Loews Ventana Canyon Resort
Within range of the Santa Catalina Mountains, the 398-room Loews Ventana Canyon Resort embraces the desert with its earth and rock colored architecture. Whether it's the Tucson Trail or the Sabino Canyon, the surrounding landscape is replete with alfresco marvels: the Santa Cruz River, Tucson Botanical Gardens and Aqua Caliente Park. Sports fans have several professional sports franchises to cheer for: the Tucson Storch (minor league hockey) and the Tucson Sidewinders (minor league baseball). The Loews Ventana Canyon Resort offers an extended-stay experience for the entire family, pets included. Children can borrow games from its library, enjoy supervised recreation and select meals from a children's menu. Upon check-in, pets receive their own gifts and a choice of bedding. Leashes or collars are also available. Finally, guests of this four-star resort have access to the spa and tennis center.
Loews Ventana Canyon Resort
7000 North Resort Drive
Tucson, Arizona 85750
(520) 299-2020
Miraval Life in Balance Resort
If you are looking for the complete lifestyle experience, the Miraval Life in Balance Resort seeks to enhance the intellectual, emotional, social and spiritual needs of its guests. Starting with its serene location at the base of the Catalina Mountains and the Sonoran Desert, this acclaimed resort ("Travel and Leisure Magazine," "Conde Nast Traveler") offers daily indoor and outdoor programs. Indoor experiences include a world-class spa, whirlpool, steam room and sauna. A yoga center and Pilates studio are also on-site. Rooms come with velour bathrobes and complimentary high-speed Internet. Outdoor activities challenge the wall-climbing enthusiast, the mountain biker and the hiker. Dinners are wholesome and organic.
Miraval Life in Balance Resort
5000 East Via Estancia Miraval
Tucson, Arizona 85739
(800) 825-4000
www.miravalresort.com
The Westin La Paloma Resort
"Open your patio doors and breathe in the clean mountain air," says the Westin La Paloma Resort on its website. Access to luxury is a recurring theme at this palatial resort nestled between the Catalina Mountains and the Sonoran Desert. Guests can play golf at the private La Paloma Country Club and the Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course. The resort's Health and Tennis Center, chosen among "Tennis" magazine's top 50 in the United States, features indoor racquetball, a pro shop, yoga, a Pilates studio and weightlifting. Hiking, biking and horseback riding are also available. The Westin La Paloma Resort offers a range of suites with wood-burning fireplaces and wet bars. Dine at Janos for fine Southwestern cuisine or the Desert Garden Bistro.
Westin La Paloma Resort
3800 East Sunrise Drive
Tucson, Arizona 85718
(520) 742-6000
www.westinlapalomaresort.com
