Arizona’s natural surroundings and range of wellness-focused resorts make it a haven for those in search of some spa time and much more. There’s something for every spa and wellness seeker in Arizona, including hydrotherapy circuits, CBD and crystal-infused treatments, and daily movement classes, for a holistic experience that guests can choose to make as relaxing or invigorating as needed.

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Best Overall: The Spa, Canyon Ranch Tucson

This 80,000-square-foot spa complex features 100-plus services for body, mind, and spirit.

Notable Amenities

Huge, 80,000-square-foot spa; impressive lineup of informational workshops and guest speakers; outdoor activities like a ropes course, mountain biking, and rock climbing

Pros

• Deep roster of licensed wellness practitioners
• Guests consistently complement the friendly, professional staff
• All-inclusive rate includes complimentary airport pick-up

Cons

• Minimum stay is 3 nights
• Some guests have mentioned the food could use improvement
• No alcohol served (though guests may BYOB)

Hotel Overview

The Spa at Canyon Ranch in Tucson opened in 1979 as one of the first wellness resorts in Arizona and expands across 80,000 square feet in the foothills of Tucson’s Santa Catalina Mountains. It includes everything from treatment rooms to saunas, steam rooms, nine movement studios, and more.

Canyon Ranch does massages and facials (including dermaplaning and microneedling) like most spas, and employs licensed therapists, physicians, nutritionists and other wellness experts. Guests can book them for consultations like the Mood & Food session, where a mental health and wellness therapist helps participants explore the link between emotion and eating patterns. Additionally, you can unpack themes like grief and loss, cultivate a performance mindset, or assess your fitness age and create a personalized fitness plan with an exercise physiologist. The resort’s wellness guides also help personalize spa and wellness services for expecting parents, teens, and current and recovering cancer patients.

The resort offers three-, five-, and seven-day spa and wellness programs with themes ranging from weight management to creating mindfulness in the modern world. A day pass is $325 and includes a complimentary 50-minute massage or facial, access to daily fitness classes, spa facilities, pools, and wellness presentations.

Best Boutique: L’Apothecary Spa, L’Auberge de Sedona

Booking with L’Auberge de Sedona means personalized spa treatments, private guest cottages, and creekside surrounds.

Notable Amenities

Some guest cottages have an outdoor cedar shower; blending station in the spa for guests to create their own signature scents; art programming includes events, on-site collections, and an Artist-in-Residence program

Pros

• Onsite aromatherapy blending station personalizes treatments
• Couples, maternity, and in-room spa treatments also offered
• Ideal location among Sedona’s red rocks

Cons

• Access to spa services available to hotel guests only
• Guests have mentioned restaurants sometimes miss the mark on service
• Others noticed the resort’s pool is too small

Hotel Overview

L’Auberge de Sedona is a boutique resort located in the heart of Sedona’s stunning Red Rock country. Like the rest of the hotel, L’Apothecary Spa is heavily influenced by its location beneath a canopy of sycamore trees on the banks of Oak Creek. Explore nature in signature treatments like an hour-long Shinrin-Yoku (forest bathing) experience led by a certified facilitator, while an apothecary-style blending station lets you create your own soaks and scrubs using local botanicals, herbs, and oils to use during your treatment and take home.

In addition to facials, body treatments, and massages, the spa offers sound healing and reflexology. Private yoga and meditation classes can also be arranged. In between sessions, unwind in a lodge-style guest room or luxury cottage with a Jacuzzi tub, outdoor cedar shower, or cozy fireplace. Creekside, prix-fixe dining serves dishes inspired by southern Spain, Italy, and France, and the more casual cantina nearby serves Mexican fare like street tacos and tamales.

Best Spa Suites: The Spa Suites at Enchantment Resort

Private, in-suite spa treatments from attentive staff make checking in a worthwhile investment.

Notable Amenities

Daily yoga, pilates, and other strength classes; 18-hole golf course, some suites include a private pool

Pros

• Attentive staff
• Easy access to hiking and biking trails
• Scenic, Sedona red rocks surrounds

Cons

• Pricey
• As of 2022, spa treatments only available to on-property guests

Hotel Overview

Privacy seekers can book spa treatments and services in the comfort of The Spa Suites at Boynton Canyon, part of Enchantment Resort in Sedona. Enjoy a prenatal or aromatherapy massage, hydrating prickly pear butter body wrap, or one of seven different facials. Specialty services include a combination of meditation, breathwork, and massage in its Energy Intelligence offering, for example. Astrology, hypnosis, and walking meditation are also offered.

Enchantment Resort’s 218-casita-style guest rooms and suites are grounded across 70 acres and feature Southwestern decor and a private deck or patio that overlooks the canyon. Some suites also feature a private pool. Beyond the spa, complement treatments with Enchantment Resort’s broader well-being activities: Create mandala and zen art, attend a vortex lecture, or partake in a candlelit stretching class. The resort also features tennis and pickleball courts, a fitness studio with yoga classes, and an outdoor pool.

