Here are the Top 10 resorts and hotels in Arizona, based on public voting for the 2024 edition of Ranking Arizona, the state’s biggest and most comprehensive business opinion poll. Ranking Arizona is based purely on opinion and ranks companies based on how voters answer this simple question: with whom would you recommend doing business?


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Top 10 Arizona resorts and hotels

Here are the Top 10 resorts and hotels (405 rooms or more) in Arizona, as featured in the 2024 edition of Ranking Arizona:

1. Fairmont Scottsdale Princess

Background: Set against the backdrop of the McDowell Mountains, this AAA Five Diamond resort reflects its Southwestern setting with a mix of Spanish colonial and modern architecture, expansive plazas, lush gardens and lagoons. With 750 guest rooms, including newly renovated guestrooms and suites, six pools, Well & Being Spa and golf at the adjacent TPC Scottsdale. Dining includes Michael Mina’s Bourbon Steak, La Hacienda and Toro Latin Restaurant & Rum Bar by Richard Sandoval, Ironwood American Kitchen and The Plaza Bar. For groups, the resort has 315,000 square feet of meeting space, featuring the Princess Ballroom, Palomino Conference Center and Copper Canyon Western Town.

2. Arizona Biltmore, A Waldorf Astoria Resort

3. JW Marriott Camelback Inn Resort & Spa

4. Talking Stick Resort

5. Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Resort & Spa

6. Hyatt Regency Scottsdale Resort & Spa at Gainey Ranch

7. JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa

8. The Phoenician

9. Pointe Hilton Tapatio Cliffs Resort

10. JW Marriott Starr Pass Resort & Spa

Here are the Top 10 resorts and hotels (219-404 rooms) in Arizona, as featured in the 2024 edition of Ranking Arizona:

1. Hotel Valley Ho

Background: Hotel Valley Ho blends classic mid-century design with modern amenities in Old Town Scottsdale. Each of the 241 guestrooms is light, bright and colorful, including a collection of suites that feature full kitchens, in-suite laundry and all the conveniences of home. Enjoy inventive American fare at ZuZu, revitalizing treatments at VH Spa, and handcrafted cocktails at OH Pool Bar + Cabanas.

2. Mountain Shadows Resort Scottsdale

3. The Scottsdale Plaza Resort

4. Boulders Resort & Spa Scottsdale

5. Omni Scottsdale Resort & Spa at Montelucia

6. Loews Ventana Canyon Resort

7. Great Wolf Lodge

8. Hilton Sedona Resort at Bell Rock

9. W Scottsdale

10. The Wigwam

Here are the Top 10 resorts and hotels (218 rooms or fewer) in Arizona, as featured in the 2024 edition of Ranking Arizona:

1. Gold Canyon Golf Resort

Background: Gold Canyon Golf Resort & Spa is nestled at the base of the Superstition Mountains. Gold Canyon Golf Resort & Spa offers two 18-hole championship golf courses — Dinosaur Mountain and Sidewinder Course. Gold Canyon Golf Resort & Spa welcomes groups and special events of all sizes. Gold Canyon Golf Resort & Spa’s restaurant has beautiful dining spaces with valley sunset views. Gold Canyon Golf Resort & Spa has 90 spacious casita-style rooms that you can relax on your own private patio and end your day with an appointment at Gold Canyon Golf Resort & Spa’s spa with a massage and to wash your worries away.  

2. Four Seasons Resort Scottsdale at Troon North

3. Enchantment Resort

4. Sanctuary Camelback Mountain

5. Royal Palms Resort and Spa

6. The Hermosa Inn

7. Andaz Scottsdale Resort & Bungalows

8. L’Auberge de Sedona

9. CIVANA Wellness Resort & Spa

10. The Wilde Resort and Spa

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