Haunted Hotels in or Near Phoenix, Arizona

The Hotel San Carlos is proud of its residents specters, so much so that it even offers an official ghost tour, "Ghosts of Phoenix," held every Friday and Saturday night. While the tour is open, for a fee, to non-hotel guests, the San Carlos does offer a special "Ghost Tour Rate" to anyone who'd like to spend a little more time with former guests-turned-ghosts. One San Carlos spook is said to be that of a young girl who jumped to her death in 1928 a few weeks after the hotel opened. Other spirits may include those of laughing, running children who could have been students at an elementary school that occupied this site before the hotel was built. In addition to paranormal activity, the San Carlos has 123 rooms and five suites, and its amenities include a rooftop pool, two restaurants, a cocktail lounge, shoeshine and shoe repair services, and valet parking.

The Pointe Hilton Tapatio Cliffs Resort offers a variety of recreational activities for the leisure or business traveler. Its 18-hole Lookout Mountain Golf Club is home to the Hilton Golf Academy, which provides individual or group instruction. The Falls Water Village has terraced waterfalls, a 138-foot waterslide, a whirlpool, cabanas and a poolside cafe. Spa and salon treatments featuring native southwestern ingredients such as grapefruit and red Sedona clay are available at the Tocaloma Spa. Each of the hotel's 547 two-room suites features two dual-line phones, two television sets and a refrigerated mini-bar. The resort's four restaurants serve cuisine ranging from Mediterranean to Mexican to steakhouse. As for the ghost, the "Legends of America" travel website describes him as a guest attending a wedding reception being held at the hotel more than 20 years ago. He is said to have had too much to drink and fallen to his death from the cliffs behind the ballroom. Reportedly, his ghost still haunts the ballroom and is said to have been seen in the boiler room as well.

The Crowne Plaza San Marcos Golf Resort is built around the 6,626-yard 18-hole San Marcos Golf Course, which has been open since 1913 and was the first Arizona course to offer a grass-seeded green. The course offers lessons, hosts tournaments, and has a clubhouse which can accommodate up to 400 guests. In addition to golf, the resort offers a huge heated pool and two restaurants serving American cuisine with both Mediterranean and Southwestern influences. Although there are no specific tragic instances that may have resulted in hauntings linked to the San Marcos, the Legends of America and Shadowlands sites report numerous unusual occurrences at the resort. These include the front desk phone receiving calls from nonexistent extensions, a mysterious moaning man, and a spectral woman.

The Hermosa Inn was originally built as an artist's studio in the 1930s by cowboy artist Lon Megargee, who eventually expanded the property and began running it as a guest ranch. Over the years the guest accommodations have been expanded and upgraded to include a swimming pool, tennis courts and luxury accommodations with features such as whirlpool tubs, beehive fireplaces and private patios. The inn's restaurant features regional American cuisine with produce grown in its own organic garden, and its name, Lon's pays homage to the original owner. Lon's name isn't the only reminder of the artist lingering about the property -- sales manager Lindsay Bubeck is just one of the hotel's guests and employees who claim to have seen the specter of Lon himself, appearing as a shadow in a cowboy hat. Lon's ghost is said to be a friendly one, however, doing nothing more sinister than occasionally flushing a few toilets or breaking the odd glass.