AZ
Scottsdale
Desert resorts, golf, and Old Town nightlife.
About Scottsdale
Scottsdale runs on one of the most inverted hotel calendars in America. The season everyone wants — November through April, when the desert sits at a perfect 70 degrees — is when the resorts charge their peak rates, and summer is when the same five-star properties practically give rooms away to anyone willing to do their swimming before noon. Member rates matter at both ends: in high season they can take the edge off resort pricing the public sites won't budge on, and in summer they can turn an already-soft rate into a genuinely silly one.
This is a resort town more than a hotel town. The properties along Camelback and up into North Scottsdale are destinations in themselves — multiple pools, championship golf, spas built into the desert rock, and sunset views of Camelback Mountain that justify the postcard cliché. Old Town is the counterweight: a walkable grid of galleries, restaurants, and a nightlife district that gets legitimately rowdy on weekends, especially during spring training in March when half the Midwest seems to fly in.
Our Travel Editor's Scottsdale advice: pick the resort for the trip you actually want. Golf and spa trips belong in North Scottsdale or Paradise Valley; bachelorette and spring training trips belong within walking distance of Old Town. And if you can tolerate triple-digit afternoons, a July spa weekend at a winter-priced fraction is one of the best value plays in luxury travel.
— Our Travel Editor
Who's it for?
Top Neighborhoods
Old Town
Scottsdale's walkable core — galleries and Western storefronts by day, a dense bar and restaurant district by night, with spring training stadiums minutes away.
North Scottsdale
The high-desert resort and golf corridor, home to the area's most spread-out luxury properties and the trailheads of the McDowell Sonoran Preserve.
Camelback
The resort row at the base of Camelback Mountain — classic full-service properties with the area's most photographed sunrise hike out the front door.
Paradise Valley
The quiet, ultra-residential enclave between Scottsdale and Phoenix where several of the region's most exclusive hideaway resorts tuck into the desert.
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