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Amid Arizona's sandy, open spaces, four spas stand out as honeymoon oases. Find your match.

Weddings are wonderful—but they're also exhausting. So why not head to a spa resort to unwind after yours? You'll get plenty of privacy and all the amenities you'd expect to find at a first-class honeymoon resort, including pools, luxurious rooms and fabulous food. Plus, you can treat yourselves to massages, body scrubs and facials, and throw yourselves into activities such as golf and mountain biking. Where should you go? Well, if red-rock spires, saguaro cacti and temperatures in the sunny 70s (even from November to March) sound good to you, think Arizona. Boasting some two dozen spas in greater Phoenix alone, the "Grand Canyon State" is fast earning itself a new nickname: the "State of Bliss." Here are four desert spas, each of which offers a different kind of decadent getaway.

Pretty in Pink

If your guy is still not completely sold on the whole spa idea, then the 651-room Fairmont Scottsdale Princess—a pink-stucco cross between Cinderella's Castle and a Hollywood-perfect Mexican village—may be the deal closer. The famed Tournament Players Club golf courses are right next door, and the resort has seven tennis courts, five pools, even a lagoon you can fish in. And the Princess' spacious Willow Stream spa would impress just about anyone: There's a rooftop infinity pool whose waters cascade into a "canyon" courtyard hidden at the very heart of the spa, while the lounge areas include steam and aromatherapy rooms, plus what must be the roomiest saunas anywhere. (The only thing that's off: The one-size-fits-all flip-flops don't fit all, so bring your own.)

You'll probably want to stay in one of the resort's 119 casita suites, which come with private balconies, gas fireplaces and access to the casita-guests-only pool, which is usually a child-free oasis. And, with the two-night Casita Spa Experience package, you can enjoy some in-room services: While you're dining by candlelight, two therapists set up massage tables in front of the fireplace; after your tandem treatments, you're discreetly left alone to follow a trail of rose petals leading to an aromatherapy bath à deux. The next day, facials and more massages await you both at the spa, along with a bento-box lunch of tasty grains and pastas. See? Learning to spa isn't so hard after all. For more information visit fairmont.com .

Magic Mountains

A two-hour drive north of Phoenix, at the head of Sedona's most gorgeous red-rock canyon, lies the Mii amo Spa at Enchantment Resort. If the Willow Stream is for the newbie spa-goer, then Mii amo (which means "journey" in a local Native American language) is a more hard-core spa experience—think aura cleansing and Tarot card readings. In fact, the spa itself contains 16 guest rooms and its own restaurant so that you can completely immerse yourselves in New Age philosophy while you are on vacation. Since Mii amo is part of the Enchantment resort, spa guests are free to take advantage of everything from the tennis courts and croquet lawns to hiking and mountain-biking trails. Still, you could spend your whole honeymoon in the spa. The public spaces are calming, yet romantic (perhaps because of the "no children allowed" policy); the guest quarters look more like artists' lofts in Manhattan—white walls, big windows, sculptural wood furniture—than hotel rooms. While healthful, Mii amo's food is also really good. (Cross your fingers and hope that the salmon and tuna "tower" is still on the menu: It's fabulous.) What you're really here for, though, are the spa treatments—and you won't be disappointed.

To stay at Mii amo, you must commit to a three-, four- or seven-night package, any of which includes three spa meals a day and between five and thirteen spa treatments for each of you. The list of services starts off with the standard facials, massages and body wraps (all done exceptionally well), then takes a turn toward the far-out, such as body feng shui. However New Age you choose to go, ask to have your treatments in the couples' suite, which has a spellbinding view of those striking red cliffs. For more information visit miiamo.com .

The Mindful Body

Head to the 106-room Miraval in Sedona, where, in addition to plenty of massages, facials and other forms of physical cosseting, you'll find treatments aimed at spiritual renewal. The spa's professionals have been gently de-stressing the stressed-out since 1995, and the fact that they're rightly considered among the best in the business is one of the resort's biggest draws. Fill your days with yoga classes, hikes that include nature-photography lessons, mountain-climbing sessions, bird-watching walks or Zen drawing meditation. Request a couple's "aqua Zen therapy" session. (It's not on the menu, but they'll comply if you ask.) The treatment is a cross between shiatsu and an Esther Williams water ballet: Two therapists massage you while you float in a private pool, placing you into each other's arms at the session's end. Of course, you always have the option of lazing by the terraced pool for hours, interrupting your idyll only for an energizing Thai massage or a skin-smoothing body scrub.

Grouped around courtyards with burbling fountains, the guest rooms aren't as luxurious as those at Enchantment or the Princess—some have no bathtubs; many, no fireplaces—but they are comfortable. Most open onto little patios, from which you can see wild rabbits fearlessly playing. After all, the watchword at Miraval is "mindfulness," which means slowing down and living life minute by minute. This philosophy carries into the dining room as well: Portions are small and the food is wholesome (similar to dishes from that vegetarian bible, the Moosewood Cookbook, only with meat), and breadbaskets aren't left on the tables (rolls are doled out one by one, to prevent mindless scarfing). Don't worry—wine and desserts are cheerfully provided, though the former costs extra and the latter do taste, well, undeniably healthy. For more information call 800-232-3969 or visit miravalresort.com .

Sweet Home Arizona

If all that New Age stuff leaves you cold and you want only to be coddled, then go no farther than Phoenix's 117-room Royal Palms Resort and Spa, which sits right at the foot of Camelback Mountain. When you arrive, you'll pull up to the front door of the 1929 Spanish-colonial mansion that is the nucleus of the resort, housing the small lobby, the bar and a lovely little courtyard surrounded by arcades. The Alvadora Spa is much smaller than the other spas mentioned in this article—only 10 treatment rooms to the Princess' 25—and much more intimate. Thanks to countless walled patios, fountains, fireplaces and tiled roofs, it also feels like it dates back to the 18th century, when the conquistadores' successors still ruled the Southwest. Book an hour in the "Acqua Dolce" villa, a faux-rustic cottage with two stone massage tables positioned beneath matching sets of triple showerheads. Your body will be sluiced with warm water and then gently exfoliated with the spa's special Vino Body Scrub. The key ingredient: seeds from red-wine grapes.

Here, too, you'll want to stay in a casita (the resort has 44). How can we describe them? In a word: "romantic." Enter your room and you'll hear classical guitar music playing on the CD/radio. The room's armchairs are upholstered in velvet, and the king-size bed is almost entirely covered in pillows. Even the room key comes in its own velveteen drawstring sack. The resort's red-hot center of amour, though, can be found in the restaurant, T. Cook's. Not because the cooking is top-notch—which it is—but because the maitre d', Paul Xanthopoulos, doubles as the resort's "Director of Romance." You probably won't need his assistance (he plans a lot of proposals), but it's nice to know he's on hand, and willing to help you surprise your beloved with roses or a brace of white doves at a moment's notice—or whatever else you can dream up. For more information call 602-840-3610 or visit royalpalmsresortandspa.com .