Top Reasons to Visit Phoenix Marriott Mesa

• The AAA Three Diamond hotel is less than a mile from downtown Mesa, about 12 miles from Old Town Scottsdale, and 20 miles east of Phoenix. It’s also close to the new Mesa Riverview Market and within walking distance of the Arizona Mormon temple and the Arizona Museum of Natural History.
• There’s a coffee bar and lounge in the lobby, the Java Lobby Bar, which serves cocktails, caffeinated beverages, light meals, and snacks.
• You can use your drink credit at the onsite restaurant, Café Azul, which serves southwestern and American fare in a sunny dining room overlooking the hotel’s elegant courtyard and fountain.
• Arizona has year-round sunshine; you can relax by the outdoor heated pool or hot tub.
• Guest rooms have panoramic views of the Superstition Mountains and are decorated in warm earth tones.

Mesa, Arizona: Outdoor Recreation and Culture in the Valley of the Sun

Like its neighbors Scottsdale and Tempe, Mesa belongs to the Phoenix metropolitan area. The region, which has an average of 320 sunny days per year, is often referred to as “the Valley of the Sun.”

• See dinosaur fossils and pan for gold at the Arizona Museum of Natural History, which teaches about how the Southwest has developed over the last 4.5 billion years
• More than 40 golf courses pepper the area around Mesa, with challenging layouts that range from desert terrain to traditional links.
• See tree-size saguaro cacti at the McDowell Sonoran Preserve trails, about 20 miles north.
• Shoppers' delight: downtown Scottsdale has numerous boutiques and art galleries.

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