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Arizona Biltmore
Wright-inspired blocks, eight pools, and a lobby bar that's been eavesdropped on since 1929.
Biltmore
$$$Indoor + out
Staycation
Day passes, resort pools, and a check-in twenty minutes from your house.
August · Survive It
Late August in Phoenix is an indoor sport. Everything below is cooled, shaded, or scheduled after sundown.
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Hotel Valley Ho day pass
1956 Rat Pack modernism with a pool day pass — a resort day without the room rate.
Old Town Scottsdale
$$Outdoors
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The Global Ambassador
Sam Fox's maximalist hotel — five restaurants, a rooftop, and the valet line as theater.
Arcadia
$$$Indoors
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Royal Palms Resort & Spa
Mediterranean courtyards at the base of Camelback. The anniversary default for a reason.
Arcadia
$$$Indoor + out
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Mountain Shadows
Midcentury lines, a short course you can walk in sandals, and the best Camelback view in a lounger.
Paradise Valley
$$$Outdoors
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Rise Uptown
A reborn motor lodge with a Don Woods pool bar and the best hotel patio in Uptown.
Uptown Phoenix
$$Indoor + out
Escape
Sedona red rocks
Two hours and a different planet. Go on a weekday or leave Phoenix before 7am.
Sedona
$$Outdoors
Eat
Kai
Arizona's only Forbes Five-Star dining room. Indigenous ingredients, ceremonial pacing.
Chandler
$$$Indoors
Eat
Pizzeria Bianco
The pizza that put Phoenix on the national map. Still the answer for out-of-towners.
Heritage Square
$$Indoor + out
Eat
FnB
Arizona wine list, vegetable-forward plates, still the chef's-chef room after all these years.
Old Town Scottsdale
$$$Indoors
Eat
Valentine
Midcentury room, tight menu, cocktails that punch above the price.
Uptown Phoenix
$$Indoors
Eat
Tratto
Chris Bianco's pasta room. Small, loud in the right way, worth the wait.
Uptown Phoenix
$$Indoors