Thursday, March 1, 2012

Phoenix downtown escape


A couple of months ago now we decided to give Phoenix Downtown another chance and treat ourselves to a stay at a nice hotel. I could already see it in front of me; after strolling around town we would come back to the hotel in the afternoon with tired feet and legs. The champagne would be already chilled and Andy would run a hot bath were we would enjoy the bubbles. I spent some time looking for a hotel and finally chose the Westin on Van Buren and 1st Street. 

View from the Westin pool area.

The location was perfect since it is just a couple of blocks from our favourite restaurant, Sens. It is a quite small Japanese tapas style restaurant and definately worth a visit. The reason I picked the Westin was that they have a small suite with a bathroom in the corner of the building with floor to ceiling windows where you can look out over the city while having a bath. The fact that they had a bar where we felt just at home was a bonus. It was quite empty but still boosted some interesting people watching.

Just what I needed. :-)

Downtown Phoenix is really not too bad except for the fact that there are no people there. To be a multi million city it feels deserted. If you look closely there are some nice cafés, bars and restaurants but the atmosphere is missing. Sadly.

Nice café behind the Phoenix Art Museum. But where are the guests?

But we did have a good time and got what we expected.

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