Famous Big Sur spas, including Ventana Inn & Spa, Esalen and Post Ranch Inn, have closed due to wildfires moving into the Big Sur area. The 1,400 residents of Big Sur have also been ordered to leave their homes. About 65,000 acres of the Los Padres National Forest have burned in the last two weeks as part of the Basin Complex Fire. At Ventana Inn & Spa, which is undergoing an $18 million renovation, relocation assistance was provided and physical room to room search was performed to ensure all guests had evacuated, according to General Manager Jonathan Farrington. Ventana Inn & Spa, Cielo Restaurant and Allegria Spa will remain closed until further notice. Esalen has cancelled all programs through July 13.

The Fairmont Scottsdale Princess, the strikingly pink 649-room luxury resort in Phoenix, Arizona, known for its Willow Stream Spa, has a new name. It's dropped the regal "Princess" title in favor of the more pedestrian Fairmont Scottsdale. However, the resort is much improved, with a recent $20 million makeover that includes 69 new Fairmont Gold guestrooms and lounge that form a "hotel within a hotel," as well as a 3,700-square-foot, two-story super suite, and a new restaurant and lounge. Now it's time to turn their attention to the spa. The last time I was there I loved the roof-top pool with fabulous mountain views, but was underwhelmed by the warm waterfall pools meant to evoke the Havasupai Falls at the Grand Canyon -- as if anything could. And they need to attend to the basics. The locker room doors were grubby (no excuse for that!) and my esthetician was super-pushy.