InterContinental Montelucia Resort & Spa

With its graceful plazas and arcaded walkways, this 35-acre retreat located at the foot of Camelback Mountain so resembles an Andalusian pueblo blanco that you’ll forget you’re in Arizona. The 253-room property is filled with unexpected amenities (a fleet of bicycles; an old-fashioned ice cream parlor), which helps to lures a younger crowd to the fountain-filled courtyards and cabanas around the Kasbah pool. You won’t find Arizona’s golf set here. Instead, stylish sybarites divide their time between the whimsical 31,000-square-foot Joya Spa, where a three-foot crystal is set beneath a ceiling painted to resemble the Moroccan night sky, and Prado restaurant, for live flamenco music on weekend evenings.