text: My husband and I stayed here over the holidays as we were visiting family and needed a private retreat to escape to at the end of the dayThis place is such the decadence Of course there is a price for that but sometimes you just got to treat yourself It was also my birthday that week and my husband had made mention of it when booking our reservations We arrived about in the afternoonjust driving up through the gates are a treat in itselfbeautiful landscaping and there is the hotel set up against Camelback Mountain You have to stop at a guard who asks you if your checking in and you tell him your name and are let thru We decided to do self parking instead of valet because paying dollars a day is not how I want to spend the enormous amount of money I knew I would be spending on better things like the spa restaurants drinksnThe lobby is so spacious with marble floors fountain and lots of windows to view the scenery Check in was very fastthe guard must let the front desk know your here as they as our room keys were all ready to go When we got to our room I was so happy on how big and modern the decor was It is a sq foot room with a double sided sliding glass which opens to this huge balcony with two chairs a table and a long lounge chair We had got the highest floor th with a pool viewask for that if you ever go as it is the premium viewnThere was a bottle of champagne chilling on ice with two glasses compliments of the hotel for my birthday and a card welcoming us The bathrooms are all done in marble with a sunken tub full sized tolietries from their spa Eucalyptusgrapefruit and two big fluffy robes hanging up next to the tub A CD was playing some classical music I guess to set the mood for the elegance and I will tell you I did not want to leave the room EVER nWe ate a few times at The Terrace which you had a choice of indoor or outdoor dining great food and excellent service The only thing I did not enjoy was the many families with a lot of kids who dined therevery noisy at timesbut then my husband and I are child free by choice so I guess we get a little grumpy when we are around misbehaving kids They also have a lounge and at night you can sit out on a high overlook with fire pits for a chilly Arizona night and have some very tasty cocktails We also used the spa one day my husband had a massage and I just used their sauna steam room whirlpool and the meditation garden sipping some herbal teasI loved it They have over pools scattered around the place at night we went swimming and then used their enormous hot tub I cannot wait to go back to this placeit is worth the extra money to be treated well and to have a relaxing time