Best for Emotional Wellness: Miraval’s Life in Balance Spa

Tending to one’s inner world is just as important at Miraval’s Life in Balance Spa.

Notable Amenities

More than 100 daily fitness and mindfulness-based classes, three outdoor pools, 24-hour fitness center

Pros

• Spa services include both emotional and spiritual wellness offerings
• Spacious guest rooms
• Desert and mountain views throughout the property

Cons

• Some recent guests have mentioned facilities and landscaping could use an update
• Booking experience has proved frustrating for some

Hotel Overview

While the Life in Balance Spa at the all-inclusive Miraval Arizona Resort & Spa offers an array of globally-inspired treatments—from Ayurvedic and Thai massages to energetic offerings like Reiki and acupuncture—the resort’s workshops for emotional well-being add another layer of self-care options. For example, choose from spiritual and creative expression sessions like a dream workshop where participants learn “dream incubation,” which aims to help participants transform visions into creative solutions; past life regression workshops examine one’s internal compass; while an art workshop set to music aims to help inspire guests to paint their interpretation of their ideal life. Or explore fear-based activities by shimmying across a tightrope, flying by zipline, or leaping off a 25-foot pole.

Situated in Tucson, Miraval Arizona welcomes guests to 400 scenic acres and Sonoran landscape views. Packages include luxe accommodation in casita-style rooms, suites, or villas; and cuisine utilizes seasonal ingredients from its own organic gardens and beehives. The resort also features three swimming pools and a 24-hour fitness center.

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Best for Hydrotherapy: CIVANA Wellness Resort & Spa

CIVANA’s hydrotherapy circuit offers that extra something special to its lineup of spa services.

Notable Amenities

Hydrotherapy circuit, more than 70 daily movement classes, Terras restaurant features outdoor patio seating

Pros

• Restorative spa experience includes pool and relaxation areas.
• Variety of wellness activities from sound healings to hikes.
• Staff interaction is pleasant and professional.

Cons

• Pre-book the hydrotherapy circuit or likely miss out on the experience.
• Some guests have mentioned some of the buildings (a mix of existing and new construction) feel outdated.

Hotel Overview

Those looking to soak up aqua-based treatments in the Sonoran Desert can check in to CIVANA just outside of Scottsdale. Part of its 22,000-square-foot Spa at CIVANA is a hydrotherapy circuit of hot and cold wading and soaking pools surrounded by a serene color palette of grays and creams, plus a sauna that aims to warm the body from the inside out. Plan for nearly 30 minutes to begin in the sauna before first dipping into a shallow pool, heated to 104 degrees. Transfer to the cold pool (up to 55 degrees), then a deeper hot pool (100 degrees).

The resort, which sits across 20 acres of desert, also offers more than 70 complimentary movement and mindfulness classes each week including gentle aerial yoga, journaling, and sound healing using a combination of chimes, crystals, and gongs. That’s practically one class every hour from 7:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Best Crystal-Infused Treatments: ADERO Spa Scottsdale

The Spa at ADERO’s menu of services is a tightly edited list with thoughtful touches—from crystal-infused facials to CBD enhancements.

Notable Amenities

A fireplace or soaking tub in select adults-only suites, telescopes offer nightly stargazing, complimentary access to the StarWalk 2 mobile app, over 400 miles of hiking trails

Pros

• Range of massages and facials utilize crystals, stones, and native botanicals
• Fitness center houses top-of-the line equipment, including Peloton bikes
• Unique location within a certified Dark Sky Community

Cons

• Spa services not as extensive as traditional wellness resorts
• Fans of large, sprawling resorts might want to look elsewhere
• Not convenient to the city center

Hotel Overview

Those looking for unique facial and body treatments might consider The Spa at ADERO Scottsdale. The boutique hotel is located within a Dark Sky Community, and its spa offerings utilize natural stones and crystals like amethyst and turquoise in its facial and body treatments.

For example, the 80-minute Violet Flame Body Ritual begins with a sugar scrub, bodywash, and a double layer of shea butter. Amethyst stones—associated with grounding and healing—are used during foot massage. The Spa’s Turquoise Rain Scrub, on the other hand, exfoliates with a native blue corn, aloe, and turquoise-infused body polish blend, while chilled amethyst rollers are incorporated into its Amethyst Awakening Facial.

Before or after a treatment, take refuge in its intimate relaxation room wrapped in soothing purples and other inky tones. The 177-room boutique hotel also offers outdoor family- and adults-only pools, a fitness studio with ample Peloton bikes, a tennis court, and sunrise yoga sessions on the lawn.

Final Verdict

There’s something for all types of spa seekers in Arizona, whether you’re going on a rejuvenating solo trip, traveling with friends, or have children in tow. Keep in mind that some of the listed resorts require a nightly minimum, and others require one to be a guest of the resort to access spa services; be sure to confirm these details before booking. Not sure where to start? We recommend The Spa at Canyon Ranch in Tucson.

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