Perched atop the dramatic seaside bluffs of La Jolla, The Lodge at Torrey Pines reveals sweeping vistas of pristine shoreline and radiant sunsets that set the tone for an exceptional coastal escape.
Finding health and ogling wealth at the Four Seasons Sensei Lanai.
JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge is tossing its hat into the holiday extravaganza ring with Jingle at JW Desert Ridge, a winter festival with activities for all ages.
Chef Angelo Sosa takes Valley diners on a long overdue culinary tour of Malaysia, Indonesia and other Far East climes at his instantly essential new resort restaurant.
Sisters did it for themselves at Sedona’s luxe Ambiente resort, a self-styled “landscape hotel” that looks to be the hot hospitality ticket in Arizona this spring.
“Instead of beaches, bikinis and margaritas, it’s more about experiences and authentic connection with the land,” says Josh Kremer, co-founder of Paradero Hotels. His Paradero Todos Santos is a luxury, environmentally conscious property in Todos Santos, Mexico, on the Baja California peninsula just northwest of Cabo San Lucas. Surrounding the hotel are five ecosystems ranging from the Pacific Ocean to a sky-high cactus forest. “Where else do you see a poblano pepper growing next to...
In a world full of deadlines, stress and social media, sometimes you need to refresh by unplugging for a little bit. “If you want to find a place to disconnect with your day-to-day life, you come here and right away you disconnect [with the world] and you reconnect with yourself,” says Bixente Pery, general manager of Four Seasons Resort Rancho Encantado Santa Fe. The resort, situated on 57 acres in the Sangre de Cristo foothills,...
Make the short trek to Tucson for a relaxing weekend getaway. You can check Instagram and catch up on emails later.
Gone are the days of bland continental buffets and dry chicken breasts at your hotel's diner. More and more, talented Valley chefs are decamping from standalone restaurants to helm the kitchens of Phoenix's impressive hotels and resorts. But that's old news to Charles Wiley, who's been churning out impossibly fresh, creative and expertly made food at Valley resort restaurants for years.
With more than 40 years of experience under his belt, Wiley’s list of accolades is impressive: Food & Wine magazine named him one of “The Ten Best New Chefs in America,” and the James Beard Foundation recognized him as “One of the Best Hotel Chefs of America.” He worked for a decade at The Boulders before opening Sanctuary Camelback Mountain Resort in 2001. He went down the road to run the Hotel Valley Ho’s dining program in 2005 and opened the revamped Mountain Shadow Resort’s signature restaurant Hearth ’61 as executive chef and director of food and beverage earlier this year.
PHOENIX recently caught up with Wiley to chat about opening a new restaurant, how the Valley’s culinary landscape has changed since he first arrived, and the current trend of why so many top local chefs are working at hotels.*
As editors of a city lifestyle magazine with a travel section that covers locales far beyond our beloved Phoenix Valley, you can imagine that we get pitched A TON about new and exciting travel offers around the country. Of course, we can't fit everything into a 200 page monthly magazine that only allots five of those pages to regional travel. Sigh... 'tis the nature of publishing.
But it pains us too much to kill all of our darlings. So each month, we scrape a few travel tidbits off the cutting room floor and bring you Travel Bag Bites – bite-sized travel-related goodies (special offers, activities and deals) to snack on while planning your next great escape.
