Arizona – Boulders

Boulders is a small place, or rather, a small collection of houses and stones, but very large stones. Two of the best golf courses in America, if not the world, were also built here.

Boulders is located north of Scottsdale. The road leads dead straight through the desert and past the country’s most important golf resorts. Golf is an important source of income here. Many international Masters are held here. Every large hotel of distinction has its own golf course here. There are about 120 golf courses in the region. We arrive at the Boulders Resort and are still reasonably exhausted from the flight.

We rented a rental car at the airport in Phoenix, which is indispensable here. The distances are huge and without a rental car you are practically lost. The Boulders Resort consists of a main building that houses some hotel rooms, the restaurant and the clubhouse of the golf course.

There are also a number of two-storey bungalows scattered throughout the grounds. These are built in a rustic Mexican style and adapt well to the landscape.

There are two large apartments in each house, which have all amenities. An open fireplace is integrated into the living rooms, which you also need here in the desert in the evening or at night. We even had minus temperatures here at night in January with morning frost. Almost every house has a wood storage area on the outside, which is replenished daily by the staff.

The scenery is simply breathtaking. We are especially fond of the sunsets here in the desert. It is a fantastic natural spectacle when the sky changes colour in a wide variety of red and yellow tones. While we enjoy this sitting outside on the porch with a glass of wine, a pack of coyotes howls in the distance. A mood that will remain in our consciousness for a long time.