Four Seasons Resort Scottsdale

Four Seasons Scottsdale sits in far north Scottsdale at the base of Pinnacle Peak, about 33 miles (40 minutes) from Phoenix Sky Harbor and 20 miles (30 minutes) from Old Town Scottsdale. There is no airport or city shuttle; the only complimentary transfer runs to Troon North Golf Club. Rent a car unless the plan is to never leave.

Yes, two ways. ResortPass sells day passes from $80 covering the three heated saltwater pools, sauna, and steam room, and in July and August the Summer Refresh package ($199 Monday to Thursday, $225 Friday to Sunday) bundles a massage with facility and pool access. Treatment guests use the locker-wing steam, sauna, and relaxation lounge as standard.

Four Seasons does not publish treatment prices; the menu pages state only that prices are subject to change without notice, and no service-charge percentage appears anywhere on the site. Guest reports put treatments at $300 and up. I have asked the spa for current pricing and the gratuity added at checkout; until they answer, budget from the summer package's $199 to $225 as the confirmed floor.

Arizona's only cactus-paddle massage, and the spa's signature. Warm prickly-pear gel goes on straight from the paddles, chosen for the nopal's antioxidant content, in 60- and 90-minute formats. It shares the menu with Sacred Sound Therapy, Shirodhara, and a Sonoran-ingredient body list running from jojoba and prickly-pear polish to the Coco Mole wrap.

Each gender-separated locker wing carries a eucalyptus steam room, a dry sauna, showers, and a relaxation lounge, and that is the complete list. There is no whirlpool, cold plunge, or hydrotherapy pool anywhere in the spa. All of it is operational. Closure reports in older sources trace to the COVID era and ended by 2023; one September 2025 guest was told the sauna and steam were down that day, the only such report in two years.

Spa services start at age 12, with a parent or guardian waiver required under 16 for facials and under 18 for massage and body treatments. That makes this one of the few luxury Scottsdale spas that will treat a young teenager.

Yes, as of our August 2026 booking check: $55 per room, per night on 2027 stays, taxed at 13.97% like the room rate. The resort's own need-to-know page still lists only parking, so budget from the booking screen, not the site copy. We have asked the property what the fee covers and when it began. Kids For All Seasons, fitness classes, and pools remain included with a stay; overnight parking is separate at $30 self and $45 valet.

Yes, deliberately so. Kids For All Seasons runs complimentary supervised programming for ages 5 to 12, there is a dedicated children's pool, and children 18 and under stay free in their parents' room. One caveat from the recent record: a January 2026 guest found the kids club relocated to a ballroom during construction work.

Good enough to be the reason many guests book. Next door at Troon North sit The Pinnacle (Tom Weiskopf, 7,025 yards) and The Monument (Weiskopf and Jay Morrish, 7,070 yards), reached by complimentary resort shuttle. Resort guests get concierge-managed preferred access to tee sheets; note that Troon North's public booking window also opens 90 days out, so the advantage is access management, not an earlier calendar.

Talavera is the standout, and guests consistently say so. Proof relaunched with new menus in June 2026 as a Classic American restaurant; two 2025 and 2026 reviews independently flagged over-salting there, so order accordingly. Desert Orchard, the café that opened in January 2026, handles coffee and pastry under Executive Pastry Chef Christina Kaelberer, and Saguaro Blossom covers poolside.

Some are, and guests say it plainly. Seven of the 54 reviews from 2024 through mid-2026 describe dated decor, worn carpet, or late-1990s fireplaces, and four separate 2025 reviews report heating or air-conditioning failures. One counterweight: bathrooms across several casita and suite categories are newly renovated, and every casita keeps the private patio, kiva fireplace, and deep soaking tub.

Spa treatments need 12 hours' notice to avoid a full charge. Room cancellations run on a 7-day standard window, extending to 45 days for luxury suites over major holidays per booking-site listings; confirm the exact terms on your rate at booking, since the resort does not publish a single policy page.

November through April is peak, with March the most expensive month on the calendar; summer runs half the price or less, and the spa, an indoor experience with a 110°F patio outside, is the amenity summer discounts least. Book treatments two to three weeks out in season. If pristine rooms matter, say so at booking and ask for a recently refreshed casita.