The Buttes Resort
Amenity highlights: A freeform, serpentine swimming pool features a swim-through channel and water slide. Four spa tubs are secluded behind rock walls and desert landscaping. Wireless Internet access is available poolside (surcharge). Jogging and hiking trails wind around the butte.
Hotel Information: This creatively designed property has a magical, secluded quality despite its suburban location. The hotel curves around the mountain, offering panoramic valley and city views from every point. Popular with vacationing families and celebrating couples, the resort also attracts locals who visit the Top of the Rock restaurant for sunset dinners.
Insider tip: Tempe Diablo Stadium, at the base of the butte, is the spring training home of the Anaheim Angels, and part of Arizona's "Cactus League" circuit. The Angels train in February and March.
This Marriott resort has 353 guestrooms offering city, mountain, or pool views. Decor features blonde wood furniture, louvered doors, upholstered armchairs, and potted plants. Marble bathrooms have tub/shower combinations and massaging shower heads. All rooms have desks with ergonomic work chairs and cordless, dual-line phones. High-speed wired and wireless Internet access is available in all rooms (surcharge).
Smoking is not permitted inside hotel rooms.
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