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Tuscon is one of the friendliest and most beautiful cities in the American southwest, with a mix of cultural activities and scenic outdoor spaces that makes it a perfect spot for a weekend getaway. If you can't wait another week for your Tucson escape, you're in luck. The Sheraton Tucson Hotel & Suites is one of this week's participating Starpicks properties, with last-minute rates of at least 20% off regular rates for stays during the next two weekends. That means you won't have to dig too deep to find yourself relaxing in the luxurious four-story courtyard by the heated outdoor pool. Or getting in touch with nature on the nearby award-winning golf courses or hiking trails. But if you're able to tear yourself away from the hotel's many amenities, you'll encounter some of the city's greatest attractions. The Historic 4th Avenue District, Pima Air & Space Museum, and Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum are just minutes away, providing a variety of ways to experience Tucson like a local. Back at the hotel, you can watch the sun sink behind the distant mountains as you savor a cool drink and delicious southwestern fare at Trophies Grill. It's a perfect end to a perfect Arizona day. New Starpicks properties are posted every Tuesday, so check the list for the latest deals.

The desert southwest is beautiful during the fall, with mild temperatures, gentle breezes, and plenty of sunshine. And if that's what you're craving, then you might consider taking a little trip out to Tucson, Arizona. The Westin La Paloma Resort & Spa is one of this week's participating Starpicks properties, with last-minute rates of at least 20% off regular rates for stays during the next six weeks.

The Westin La Paloma is one of the premiere spa resorts in the southwest, with 27 holes of golf, five swimming pools with a 177-foot water slide, and a world class, 9,300 square foot spa. At the Elizabeth Arden Red Door Spa, guests can choose from treatments such as a purifying seaweed body wrap and desert stone hot massage, and relax in eucalyptus saunas, heated Jacuzzis, and therapeutic steam rooms. But the pampering doesn't end when you leave the spa: a cocktail at the Desert Garden Lounge is just the thing to usher in the evening gracefully, and for dinner, Janos can't be beat. This Four-Star, Four-Diamond award winning restaurant has been Arizona's highest-rated restaurant since 1983, with French-inspired southwestern cuisine that uses locally-grown produce and the finest fresh seafood and meats available anywhere. A couple of days at this desert oasis is just about as good as it gets, so visit the Starpicks site today and see if the west is calling to you.

Unfortunately, August isn't the top month for travel in the Southwest due to that whole scorching temperature thing. But hot weather outside means cheap rates for Starwood hotels in Texas, Arizona, Colorado and Missouri. $149 nightly for a shot at playing the PGA course at Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Resort? A chance to stay at The Phoenician, a Conde Nast Gold List and AAA 5 Diamond Award winner, for $169 nightly? Or a chance to stay at Houston's St. Regis, yet another 5 Diamond winner, for $159 a night? Yup, yup and yup.

There's no way around in - Tucson is hot during the summers. However, if you're headed to the Arizona city, the Los Angeles Times recently published a Tucson shortlist of note. They work around the weather problem, helpfully explaining that "in the Sonoran Desert there are actually two summers" (one warmer at average highs of 102 farenheit than the other) and that Tucson offers " a good time to test the veracity of this Southwest adage: The hotter the weather, the hotter the food you should eat." We can forgive them for that, however. The city boasts an array of tourist attractions and the four diamond Westin La Paloma Resort and Spa, along with the Sheraton Tucson Hotel & Suites and the Four Points by sheraton Tucson University Plaza.