Hotel Waterfront Ivy
This Scottsdale, Arizona, hotel is located along the Waterfront, a quarter-mile stretch in the Old Towne neighborhood. This hotel is within walking distance for shops, galleries and Fashion Square Mall. Guests receive a daily buffet breakfast and complimentary wine and beer during social hour from Monday through Thursday. Hotel rooms include intimate executive studios and apartment-like suites that include coffee makers, cotton robes, iron and ironing boards, natural bath products, hairdryers, pay-per-view movies and Nintendo. Activities at the hotel include swimming, relaxing in the whirlpool, renting bikes and playing tennis on the court. It has a service that arranges golf outings at nearby courses. Families, business people and disabled individuals feel comfortable at this hotel.
Hotel Waterfront Ivy-Scottsdale
7445 E. Chaparral Rd.
Scottsdale, AZ 85250
(480) 949-1311
southwestrooms.com
Best Western Papago Inn and Resort
This Scottsdale hotel has 58 guest rooms that feature pillow-top mattresses, cable satellite televisions, free wireless high-speed Internet access, coffee makers, free local and long-distance phone calls, toiletries, bathrobes and refrigerators. Hotel amenities include a floral courtyard, an aviary area, a pool, a waterfall, a decorated gazebo, a fitness center and a cocktail lounge. Guests are a few miles from local attractions like the Phoenix Zoo, the Desert Botanical Gardens, Phoenix Municipal Stadium, downtown Scottsdale and Tempe Diablo Stadium. Guests are two miles away from Papago Golf Course.
Best Western Papago Inn and Resort
7017 E. McDowell Rd.
Scottsdale, AZ85257-3313
(480) 947-7335
bestwesternarizona.com
Doubletree Paradise Valley Resort Hotel
Guest accommodations at this Scottsdale hotel include guest rooms with one king-size bed or two queen-size beds using Sweet Dreams by Doubletree. The beds have plush-top mattresses triple sheeted with high thread count linens, down comforters and jumbo pillows. Guest get private balconies or patios, work desks, high-speed Internet, on-demand movies, three telephones, Web-TV, PlayStation, honor bars and complimentary USA Today newspapers. Guest can work out in their fitness center or play golf at local courses like Grayhawk Golf Club, Legend Trail Golf Club or Troon North Golf Club. Guests are a few miles for Scottsdale and Phoenix attractions and activities.
Doubletree Paradise Valley Resort
5401 N. Scottsdale Rd.
Scottsdale, AZ 85250-7090
(480) 947-5400
doubletree1.hilton.com
About The Author
Based in Tucson, Ariz., Cicely A. Richard has been writing since 1996. Her articles have been published in the “Arizona Daily Star” newspaper and “ForeWord Magazine.” Richard earned Bachelor of Arts degrees in English and journalism from Louisiana State University.
