They had a great summer AAA rate. The rooms are beautiful and because it's not technically a resort, the pool area was almost empty.
The pool is rather small but since we had it to ourselves, it wasn't an issue.
We used points from our Starwood American Express credit card sign-up to upgrade and get lounge access. This meant free breakfast, free lounge access and free evening reception along with complimentary wifi. The service was excellent.
We chose to go without a car and make use of the Phoenix light rail system. It stopped right in front of the hotel so it was easy to get around. The area around our hotel was nice however, further out on the light rail it was a little run down and there were more homeless people. The trip from the airport to the hotel was quick and easy.
Here's what we did during our stay.
Monday
Southwest flight using points from Mike's Southwest sign-up bonus and me free
Bought a 3 day light rail pass to travel to our hotel $10.50 each
Late Lunch Sam's Cafe-Shared the carnitas plate-plenty of food for two-great service. 2 Blocks from the hotel
Pool time
Dinner- Evening reception at the hotel lounge for drinks and snacks
Baseball at the Diamond Back Stadium-walked $18. So fun..it's air conditioned!
The Arrogant Butcher-Post game goodies at the bar, pretzel fondue and salted carmel pudding
Tuesday
Breakfast in the lounge
Mill Street Shopping via the light rail
Lunch Fez.Don't miss the Fez burger, garlic/rosemary fries and Tuesday $3 martinis-pomegranate
Pool time
Evening reception
Public Library bookstore
Hilton Suites to shoot some pool in the bar
Late dinner at Pizzeria Bianco-wiseguy pizza was amazing
Cookies and coffee in the lounge at the Westin
Wednesday
Breakfast in the lounge
Phoenix Art Museum
Lunch at Matt's Big Breakfast-don't miss the butter burger and the homemade jam
Pool time
Late check out at 4 pm because of our Amex
Headed to the airport on the lightrail
Home to Orange County
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Nice! It's pretty hot out there but I went there early in the summer to coach a volleyball tournament. We stayed at the remodeled Sheraton, the hotel was awesome and surprisingly inexpensive.
ReplyDeleteFound myself taking a lot of cab rides though b/c I didn't want to walk in the heat haha