Downtown Tempe · Phoenix, AZ$$
AC Hotel Phoenix Tempe/Downtown
The pool
- Rooftop pool
- Downtown Tempe
- 21+ to check in
Why it's on the list
A rooftop pool and sun terrace looking over Tempe and ASU's stadium — the Valley's East Side value pick, swimmable and well-served, with the Sun Devil skyline for company.
The stay
The AC is the East Valley's practical one — a six-story, 159-room hotel that opened in June 2016 as the first on Tempe Town Lake, with the brand's usual Euro-minimal rooms and the AC Lounge doing tapas and cocktails off the lobby. Mill Avenue and the ASU campus are on foot and the lake path starts right outside, which covers a football weekend or a graduation without touching the car. At $$ it's the value entry on this list — book it for the address and the roof, remembering check-in is 21-and-up, so it's a grown-ups' base rather than a family one.
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