GUIDEBOOK : Arizona’s Watery Resorts

The Phoenician, 6000 E. Camelback Road, Scottsdale, Ariz., 85251; telephone (602) 941-8200. Rates for 473 rooms are $225 to $333, double occupancy; 107 casita rooms range from $260 to $330, casita suites from $725 to $1,050. Facilities include five restaurants, an 18-hole golf course, 11 tennis courts, croquet, lawn bowling, and a health spa.

Hyatt Regency, 7500 E. Doubletree Ranch Road, Scottsdale, Ariz., 85258; (602) 991-3388. Rates: $265 to $325, single or double occupancy. Three nine-hole golf courses, eight tennis courts, 10 swimming pools, a spa, jogging/cycling trails, croquet.

The Boulders Resort, P.O. Box 2090, Carefree, Ariz., 85377; (800) 553-1717 or (602) 488-9009. Rates: $495, double occupancy (includes breakfast and dinner). Six tennis courts, 27 holes of golf, jogging, hiking. Golf/tennis package rates on request.

The Wigwam, P.O. Box 278, Litchfield Park, Ariz., 85340; (602) 935-3811. Rates for 241 rooms: $210 to $355 double occupancy (add $56 per person for breakfast, dinner and gratuities). Three 18-hole golf courses, 10 tennis courts.

(Note: Rates at the major resorts are reduced considerably beginning in spring.)