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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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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'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.
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.
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.
The 1929 Wright-influenced landmark, Catalina pool, geometric block, ninety-plus years of it.
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Stays are one chapter of Pip's Lifestyle, find the lounges, rooftops, brunch spots and the Domino Club below.
