Founded by Mel and Enid Zuckerman in 1979, Canyon Ranch in Tucson, Arizona, is a year-round luxury vacation destination dedicated to life enhancement. It is located on 150 lush desert acres in the foothills of Tucson's Santa Catalina Mountains.

• Canyon Ranch can accommodate 240 guests in single-story, adobe-style cottages. The interior grounds are richly landscaped with flowers, cactus gardens, and water features including streams, pools and fountains. The remaining acreage is natural desert vegetation crisscrossed by walking paths and jogging trails.
• The Spanish Colonial-style Clubhouse houses guest registration, guest services, meeting rooms, a boutique and a spacious dining room. The Demonstration Kitchen and Creative Arts Center are located nearby.
• Complimentary van transportation is provided for guests who use Tucson International Airport, 21 miles from the Ranch.

Key Programs

In addition to more than 50 fitness classes and activities daily, Canyon Ranch provides tennis, swimming, hiking and biking programs as well as a variety of spiritual fitness classes such as yoga, tai chi, chi gong and meditation.

Canyon Ranch also offers full preventive health care assessments and guidance. Guests may choose private consultations or workshops in stress management, disease prevention, smoking cessation or weight loss. For guests interested in food planning, both healthy cooking classes and nutrition consultations are available.

Canyon Ranch has an impressive menu of rejuvenating skin care and body treatments, including massage and therapeutic bodywork; mud, salt, aromatherapy, Ayurvedic and seaweed treatments; facials and masks. Program Advisors help guests plan their days and schedule personal services, workshops and activities.

Spa Facilities

The fully air-conditioned, 80,000-square-foot Spa complex includes eight gymnasiums, a spacious Pilates and Gyrotonic studio, exercise and weight training rooms, squash and racquetball courts, a yoga/meditation dome, men's and women's locker rooms with sauna, steam and inhalation rooms, whirlpools, private sunbathing areas, a comfortable relaxation lounge and fully-equipped vanities. Also in the Spa are skin care and beauty salons and massage and body treatment rooms.

Additional facilities include seven lighted tennis courts, basketball court, and three outdoor pools. The biking and hiking programs use resort property as well as nearby mountain and canyon trails.

Canyon Ranch's Golf Performance Center has professional staff and equipment for golf instruction and fitness training. The 3,600-square-foot facility includes strength-training equipment, practice areas and computer technology for swing analysis and video feedback.

The 11,000-square-foot Aquatic Center features three Watsu pools, a cross-training pool with conditioning equipment, two aquatic therapy pools and a whirlpool. Aquatic fitness classes are offered daily.

Health & Healing Center

Medical and professional wellness staff helps guests learn to take responsibility for their health and well-being in the 14,000-square-foot Health & Healing Center at Canyon Ranch.

Treatment rooms and offices surround the center's tranquil courtyard. Guests may select services such as cardio stress tests, bone density assessments, physical examinations, lifestyle counseling (including stress reduction, weight management and smoking cessation), nutrition consultations, sleep assessments and more.

Staff

Canyon Ranch maintains a staff-to-guest ratio of nearly 3:1. This includes physicians, nurses, psychologists and counselors, exercise physiologists, nutritionists, movement therapists, acupuncturists, fitness instructors, tennis and golf pros, aestheticians, massage and bodywork therapists, hiking and biking guides, and support staff.

Dining

For 25 years, Canyon Ranch has been celebrated as a leader in healthy gourmet cuisine. The Canyon Ranch kitchens, overseen by Corporate Chef Scott Uehlein, are legendary for continual innovation, quality and freshness of all ingredients and great tastes.

Guests can learn to cook healthy meals at home by attending daily Lunch & Learn demonstrations.

Life Enhancement Program

The weeklong Life Enhancement Program takes place in The Life Enhancement Center - a 17,000-square-foot facility designed for small groups of people who share common life-improvement goals. It provides a supportive setting for up to 40 guests who are looking for an introduction to the components of a healthy lifestyle or who want to focus on weight management, medical risks, stress reduction, smoking cessation or optimal aging.

Periodic programs such as Thriving With Arthritis; Journey Through Midlife: A Women's Retreat; Optimal Aging; Healthy Heart; and New Directions in Diabetes focus on shared medical, wellness and lifestyle concerns.

Canyon Ranch guests may select from a variety of comprehensive vacation packages that include accommodations, three nutritionally balanced gourmet meals per day, use of spa and resort facilities, fitness classes and sports activities, educational wellness presentations, airport transfers, resorts amenities fee* and a selection of spa and health services based on length of stay.

* The resort amenities fee or any portion of it does not represent a tip, gratuity or service charge for wait staff employees, service employees or any other employee at Canyon Ranch. Because of the level of overall employee compensation, guests are neither expected nor encouraged to tip any employee for any service provided.