The Arizona Inn offers quiet and seclusion close to the University of Arizona campus in Tucson. It is located on quiet secondary streets in a quiet residential neighborhood. It has an excellent heating and cooling system and an excellent restaurant. Two computers are available in the lobby for free internet access for guests. The only negative in my huge suite was a very small bath with no counter space. I had to use the wet bar in the adjacent room to lay out my toilet articles. Still, I would definitely make this my top choice in Tucson.

The Arizona Inn is simply a dream. The grounds are gorgous...beautifully manicured and are always blooming with incredible flowers. The pool area is a throwback to the 40's...surrounded by green lawn and adobe structures. The rooms are usually adjoined by a patio with patio table and chairs and additional lawn chairs. Our double rooms have always had a fireplace and are filled with pretty antiques. The extra expense of the patio is so worth the money. It is a delight to have a cup of coffee in the morning in the outside restaurant area and listen to the quiet, hear birds chirping and gaze at the blue sky.

Our daughter attends the University of Arizona only a few blocks away and we are so lucky to have an excuse to keep going back to the Arizona Inn...we have been 5 times in 2 years and hope to keep going as often as we can.

My husband and I (we're a young 51 and 60), just spent five days at the Arizona Inn and really enjoyed the ambiance and graciousness of this resort. We were looking to get away someplace in the continental U.S., and previously stayed in Scottsdale and thought we'd try Tucson. Tucson is a sprawling city, with The Arizona Inn located near the U of Arizona. Not much around the U but a bunch of fast food places, but there are a few gems, including Beyond Bread for sandwiches, and Mexican food nearby at Rosa's. Our best find of the whole trip was the cafe at the Tucson Museum. Even if you don't want to go to the museum (which is small, but good), do go to the incredible cafe. The food is amazing, and the desserts are like nothing you have ever seen. Also loved the Desert Museum and Sabino Canyon for hikes. Don't miss the San Xavier Mission and the Pima Air Museum as well. Breakfast at The Arizona Inn by the pool is THE best. The staff is lovely, and you can order their own granola with fruit and yogurt for a healthy alternative to the big buffet. Also, a nearby air base gives you your own blue angels type show while you are sitting by the pool while reading your daily delivered NY Times. Also don't miss the wonderful afternoon tea and scones in the library.

We drove up into the more affluent hills north of the hotel, and visited The Westin, which is nice, but it felt like going into Wal Mart after staying at The Arizona Inn. So I'd say that if you like local charm and amazing comfort, choose The Arizona Inn.

We have been staying at the Arizona Inn for the last 4 years when visiting our daughter at the University of Arizona and will stay there the next 4 years while visiting our other daughter who just started there. We have stayed at all the other luxury hotels in Tucson and none of them can touch the Arizona Inn as far as service, convenience, absolute beauty of property, excellence of food and overwhelming charm. In the summer the rooms come with breakfast either in the lovely dining room in the main building or at the sublime pool area where a wonderful buffet is featured. The food is excellent wherever you choose to eat. As well, every evening an ice cream bar is featured at the pool (included in the price of your room), which features possibly the world's best chocolate sauce. (Yes, it is all you can eat!). In the fall and winter, to replace the breakfast and ice cream bar, a full English tea is served in the afternoon. It is served in the imposing yet comfortable library (so called because the walls are lined with books which you are free to take back to your room. I like to curl up on one of the plump couches or in front of the roaring fireplace in the library for a peaceful afternoon of reading). The tea features little open face sandwiches, coffee, tea and hot chocolate and wonderful tiny scones served with jam and delicious clotted cream. This tea is included in the price of your room. The rooms are all different, every one of them. Some are smaller, some are larger. Some have two beds, some one. Some of the bathrooms are much larger than others, yet I have never been dissatisfied by any room in any way. I love the fact that they are all different! Of course, over the course of 4 years, I have my favorite rooms by now. I imagine everyone who stays at the Arizona Inn will eventually pick out the room they love the most for any number of reasons: the way the sun sets/rises in the window, the shape or location of the patio, the views of this wonderful property, etc., etc., etc. Here are some must dos when you visit: do sit on the outside patio at dusk and enjoy a prickly pear margarita--virgin or regular. If you have never had prickly pear syrup you are in for a delicious treat. Enjoy it with one of the best hamburgers in town. Watch one of the old movies they show in the evenings featuring famous actors who stayed at the Inn. Stroll around the grounds with your camera: your friends will not be able to tell in what year those pictures were taken--the Inn is timeless and makes me feel as if I have happily fallen into a time warp and gone back to the first half of the last century. Sit at the bar in the evening and listen to the live piano music. Stroll back to your room afterwards and see more stars than you ever knew were in the sky. The staff is all young and eager and attentive and willing to please. If you let the front desk know if you will be arriving late, you will find waiting in your room a thermos of divine hot chocolate and a plate of little sandwiches. Sheer heaven!!