taught us about Tucson which he knows well as his family is 7th generation in the areas. We enjoyed sitting on the patio in the back enjoying humming birds, small animals and a variety of birds. It was a great experience.
Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2021
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Karen K.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Desert paradise

We just completed our second stay at this beautiful home set in the desert. It’s located on a cul-de-sac and feels very private. The house is attractively decorated and very comfortable. The kitchen is well stocked. We especially enjoy all the wildlife that comes through the backyard—javalinas, road runners, quail, hummingbirds, coyotes. We enjoy sitting on the patio. Mike is a great host. He checked in periodically to make sure we had everything we needed. All in all, a great rental!
Stayed 30 nights in Jan 2023
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Joy M.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

A Winner!

This spacious and pleasant house had everything we were looking for: a lovely property with a great desert garden, lots of privacy, birds and animals to watch from the covered patio (we saw a coyote meander across the yard), a pretty Mountain View, and a location convenient to the National Parks and other outdoor reserves in the area. Interactions with owner Mike Alameda were excellent, start to finish. Attention to COVID protocols was evident, which is important to us. Notes: we had good luck with Grub Hub for food delivery; people we saw in stores etc were 99% masked.
Stayed 6 nights in Mar 2021
Archival

10/10 Excellent

Jean S.

Great Home/Location Nestled in the Tucson Foothills

My girlfriend and I just stayed for 8 days - the location is perfect if you like outdoor activities like Saguaro Nat'l Park, Sonora Desert Museum, Tohono Chul Park = easy access. The home is spacious and clean and we loved it! We particularly enjoyed watching birds/wildlife right out in the beautiful backyard. Mike, the owner, lives next door, and is very helpful. We really liked the quiet location - out of the city - above a wash in the foothills, with very easy access and convenient to any places you want to visit, eat or get groceries. Lovely patio to sit outside and enjoy sunsets, watching birds/wildlife, eat, and relax. Wish I could stay all winter! Mike also mentioned watching desert storms from there is pretty fabulous too. Great for two like us as each had our own bedroom/bath. Makes you fall in love with the desert - it is such a vibrant, interesting ecosystem.
Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2016
Response from VrboOwner on 26 Mar, 2020
It's was great having Jean and Barb stay with us. It was fun sharing desert life with both of them! Looking forward to there return. Mike
Archival

10/10 Excellent

Paul P.

Ultimate desert experience

We couldn't have asked for more of our stay at Casa Graciosa. This house is conveniently located close to the city with easy expressway access, but also offers a desert experience as well. The house is well cared for and spacious. The landscaping is done in a peaceful desert motif. There is a stairway leading to the wash where you can take a pleasant desert hike. The backyard teemed with life; daily visits from the gamble quail, a wandering coyote and a group of javelina were seen during our stay. The owner is a most gracious host and offered a number of good recommendations about what to see and where to go. Due to his long family history in the area, he was able to offer insights about the area and especially the desert that were most enlightening. The location was ideal for visiting the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum and the petroglyphs at Saquaro National Park West. The easy access to the expressways made for quick and easy day trips to Tombstone and Tubac. Unfortunately, a week was not enough to see some of the other sites in the area. Hopefully, we can return sometime in the future to Casa Graciosa for another delightful stay.
Response from VrboOwner on 26 Mar, 2020
We enjoyed having Paul and his wife and sister -law stay with us at Casa Graciosa. It is great to see someone enjoy the desert life in Tucson. We would love to have come back a stay with us again.
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Gary J.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Very nice location, birds in backyard were really beautiful. Easy relaxing home.
Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2026
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Joy V.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
The house was spotless and the gardens lovely. The bird life was especially exciting for us Eastern birders.We had twelve species. The Javalina came by just one night, but it was fun to see them. We had a beautiful sunset and loved sitting outside in the evening. Mike was a great host!
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2026
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Julie S.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Mike was very welcoming and available if we needed anything from ice to dinner recommendations.The house was an excellent shape and well equipped.
Stayed 5 nights in Feb 2026
Response from VrboOwner on 8 Feb, 2026
We enjoyed having Julie and Jill! They left the house in in great shape. Every host loves people who are easy to work with and take care of their home.

About the host

Hosted by Mike Alameda

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My name is Mike, I am the house manager and a Tucson native. If I were to choose a 2nd career I would be a Tucson tour guide "I love the Old Pueblo" and enjoy sharing Tucson's history with my guest.

Why they chose this property

Location! Location! Location! This scenic property is beautiful. We have rented it to individuals who are looking to for a quiet and relaxing place while enjoying the Sonoran Desert and still be within 10 minutes from downtown Tucson and many other attractions.

What makes this property unique

This home feels like you are living far from the city, but in just a few minutes you are in downtown Tucson. Great location to famous tourist attractions such as the Sonoran Desert Museum, Old Tucson Movie Studio, Pima Air and Space Museum and the Cultural Centers at the University of Arizona and more!

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