THE ARIZONA INN PINK PARADISE

We wanted to go hiking in the Tucson area's 75-degree, sunny winter days, but we didn't want to sleep in a tent. Then we heard that former editor of French VogueJoan Juliet Buck prefers the Arizona Inn to the Hotel du Cap, in Antibes. A pink Spanish-colonial fantasy of 86 rooms on 14 palm-studded acres, the Arizona Inn feels like an intimate version of the Beverly Hills Hotel. Founded in 1930 by the remarkable Isabella Greenway, a friend of Eleanor Roosevelt's, the inn is now run, with a staff of 210, to gleaming perfection by her great-grandson Will Conroy, a screenwriter and the son of writer Frank Conroy. The lovely rooms are filled with fine furniture and artwork, tea with cucumber or caviar sandwiches is served afternoons in the library, and there's a 60-foot pool, which is also a good place to sample cinnamon toast and homemade orange marmalade at breakfast.

DOUG STUMPF