Hotel Information: This Phoenix resort looms as a monumental presence against a mountain backdrop. A huge, skylighted lobby with marble floors inset with mosaic tiles features stained-glass accents, flowering plants, conversation areas, stone columns with softly lit panels, and a huge fountain tumbling to a lower level fronted by a pond, palm trees, and dining terrace--all creating a desert-palace ambience.

Amenity highlights: A vast, four-acre water complex contains a freeform pool, a lap pool, a 15-person spa tub, a serpentine plunge pool, a lazy river, a waterslide, and a secluded sundeck with 26-person spa tub and firepit. A 28,000-square-foot health/beauty spa includes an outdoor lap pool, a bistro, and a fitness/exercise center. Golf facilities feature two championship courses, a complete practice facility, and a 25,000-square-foot clubhouse.

Insider tip: The area surrounding the resort includes a shopping/dining center named Desert Ridge Marketplace one mile from the resort.

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Rooms

The JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa offers 950 guestrooms in a five-story building divided into three U-shape sections. Balconies or patios furnished with cushioned chairs and cocktail tables provide views of the resort's ponds, pools, waterways, or gardens.

Wired for Business service offers high-speed Internet connections and local and domestic long-distance phone calls for a single daily surcharge. Internet access (surcharge) is also available through 27-inch flat-screen televisions with wireless keyboards. CD player/radios and video game consoles provide entertainment, with DVD player and VCR rentals available.

Marble-floor bathrooms include granite-and-wood vanities, glassed-in stall showers, and separate tubs sided by wall-size mirrors. Waffle-weave bathrobes supply lounging comfort. Compact refrigerators (on request, subject to availability) supplement minibars.

Smoking is not permitted inside hotel rooms.

Room Amenities

• Internet access - high speed
• Premium TV channel(s)
• Cable/satellite TV
• Video-game console
• Pay movies
• CD player
• Hypo-allergenic bedding available
• Complimentary newspaper
• Air conditioning
• Climate control
• Blackout drapes/curtains
• Internet access - surcharge
• Voice mail
• Internet access - TV
• Multi-line phone
• Internet access - dial-up
• Minibar

• Refrigerator (on request)
• Wake-up calls
• Housekeeping (daily)
• Turndown service
• Bathrobes
• Complimentary toiletries
• Hair dryer
• Massage - available in room
• Separate bathtub and shower
• Child care (in room, surcharge)
• Electronic check-out
• Electronic/magnetic keys
• Iron/ironing board
• In-room safe
• Clock radio
• Desk
• Rollaway beds
• Cribs (infant beds) available

Recreation

Graced by desert plantings, palm trees, and blossoms, the resort's four-acre water complex includes a 150-foot-long freeform pool containing a stone-pillar waterfall topped by a fire ring after dark. The JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa also contains a 60-by-25-foot lap pool; a 15-person spa tub; a serpentine, 225-foot-long plunge pool bordered by sundecks; a 600-foot-long lazy river; a 100-foot waterslide; and a secluded sundeck with a 26-person freeform spa tub and a firepit. The entire complex is bordered by stone walkways edged with flowers and includes stone waterfalls.

Revive Spa includes a 75-by-30-foot outdoor lap pool and 13-person spa tub. Use of this area is confined to guests age 16 or older who pay daily surcharges for access to the spa's recreation and fitness facilities and to guests booking spa treatments. The spa also includes a fitness center with cardio machines, weight machines, and free weights, with personal trainers available. For surcharges, the spa's exercise studio offers classes such as spinning, yoga, Pilates, and tai chi/qigong, with a complimentary power walk scheduled daily.

The resort's two championship courses at Wildfire Golf Club include one designed by golf pro Nick Faldo, a layout with generous fairways and expansive landing areas that feature views of the McDowell Mountains, Camelback Mountain, and Squaw Peak. Designed by Arnold Palmer, the second course wanders through the desert and features undulating bent-grass greens. The golf club includes a driving range, putting and chipping greens, a practice bunker, a pro shop, and a 25,000-square-foot clubhouse with women's and men's locker rooms. Lessons are available.

A tennis complex includes eight lighted courts and a pro shop, and offers clinics and lessons. Hiking/biking and nature trails wind through the resort's 316-desert acres, with bicycles available for rent. Additional activities include Segway tours, jewelry making workshops, stargazing, watercolor workshops, and dive-in movies (schedule varies).

Some guests may choose to walk to the nearby Desert Ridge Marketplace which features a movie theater, as well as shopping and dining venues. Bowling is available with a half-mile.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the resort; fees may apply.

• Golf - driving range on site
• Golfing on site
• Golf - miniature nearby
• Swimming on site
• Personal watercraft nearby
• Aerobics on site
• Tennis on site

• Running track/path on site
• Pilates classes/instruction on site
• Yoga classes/instruction on site
• Bicycle rentals
• Hiking/biking trails on site
• Mountain biking nearby
• Horse riding/rental nearby

Property Amenities

Graced by a two-story, skylighted, fountain rotunda, the JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort's Revive Spa offers 28,000 square feet of pampering in 41 treatment rooms. The spa is divided into women's and men's sides furnished with saunas, steam rooms, spa tubs, relaxation lounges with gas fireplaces, and private terraces with outdoor showers and lounge chairs for nude sunbathing. Revive Spa also includes a healthful-cuisine bistro and an outdoor lap pool and spa tub shielded by greenery, lined by palm trees, and bordered by sundecks with cushioned lounge chairs.

Private poolside rental cabanas come with ceiling fans, lounge chairs, fruit, and bottled water. Use of the pool and spa tub is offered for guests booking spa treatments, as well as guest age 16 or older who pay daily surcharges for access to the spa's recreation and fitness facilities. The spa's large, mirror-lined fitness center contains cardio machines equipped with entertainment systems, weight machines, and free weights. Personal trainers are available. The spa's exercise studio offers classes such as spinning, yoga, Pilates, and tai chi/qigong, with a complimentary power walk scheduled daily.

