Hotels in Phoenix

Everything you expect from a luxurious Four Seasons resort. The lobby is a living gallery of desert art. Accented with a desert motif, the spacious rooms include a fireplace and a balcony, often with picture perfect views. Marble bathrooms have deep soaking tubs. Accommodation is in casitas, small villas. Excellent cuisine is accompanied by sweeping desert views at Acacia, a contemporary steakhouse, and the southwest-flavoured Crescent Moon. Amenities include a spa and fitness centre, and two lounges.

White, stark and sleek, complete with a tree, lamps with comic nudes, cloud-like fixtures and an apple, the lobby is the Garden of Eden. The Red Bar is the place where hip 20- and 30-somethings hang out. Compact rooms are black and white (symbolising good and evil) with a glowing red apple. Music is piped underwater in the two pools and the bar stays open till late.

This luxurious desert retreat's backdrop is in the dramatic McDowell Mountains, and has pools, fountains, falls and lagoons in its own grounds. A plaza and courtyard have a Mexican village style. Rooms are spacious, with a southwest theme and either a patio or balcony. Casitas include butlers. Amenities include a free kids’ club, golf concierge for its famous golf course, five restaurants, five pools, water slides and an indoor/outdoor lounge with live entertainment.

Located at the base of South Mountain, the Legacy Golf Resort is attached to the popular golf club of the same name, which still houses the historic bunkhouse on the first tee that was visited by President Teddy Roosevelt. The Legacy offers self-catering options as well as hotel rooms, and the whole complex is decorated in warm southern tones. Facilities include a swimming pool and an award-winning championship golf course.