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Hotel San Carlos Review

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Hotel San Carlos

  • Address: 202 N. Central Ave., Downtown Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ, 85004 | Map It
  • Phone: 602/253-4121; 866/253-4121
  • Fax: 602/253-6668
  • www.hotelsancarlos.com

Fodor's Review:

Built in 1927 in an Italian Renaissance design, the seven-story San Carlos is the only historic hotel still operating in downtown Phoenix. Among other distinctions, the San Carlos was the Southwest's first air-conditioned hotel, and suites bear the names of such movie-star guests as Marilyn Monroe and Spencer Tracy. Big-band music, wall tapestries, Austrian crystal chandeliers, shiny copper elevators, and an accommodating staff transport you to a more genteel era. The rooms are snug by modern standards but have attractive period furnishings. An off-site fitness center accommodates guests for a small fee.

  • Hotel Details: 109 rooms, 12 suites
  • In-room: Internet, Wi-Fi.
  • In-hotel: restaurant, room service, pool, laundry service, public Wi-Fi, parking (paid), no-smoking rooms.
  • Credit Cards: AE, D, DC, MC, V

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