Omni Tucson National Resort & Spa

Omni Tucson National sits at 2727 W Club Drive in northwest Tucson, at the foot of the Catalina Mountains, about 20 miles and 35 minutes from Tucson International Airport (TUS). No airport shuttle serves the resort. A third-party shuttle costs about $45 and a taxi about $50 one-way. You will want a car for anything off the property.

Omni Tucson National is a 130-room golf resort with a 12-room brand spa attached, not a spa hotel: you book it for the rooms, the courses and the price, and the spa is a competent extra. That spa is smaller than the last version of this review said: sauna and steam, not a circuit.

Yes, for $25. Hotel guests without a spa appointment can buy a day pass that covers the spa amenities, including the dry sauna and steam room in each locker room and the relaxation lounges. Entry is 18 and over. Under-18s are barred from the locker rooms, fitness center and wet areas. Every spa service also includes a full-day pass to the Sweet Water pool.

A 50-minute Personalized Prescriptive Massage runs $159 Sunday through Thursday and $179 Friday and Saturday, and a 24% service charge is added automatically to every spa and salon service. That bills out at $197.16 on the Sunday–Thursday tier and $221.96 on the Friday–Saturday tier. Weekend pricing adds $20 before the charge, $24.80 after, so book Sunday through Thursday if you can: the pool pass is the same. An 80-minute massage runs $220/$240, and the couples' Escape Together runs $320/$360 for 50 minutes.

Three different sets of hours appear across the property's own documents: the spa page and details page say daily 9am to 5pm, the menu PDF says 9am to 5pm seven days a week, and the price-list PDF and Google listing say Sunday through Thursday 9am to 5pm and Friday and Saturday 9am to 7pm. Call the spa at (520) 877-2367 before you plan around an evening appointment.

A $35 nightly resort services charge is added to every room, and it covers Wi-Fi, both pools, tennis, pickleball and sand volleyball courts with equipment, self-parking, in-room coffee and tea, two bottles of water daily, and discounted green fees for resort guests. Valet parking is $15 a night. That $35 is itself taxed at 12.05%, so the all-in cost runs 32.8% over the room rate in July against 23.5% in January. It is the same regressive arithmetic I ran at the Ventana Canyon Lodge: a flat fee takes a bigger bite of a cheap night.

From $219 a night for a Casita Room in summer, and from $319 a night in January, with January weekend nights at $359 and mid-February averaging $412 around the Gem Show. Those are flexible rates from the property's own booking engine, before the $35 charge and 12.05% tax. A summer promo ("America is Calling," 20% off three or more nights, non-refundable) took a Casita to $175.20 a night in August 2026.

At 675 square feet, the Deluxe Room is the largest standard, with a patio. Casita Rooms run 350 to 480 square feet with a patio, and the Hacienda Suite is a one-bedroom at 950 square feet with a living room and fireplace. Fourteen of 67 in-window reviews praise the room size and spec, but five report a musty or mildew smell (four of them 1- or 2-star, February 2025 through August 2026). Ask at check-in, and ask to move if the room smells.

Six outlets: Bob's Steak & Chop House (Tuesday through Saturday from 5pm, closed Sunday and Monday), Desert Farmer (all-day, breakfast focus), The Peak lobby bar (live music Friday and Saturday 6 to 8pm), Terra Cotta Café (grab-and-go; guests report it closes at noon), Legends Bar & Grill (golf-club fare), and the Sweet Water Terrace pool bar (Friday through Sunday 11am to dusk, closed Monday through Thursday). Bob's draws praise and "expensive" in the same reviews.

Thirty-six holes: the Catalina Course by Robert Von Hagge and Bruce Devlin (18 holes, 8 lakes, 80 bunkers) and the Sonoran Course by Tom Lehman (2 lakes, 69 bunkers). Catalina hosted the Tucson Open through its final edition in 2006, and the resort claims more than 30 PGA Tour events. Nobody publishes green fees: the resort runs a dynamic tee-time engine, but the $35 resort charge includes discounted green fees for guests.

Two pools, both open 5am to 10pm: the Sweet Water zero-edge pool with cabanas and the Friday–Sunday Sweet Water Terrace bar, and the Catalina Pool with the whirlpool and a waterslide open 11am to dusk. Neither pool is adults-only, and two in-window guests ask for one. A July 2025 guest describes a softball tournament "cannonballing" at the pool. That second pool by the tennis and pickleball courts is, per a June 2026 guest, "less populated and more family friendly."

Yes — dogs under 50 lbs, up to two per reservation, with a one-time $150 fee. Undisclosed pets run $200. Dog-friendly rooms are limited. One property page says "under 25 lbs," which conflicts with the policies page, so treat 50 lbs as the working figure and confirm when you book.

Entry to Mokara begins at 18, and under-18s are barred from the locker rooms, fitness center and wet areas. Its salon takes children from age 5 with an adult for hair and nail services. A July 2026 guest puts it plainly: "Anyone under 18 can only get their nails done at the spa, which isn't super clear on the website."

This refresh moves the SpaRator score from 7.7 to 7.4 and corrects several prior claims: the spa's locker rooms hold sauna and steam, not a circuit; the Vichy shower is a $25 add-on, not a room; the courses are by Von Hagge/Devlin and Tom Lehman, not Tom Fazio; there are six dining outlets, not four; four lighted tennis courts, not three; and the airport is about 35 minutes, not 30.

Flexible bookings cancel by noon three days before arrival or you pay a one-night penalty ($403.64 was quoted on a January booking, $280.39 on July). There is no deposit. "America is Calling" is non-refundable. Check-in is 4pm, check-out 11am, and a $50-per-night incidental hold is placed at check-in, refunded about 72 hours after checkout.