The 7 Best Arizona Spas

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.

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.

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.

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. 

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.

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.

The Biltmore was likely designed in collaboration with lauded American architect Frank Lloyd Wright, and opened to the public in 1929. Tierra Luna Spa at Arizona Biltmore resort, which opened in 2021, is a treasure trove of treatments and services inspired by the stars. Select from a la carte services like a deep recovery or CBD massage, or go all-in on a curated journey such as the Quartz Oasis Journey which includes a facial, massage, and a bathing ritual. Alternately, opt for a ritual with a companion: Its Cosmic Connection ritual includes an astrology reading, and an alchemy mud and crystal ritual for two people. 

Before or after a treatment, catch some sun in the spa’s outdoor Sol Garden, which features a fire pit, outdoor showers, Jacuzzi and cold plunge, and a relaxation area. Overnight accommodations include villas and suites, and amenities like an adults-only pool, the private Citrus Club lounge, and two golf courses set against a backdrop of Piestewa Peak.