Holidays at the Resorts

 

On Saturday, my friend and I went to three of the big hotels here in the Phoenix area to see how the holiday decorations looked.  Our first stop was the Arizona Biltmore and I was encouraged when I saw this pretty tree as I entered the lobby.

However, when I turned the corner I saw that they had the same ugly brown trees they used last year in the  main part of the lobby.  Last year I called it a decorating blunder.  I did notice that they didn't use quite as many of those 'brown' trees as before so I guess that's a good thing.

We moved on to the Phoenician which sits on the border of Phoenix and Scottsdale on the side of Camelback Mountain. They had lots and lots of holiday decorations everywhere we went.  This tree decorated the main lobby.  Those are some giant ornaments.  

They also had little decorations scattered all around the resort.  I liked this little Christmas village scene near the elevators.  

In the area where the shops are located, they had one space set up as a cute Santa Land for the kids to enjoy.  That's a great photo backdrop the one wall.  

Our last stop was at the Global Ambassador Hotel.  They had a much more low-key set of decorations.  Just two trees like the one to the left located on either side of the door and a vast amount of poinsettia plants outside the door.  You can see a glimpse of them to the left in this photo.

But, what they lacked in decorations, they made up for in food.  We stopped for lunch in their French restaurant where I enjoyed this utterly delicious quiche and greens.  

It was fun to roam around these places to check out how they celebrate the holiday season.