The spa's treatment menu includes caviar facial, aroma facial with wildflower footbaths, avocado-lime body wrap, prickly pear body scrub, and hot-stone massage. Other offerings include couples massage, hydrotherapy, reflexology, waxing, and hair and nail care.

For a surcharge, a variety of supervised activities at the Kokopelli Kids Club are available for guests, ages 4–12. Reservations are required.

JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort and Spa offers 40 conference rooms with 200,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor function space. A business center offers a full line of services, including computers with high-speed Internet connections. Wireless Internet access is available in the lobby and near the swimming pool. A gift shop sells resortwear, jewelry, and gift housewares.

Self parking is complimentary. RV parking is available (if self parked); valet parking is also and option (surcharge).

• 24-hour front desk
• Air-conditioned public areas
• Audio-visual equipment
• Banquet facilities
• Breakfast available (surcharge)
• Business center
• Business services
• Coffee in lobby
• Complimentary newspapers in lobby
• Concierge desk
• Conference room(s)
• Doorman/doorwoman
• Dry cleaning service
• Elevator/lift
• Express check-out
• Fitness equipment

• Internet access in public areas - high speed
• Internet access - wireless
• Laundry facilities
• Limo or Town Car service available
• Multilingual staff
• Number of floors: 31
• Number of rooms: 312
• Parking (secure)
• Parking (surcharge)
• Parking (valet)
• Parking garage
• Porter/bellhop
• Restaurant(s) in hotel
• Safe-deposit box - front desk
• Security guard
• Tour assistance

Policies

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Complimentary rollaway beds and cribs (infant beds) are available and should be requested at the time of booking.
Photo identification and credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in. Special requests made via this Web site cannot be guaranteed and may incur additional charges.

• Pets not allowed
• Check-in time is 4 PM
• Check-out time is Noon

Know Before You Go

This hotel is entirely smoke-free.

The hotel may grant complimentary extension of check-out time until 1 PM. After that time, surcharges apply.

This hotel has a smoke-free policy.

Fees

The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at either check-in or check-out.

• Valet parking: $23 per 24-hour period

Late check out fees

The hotel may grant complimentary extension of check-out time until 1 PM. After that time, these rates apply:

• 1 PM–4PM: $75
• 4 PM–6PM: half-day rate
• After 6 PM: full-day rate

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

Dining

Blue Sage - Indoor/outdoor restaurant and bar/lounge. Wood floor, two-tone yellow arches, wrought-iron chandeliers, vaulted ceilings. Open for breakfast (buffet and à la carte), lunch, and dinner daily. Lunch choices include barbecued-duck quesadilla, vegetarian enchiladas, mahi mahi tacos, sandwiches, and burgers. Additional dinner choices include beef tenderloin with smoked-cheddar mashed potatoes, smoked-cheddar meatloaf, cedar-plant salmon with mushrooms, and tortilla-crusted chicken. Fronted by Blue Sage Marketplace, open from early morning to late evening for sandwiches, snacks, beverages.

Roy's - Outpost of renowned Hawaiian chef Roy Yamaguchi. Pacific Rim fusion cuisine. Dining room with white and purple linens, dark-wood trim. Yellow walls, orange chandeliers, and fireplace. Outdoor seating with fireplace. Dinner choices include blackened ahi, butterfish with ginger-soy-lemon butter sauce, macadamia-crusted mahi mahi, wood-oven-roasted filet mignon, Asian-pesto steamed chicken, tapenade-stuffed pork chop, chocolate soufflé. Sushi bar.

Ristorante Tuscany - Open nightly for main courses such as veal scaloppini with Madeira-truffle cream and balsamic-braised short ribs with corn soufflé, lobster lasagna, and appetizers such as beef carpaccio. Dining room with vaulted wood-trimmed ceiling, fireplace. Terrace seating with fireplace.

Meritage Steakhouse at Wildfire Golf Club - Dining room and terrace seating with firepit. Lunch menu of sandwiches, salads, fish and chips. Dinner menu with appetizers such as raw oysters, crab cakes, French onion soup. Main courses include dry-aged Angus prime rib and steaks. Also, grilled salmon, seared Dover sole, duck cassoulet. Extensive wine list. Bar/lounge with sports on televisions. Open daily for lunch, dinner.

Spa Bistro - Located in health-and-beauty spa. Indoor/outdoor seating. Juice bar. Smoothies. Specialty cocktails. Choices include egg-white omelet, blueberry buckwheat pancakes, salads, spicy yellowfin tuna on green-tea noodles, Kobe-beef burger, miso-sake roasted black cod, tamarind-rum barbecued hanger steak, lavender creme brulée with wild-strawberry jam and vanilla froth. Open morning, afternoon.

Just a Splash - Poolside restaurant/bar open for lunch/dinner menu offering burgers, pizza, sandwiches, salads, tropical drinks. Live entertainment on weekends.

Starbucks - Indoor seating and patio with two firepits. View of resort's desert botanical gardens. Open morning to evening for coffee drinks, sandwiches, pastries.

Vista Lounge - Indoor/outdoor seating with views of mountains, resort's ponds and waterways. Appetizers, cocktails. Southwestern "high tea" during winter season. Live entertainment on weekends.

Room service is available 24 hours a day.

Awards And Affiliations

The JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa is listed in the 2007 Condé Nast Traveler Gold List of the world’s best places to stay.

Address

5350 E Marriott Dr

Phoenix, AZ 85054

USA

Nearest major airport:

Phoenix, AZ (PHX-Sky Harbor Intl.)

Area:

Northern Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America