“Closer to home, the Arizona Inn in Tucson is a favorite of Assistant Editor Hannah Walhout. The hotel site has had many lives, as everything from a furniture workshop for World War I veterans to a Hollywood retreat where actors like Katharine Hepburn and Bing Crosby would stay. Now, its home to the best property in Tucson, a colorful complex of low-slung stucco buildings with cacti and wildflowers everywhere. When you’re not out at the pool, the rustic library, full of dark wood, Navajo rugs, and antiques, is the perfect haunt for a coffee and a newspaper, Walhout said. It’s all adobe and exposed beams, and feels reminiscent of a time when Arizona was a wilder place. “Reading in there makes you feel very glamorous, and I like that it’s got lots of little Arizonan twists on the typical ornate-mahogany-library vibe,” said Walhout.”
