travel42 Hotel Review: Castle Hot Springs Resort

Castle Hot Springs Resort travel42 Professional Hotel Review

Location and History

Set on 120 acres, 50 miles north of Phoenix and the airport, nestled into a storied canyon with one of the region's most famous hot springs, this was once a privileged playground for the Rockefellers and Kennedys.

Opened in the early 1900s, the place deteriorated during the 1960s and 1970s until a fire shuttered the place in 1976. Nearly 40 years later, new owners grabbed the reigns, restoring some buildings, though most of the property has surfaced anew t...