Carefree Resort & Villas
Hotel Information: Harmonizing with its high-desert setting, this 54-acre resort is planted with saguaro cacti and other native flora and provides scenic views from most angles, encouraging an outdoor experience. Overlooks with seating areas highlight sunset views. The lobby hints at the Old West with studded red-leather chairs, rock walls, a fireplace, and cowhand-style light fixtures. Vacationing couples and families with pets are a growing part of the guest list at this conference-oriented resort.
Amenity highlights: Daily scheduled activities include nature walks, hikes, and nightly campfires with flavored s’mores. A singing cowboy on horseback makes an appearance on Friday nights. Guests can also learn the art of glass making and hone their barbecue skills.
On site are two pools, five lighted tennis courts, a putting green, and bicycle rentals. The spa offers an array of treatments, including the Southwest Soother body wrap and Desert Sundance body facial.
Insider tip: Carefree is 1,000 feet higher than Phoenix. The climate is slightly cooler, and the setting far more rural. Resort staff report sighting quail along the road and say they often hear coyotes and have seen javalina, or wild pigs, on the grounds. The holes in the saguaro may be nests of cactus wrens, and a 165-year-old saguaro stands near the hotel entrance.
This Arizona resort offers guestrooms and villas, each with a furnished patio or balcony. Views are of the Continental Mountains, the main pool area with its desert landscaping and brook, or the desert landscape.
Amenities include TVs with complimentary premium channels. Standard guestrooms have complimentary high-speed Internet access and villas have complimentary wireless Internet access. Complimentary newspapers are provided daily.
Villas have separate living areas with sofa, gas fireplaces, multiple TVs and telephones, and shared or private laundry facilities. Deluxe and Grand Sonoran villas include fully equipped kitchens and two or three bathrooms (one with a separate shower and jetted tub).
Smoking is permitted only on private patios or balconies.
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