The Ritz-Carlton, Dove Mountain

“Let us color your Tucson wedding with vivid desert hues.”

The Ritz-Carlton, Dove Mountain is a dream destination wedding and honeymoon spot, set at 2,700 ft. in the high Sonoran Desert. Besides making the surrounding foothills incredibly scenic, the altitude also puts the area at a good six degrees cooler than Phoenix in the summer (for those contemplating warm weather vows). To make your wedding in Arizona a memorable experience, the resort provides a wedding venue that creates a sophisticated reception and ceremony location; spectacular outdoor wedding venues, four-wheel drive weddings and foothills receptions, luxurious overnight accommodations for guests and bridal party, and exquisite and customized menus from the resort’s culinary team.

Following are some romantic highlights of the 850-acre resort.

• Wedding couples love involving the spa in their event activities. The Ritz-Carlton Spa, Dove Mountain is one of the world’s top rated spas, with a couple’s SkyStone Suite that features its own fireplace, living room lounging area, a spectacular fireside water feature, and the ability to enjoy couple’s spa treatments either in the suite or in an outdoor couple’s treatment cabana. The cabana sits next to the spa’s stunning Serenity Pool, which features its own mid-pool tanning island. Many of the spa’s treatments take advantage of ancient Native American healing rituals, and a whole series of them utilizes indigenous gemstones – including the famed Desert Gemstone Ritual.
• Couples can indulge in a variety of hikes within the area’s lush Saguaro forest and foothills. Newlyweds can create first memories as a married couple sharing in highly photogenic discoveries of Native American petroglyphs and rock art, of breathtaking desert flora and fauna, of spectacular new birdwatching explorations, and even of nighttime scorpion hunts (using a black light) on fun summer evenings.
• The food is memorable as the resort will even provision a gourmet backpack-for-two for desert walks and hikes for couples – or four-wheel drive adventures in the 850-acres surrounding the resort center. Also, outdoor-loving brides can book a one-of-a-kind four-wheel-drive or horseback wedding.
• Customized wedding décor, with a specialty on spectacular staging of colors and textures, is a specialty of the resort’s wedding concierge team.

In addition, the Ritz-Carlton offers comprehensive wedding packages to sit couples perfectly. One of them is The Dove Mountain Wedding Package (for a minimum guarantee of 20 guests) that includes several features such as three hour select open bar, custom wedding cake, banquet chairs, dance floor and staging, a complimentary menu tasting and many more. Click here for more information on the venue.