This upscale and well-maintained resort offers spacious rooms with high-quality furnishings and an endless list of things to do. The Oasis water park boasts an eight-story water slide as well as a wave pool and other water-based amenities. The resort itself offers six swimming pools and whirlpools along with lighted tennis courts, water and sand volleyball courts, Ping-Pong and pool tables, racquetball, and croquet. You can play golf on the resort's own 18-hole course, head out to the stables for a horseback ride, and hike and bike in the South Mountain Preserve right out the back door.

Pointe South Mountain Resort Amenities:

• 640 rooms, 5 story. Check-in 4 pm, check-out noon. Restaurant, bar. Children's activity center. Fitness room, spa. Six outdoor pools, children's pool, seven whirlpools. Golf, 18 holes. Tennis. Business center.