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Phoenix

Camelback resorts and Scottsdale design.

Eighteen desert stays across Phoenix and Scottsdale, Frank Lloyd Wright-influenced landmarks, casitas at the foot of Camelback, Old Town design hotels with rooftop pools, and golf resorts out past Troon North. Book the shoulder season and it plays like a steal.

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Old Town Scottsdale

Hotel Valley Ho

6850 E Main St, Scottsdale, AZ
$$ · 1956 modernism · Pool scene · Private terraces

Opened in 1956 and restored rather than reinvented: terrazzo, breeze blocks, round tubs, private terraces. The pool still draws a crowd on Saturdays and the bar stays adult after dark.

Pip’s Tip Opened 1956 and restored rather than reinvented. The pool scene is the draw, and some rooms have private terraces.

Old Town Scottsdale

Senna House Hotel Scottsdale, Curio Collection by Hilton

7501 E Camelback Rd, Scottsdale, AZ
$$ · Rooftop pool bar · Desert palette · Walk to Old Town

A rooftop pool looking straight down Camelback Road, rooms in bone and clay tones, and Old Town two blocks away. Newer than most of Scottsdale and it shows in the details.

Pip’s Tip Rooftop pool bar looking down Camelback Road, and Old Town is a walk.

Old Town Scottsdale

Bespoke Inn Scottsdale

3701 N Marshall Way, Scottsdale, AZ
$$ · Four suites · Bicycles included · Gallery row

Four suites, a courtyard, a saltwater pool and a bicycle for every guest. It feels like staying in a friend's very good house one block off Scottsdale's gallery row.

Pip’s Tip Four suites only, with a bicycle for every guest. Saltwater pool and gallery row outside.

Old Town Scottsdale

The Scott Resort & Spa

4925 N Scottsdale Rd, Scottsdale, AZ
$$ · Cuban colonial design · Two pools · Palm courtyards

Havana by way of Arizona: rattan, banana leaf, tiled courtyards and two pools under real palms. Small enough that the staff know you by the second morning.

Camelback

The Phoenician

6000 E Camelback Rd, Scottsdale, AZ
$$$$ · Nine pools · Cactus garden · Camelback base

Built into the south flank of Camelback Mountain with nine pools stepping down the hillside and a two-acre cactus garden. Rooms were redone recently and the service never slipped.

Camelback

Royal Palms Resort and Spa

5200 E Camelback Rd, Phoenix, AZ
$$$ · Spanish villa · Casita fireplaces · T Cook's

A 1929 Spanish colonial estate turned small hideaway: stone arches, fireplaces in the casitas, and T Cook's for dinner under the olive trees. Romantic without being twee.

Camelback

The Global Ambassador

4360 E Camelback Rd, Phoenix, AZ
$$$$ · Five restaurants · Marble and brass · Rooftop dining

Sam Fox's first hotel and the most design-obsessed room in Phoenix: marble, brass, hand-painted tile, five restaurants, and a rooftop that locals genuinely fight to book.

Biltmore

Arizona Biltmore, A Waldorf Astoria Resort

2400 E Missouri Ave, Phoenix, AZ
$$$ · 1929 landmark · Wright-inspired blocks · Eight pools

Frank Lloyd Wright's fingerprints are all over the geometric concrete, and the Catalina Pool still carries Marilyn stories. A 2021 restoration finally gave the rooms the same care.

Biltmore

The Camby, Autograph Collection

2401 E Camelback Rd, Phoenix, AZ
$$ · Playful design · Rooftop pool · Biltmore shops

Witty rather than precious: bold art, a cactus-lined rooftop pool, and a lobby bar that fills with Biltmore regulars. Walk across the street for the best shopping in Phoenix.

Paradise Valley

Sanctuary Camelback Mountain, A Gurney's Resort & Spa

5700 E McDonald Dr, Paradise Valley, AZ
$$$$ · Hillside casitas · Asian-inflected spa · Jade Bar

Casitas scattered up the north slope of Camelback, an Asian-influenced spa built around a meditation garden, and Jade Bar at sunset. The quietest luxury address in the valley.

Paradise Valley

Mountain Shadows Resort Scottsdale

5445 E Lincoln Dr, Paradise Valley, AZ
$$$ · Midcentury rebuild · Short course golf · Mountain views

A 1959 landmark rebuilt in 2017 with clean lines and floor-to-ceiling glass aimed straight at Camelback and Mummy Mountain. The 18-hole short course is genuinely fun.

Paradise Valley

Omni Scottsdale Resort & Spa at Montelucia

4949 E Lincoln Dr, Scottsdale, AZ
$$$ · Andalusian design · Joya Spa · Three pools

Hand-carved doors, tiled courtyards and a Moorish spa upstairs, all sitting at the foot of Camelback. Big enough for a group weekend, handsome enough for a quiet one.

Paradise Valley

Andaz Scottsdale Resort & Bungalows

6114 N Scottsdale Rd, Scottsdale, AZ
$$$ · Bungalow rooms · Local artists · Adults-only pool

Freestanding bungalows on 23 desert acres, filled with work by Arizona artists and makers. Two pools, one adults-only, and a lawn built for long evenings with a drink.

North Scottsdale

Four Seasons Resort Scottsdale at Troon North

10600 E Crescent Moon Dr, Scottsdale, AZ
$$$$ · Casita suites · Boulder setting · Two Troon courses

Forty minutes north of Old Town among boulders and saguaros, with adobe casitas, outdoor showers and beehive fireplaces. Two of Arizona's best golf courses sit next door.

North Scottsdale

Talking Stick Resort

9800 E Talking Stick Way, Scottsdale, AZ
$$ · Shadows Lounge cigar bar · Casino floor · Rooftop dining

Fifteen floors of glass with Shadows Lounge downstairs: glass humidor, long whisky list, cigars allowed indoors until 2am. Orange Sky on the roof for dinner and the desert view.

Downtown Phoenix

Kimpton Hotel Palomar Phoenix

2 E Jefferson St, Phoenix, AZ
$$ · Rooftop pool bar · Art-filled lobby · Walk to arena

Downtown's best-placed hotel: rooftop pool and Lustre bar above CityScape, arena and ballpark on foot, and a nightly wine hour in a lobby hung with local work.

Downtown Phoenix

FOUND:RE Phoenix

1100 N Central Ave, Phoenix, AZ
$$ · Rotating art gallery · Concrete and steel · Roosevelt Row

A working contemporary art gallery that happens to rent rooms, all raw concrete, oversized windows and a rotating collection on every floor. Roosevelt Row's galleries are a short walk.

Uptown Phoenix

Rise Uptown Hotel

400 W Camelback Rd, Phoenix, AZ
$$ · Motor lodge reborn · Courtyard pool bar · Neighborhood crowd

A 1950s motor lodge reworked with terrazzo, terracotta and a courtyard pool that fills with locals. Don Woods' Say When bar and Lylo Swim Club do most of the talking.

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Arizona Biltmore, A Waldorf Astoria Resort

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