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Awaken your senses in the sonoran uplands. Ajo's spanish architecture is an excellent introduction to southern arizona's colonial history and a gateway to adventure in nearby organ pipe cactus national monument.
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Awaken your senses in the sonoran uplands. Ajo's spanish architecture is an excellent introduction to southern arizona's colonial history and a gateway to adventure in nearby organ pipe cactus national monument.
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When you visit Benson, you've earned Cochise County bragging rights. The list starts with Kartchner Caverns and includes tasty bread from a local monastery.
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A lush desert oasis near Bisbee, Douglas will enchant you with tales of its mining and ranching past.
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Next door to Tucson, vibrant Marana makes a great base of exploration for top-notch golfing, hiking, touring, shopping, dining and unwinding.
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Stargazing takes on two meanings in Oracle - seeing the brilliant nighttime sky emerge and remembering Hollywood stars who once relaxed on a guest ranch here. There's plenty of hardy outdoor activity…
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Spend time outdoors, then sample the local cuisine and arts scene in this small town south of Tucson.
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From this perch in Southeastern Arizona, visitors find epic outdoor adventures in all directions.
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It’s wine country, without the snootiness. Sonoita and Elgin locals welcome the opportunity to show off the sights, tastes and experiences that they love about the Sonoita Wine Region. If you’re driving…
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Spend some time in this Spanish Presidio turned artist colony, where creativity is as present in the galleries and shops as it is in restaurant kitchens.
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Visit Arizona’s second-largest city, a UNESCO City of Gastronomy and a year-round outdoor playground. You can be secluded or social in Tucson. The city’s central core is a vibrant area with the…
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Meet some of the friendliest people in the state. Explore the Willcox Wine Region. Willcox prides itself on being a rough-and-tumble country with a friendly, small-town attitude. People here have a sense…
Visit the ancestral lands of people who continue to thrive in the vast deserts southwest of Tucson.
Explore the scenic lands and culture of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe near Tucson.
Visitors lace up their hiking boots to enjoy this magnificent natural area north of Tucson.
This tiny state park north of Tucson makes a big impression with its colorful backstory.
Visit the only place in the U.S. where organ pipe cactus grows in the wild.
Discover a refreshing oasis tucked away in the rolling hills of Southeastern Arizona.
Easy access off I-10 leads to one of the most famous mountain summits in the Sonoran Desert.
Spend the night under the Southern Arizona stars at lakeside cabins or campsites near Safford.
Visit the oldest Spanish Colonial presidio site in Arizona.
Visit a 19th-century Franciscan mission at one of the oldest national park sites in the United States.
See where justice was served in one of the Wild West’s most infamous towns.
Explore a rugged canyon in Southeastern Arizona protected by The Nature Conservancy.
Visit Arizona’s Wonderland of Rocks in Coronado National Forest
Visit a former refuge for the Chiricahua Apache people in the stunning canyonlands of Southern Arizona.
Explore Southern Arizona’s underground spectacle just south of Benson off Highway 90.
On the northeast edge of Tucson, Sabino Canyon is a popular gateway to outdoor adventures in the Santa Catalina Mountains.
See giant symbols of the Southwest in the only place where saguaros grow in the Sonoran Desert near Tucson.
Hiking trails and wine trails intermingle at this outdoor paradise in Southern Arizona.
On the National Historic Register, the 2,400-acre Park showcases crystal-filled Colossal Cave and historic La Posta Quemada Ranch, a 128-year-old working ranch.
Meet some of the friendliest people in the state. Willcox prides itself on being a rough and tumble country with a friendly, small-town attitude. People here have a sense of community that…
This indoor and outdoor museum is dedicated to conserving the Sonoran Desert by protecting native plants and animals, providing educational programming, maintaining and improving the museum's collection of plants and animals and…
Located across a 3-acre research facility, Biosphere 2 (B2) recreates five of earth's biomes--the ocean, wetlands, tropical rainforest, Savanna grassland, and fog desert--enclosed under glass domes.
The Copper Queen Mine, which operated from 1877 to 1975, was one of Bisbee's most prosperous mines. It features seven levels with 143 miles of passageways and benefits from natural ventilation due…
Spanning 4 decades in the Arizona wine business the Elgin Winery and Distillery produces highly awarded craft wines and spirits such as rum and six other varietals of distinction.
Located 50 miles south of metro Tucson, Flying Leap's winery estate in Elgin features a world-class distillery, barrelhouse, tasting room and event center in the heart of Arizona's scenic wine country.
Just south of Tucson near Green Valley, the Santa Rita Mountains offer spectacular outdoor excursions.
Explore Southern Arizona’s sky islands in Coronado National Forest.
On October 26, 1881, long-simmering friction between the Earps and the Clanton-McLaury gang erupted in the vacant lot behind the O.K. Corral. In a fateful thirty seconds the Gunfight at the O.K…
Along Highway 289 on the remote route to Peña Blanca Lake, visitors would benefit from more road signs. Roadrunner Crossing. Coyote Crossing. Cow Crossing. In this isolated area, wildlife sightings are as…
Pima Air & Space Museum opened in 1976 and is one of the largest air and space museums in the world—and the largest self-supporting aerospace museum.
Visit Arizona's only off-grid solar-powered winery and tasting room in Sonoita, Arizona, just 30 minutes from Sierra Vista, 1 hour from Tucson, and 2.5 hours from Phoenix.
A National Historic Landmark, San Xavier Mission was founded as a Catholic mission by Father Eusebio Kino in 1692. Construction of the current church began in 1783 and was completed in 1797.
At the Titan Missile Museum, near Tucson, Arizona, visitors journey through time to stand on the front line of the Cold War. This preserved Titan II missile site, officially known as complex…
Embrace the authentic beauty of the Sonoran Desert year-round at Tohono Chul, Tucson's charming crossroads of nature, art and culture.
When it comes to accessible travel, not all destinations are created equal. That’s why we talked to Brett Heising, a Phoenix-based travel expert, speaker and tech entrepreneur.
A foremost bird expert shares his favorite Arizona birding spots in Tucson and Southern Arizona.
From insider activities to known and beloved things to do, Tucson's tourist traps often double as favorite local haunts. Experience a resident-inspired weekend in Arizona's second-largest city.
Sky Islands are a classification of mountain — an unofficial nickname given to 55 mountain ranges across Southern Arizona, Southern New Mexico and Northern Mexico that rise so high, so quickly, that…
In 2015, UNESCO proclaimed Tucson a City of Gastronomy, a venerable nod to its unique regional cuisines, abundant farmers markets and copious community gardens.
One of the country’s premier long-distance trails, the Arizona National Scenic Trail offers backcountry adventures as scenic and rewarding as the thru-hikes along the Pacific Crest Trail and the Appalachian Trail.
Arizona is famously known for the Grand Canyon, but it's the smaller, quirkier, hidden and off-the-beaten-path spots that lend charm to our state. Here are a few hidden gems in Southern Arizona…
The next time you find yourself in Tucson, consider a day trip to one of these Southern Arizona destinations—all of which can be done within a day and without spending all your…