City: Mesa, AZ

Category: Accommodations

Telephone: (480) 831-7000, (800) 528-1356

Address: 1666 S. Dobson Rd.

Description: A pleasant destination in Mesa for about 20 years, the Spanish-style Dobson Ranch Inn is known for its colorful fountains and flower gardens, in addition to its 10 acres of jogging and walking paths. The recently remodeled inn is convenient to the Superstition Freeway (US 60), which connects Mesa with Tempe and Phoenix. Fiesta Mall is also nearby. Right down the road is the Dobson Ranch Golf Course. The inn has 200 rooms and 13 suites. A standard room offers a sitting area and large dressing area. Executive king rooms include a king-size bed, refrigerator, and coffeemaker. The 2-room suites include a refrigerator, microwave, wet bar, and 2-line phone. The updated hotel has managed to keep its old-Mesa charm while modernizing the rooms and common areas. Other amenities at the inn include a swimming pool, 2 spas, an exercise room, complimentary hot buffet breakfast, complimentary welcome cocktail, free daily newspaper, and free Internet. The hotel restaurant, Cactus Clubhouse, serves barbecue and other Southwestern cuisine. The Dobson Ranch Inn is also the spring training home of the Chicago Cubs, so you very well could be eating breakfast or chilling out poolside next to a pro ballplayer in February and March.