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About This Book
Fodor’s. For Choice Travel Experiences.
Fodor’s helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insightful tools you need to experience the trips you want. While you’re at the helm, Fodor’s offers the assurance of our expertise, the guarantee of selectivity, and the choice details that truly define a destination. It’s like having a friend in the American Southwest!
•Updated frequently, Fodor’s American Southwest provides the most accurate and up-to-date information available in a guide book.
•Fodor’s American Southwest features options for a variety of budgets, interests, and tastes, so you make the choices to plan your trip of a lifetime.
•If it’s not worth your time, it’s not in this book. Fodor’s discriminating ratings, including our top tier Fodor’s Choice designations, ensure that you’ll know about the most interesting and enjoyable places in the American Southwest.
•Experience the American Southwest like a local! Fodor’s American Southwest features information from local experts.
•Indispensable, customized trip planning tools include “Top Reasons to Go,” “Word of Mouth” advice from other travelers, and tips to help save money, bypass lines, and avoid common travel pitfalls.
•8 pages of detailed maps
Visit Fodors.com for more ideas and information, travel deals, vacation planning tips, reviews and to exchange travel advice with other travelers.
Fodor’s helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insightful tools you need to experience the trips you want. While you’re at the helm, Fodor’s offers the assurance of our expertise, the guarantee of selectivity, and the choice details that truly define a destination. It’s like having a friend in the American Southwest!
•Updated frequently, Fodor’s American Southwest provides the most accurate and up-to-date information available in a guide book.
•Fodor’s American Southwest features options for a variety of budgets, interests, and tastes, so you make the choices to plan your trip of a lifetime.
•If it’s not worth your time, it’s not in this book. Fodor’s discriminating ratings, including our top tier Fodor’s Choice designations, ensure that you’ll know about the most interesting and enjoyable places in the American Southwest.
•Experience the American Southwest like a local! Fodor’s American Southwest features information from local experts.
•Indispensable, customized trip planning tools include “Top Reasons to Go,” “Word of Mouth” advice from other travelers, and tips to help save money, bypass lines, and avoid common travel pitfalls.
•8 pages of detailed maps
Visit Fodors.com for more ideas and information, travel deals, vacation planning tips, reviews and to exchange travel advice with other travelers.
Table of Contents
About this Book ............ 7
What’s Where ............ 8
Quintessential American Southwest ............ 12
If You Like ............ 14
Great Itineraries ............ 16
When to Go ............ 20
Chapter 1: Albuquerque ............ 21
Orientation & Planning ............ 22
Exploring Albuquerque ............ 26
Where to Eat ............ 42
Where to Stay ............ 52
Nightlife & the Arts ............ 61
Sports & the Outdoors ............ 64
Shopping ............ 67
Side Trips from Albuquerque ............ 72
Chapter 2: Santa Fe ............ 83
Orientation & Planning ............ 84
Exploring Santa Fe ............ 90
Where to Eat ............ 100
Where to Stay ............ 116
Nightlife & the Arts ............ 126
Sports & the Outdoors ............ 131
Shopping ............ 135
Side Trips from Santa Fe ............ 144
Chapter 3: Taos ............ 163
Orientation & Planning ............ 164
Exploring Taos ............ 167
Where to Eat ............ 176
Where to Stay ............ 181
Nightlife & the Arts ............ 189
Sports & the Outdoors ............ 191
Shopping ............ 193
Taos Ski Valley ............ 198
Side Trips from Taos ............ 200
Chapter 4: Phoenix, Scottsdale & Tempe ............ 207
Exploring the Valley of the Sun ............ 208
Sports & the Outdoors ............ 221
Where to Eat ............ 226
Where to Stay ............ 236
Nightlife & the Arts ............ 244
Shopping ............ 249
Valley of the Sun Essentials ............ 251
Chapter 5: North-Central Arizona ............ 253
Flagstaff ............ 255
Side Trips near Flagstaff ............ 263
Sedona & Oak Creek Canyon ............ 264
The Verde Valley, Jerome & Prescott ............ 271
North-Central Arizona Essentials ............ 277
Chapter 6: Northeast Arizona ............ 303
The Petrified Forest & the Painted Desert ............ 305
Navajo Nation East ............ 310
The Hopi Mesas ............ 313
Monument Valley ............ 316
Glen Canyon Dam & Lake Powell ............ 319
Northeast Arizona Essentials ............ 325
Chapter 7: Tucson ............ 327
Exploring Tucson ............ 328
Sports & the Outdoors ............ 342
Where to Eat ............ 345
Where to Stay ............ 351
Nightlife & the Arts ............ 354
Shopping ............ 356
Tucson Essentials ............ 357
Chapter 8: Southern Arizona ............ 359
Southeast Arizona ............ 361
Southwest Arizona ............ 370
Southern Arizona Essentials ............ 376
Chapter 9: Moab & Southeastern Utah ............ 377
Moab ............ 380
Canyonlands National Park ............ 387
Southeastern Utah ............ 395
Southeastern Utah Essentials ............ 403
Chapter 10: Southwestern Utah ............ 415
Utah’s Dixie ............ 417
Along U.S. 89 ............ 428
Grand Staircase—Escalante National Monument ............ 431
Southwestern Utah Essentials ............ 433
Chapter 11: Southwest Colorado ............ 455
Telluride ............ 458
Purgatory ............ 465
Durango ............ 468
Pagosa Springs ............ 474
Cortez ............ 476
Southwest Colorado Essentials ............ 478
Chapter 12: West Texas ............ 491
El Paso ............ 494
Guadalupe Mountains National Park ............ 500
Alpine, Marfa & the Davis Mountains ............ 502
Midland-Odessa ............ 505
San Angelo ............ 507
West Texas Essentials ............ 508
Chapter 13: Las Vegas ............ 527
Exploring Las Vegas ............ 528
Best Bets ............ 538
American Southwest Essentials ............ 553
Getting Started ............ 554
Booking Your Trip ............ 556
Transportation ............ 561
On The Ground ............ 564
Index ............ 565
About Our Writer ............ 576
Features
Grand Canyon National Park ............ 279
Arches National Park ............ 405
Bryce Canyon National Park ............ 435
Zion National Park ............ 445
Mesa Verde National Park ............ 481
Big Bend National Park ............ 509
Carlsbad Caverns National Park ............ 517
Maps
American Southwest ............ 10—11
Albuquerque Old Town ............ 28
Albuquerque ............ 30—31
Where to Eat in Albuquerque ............ 44—45
Where to Stay in Albuquerque ............ 54—55
Albuquerque Side Trips ............ 73
Santa Fe ............ 88—89
Downtown Santa Fe ............ 93
Where to Eat in Downtown Santa Fe ............ 103
Where to Stay & Eat in Greater Santa Fe ............ 114—115
Where to Stay in Downtown Santa Fe ............ 123
Side Trips from Santa Fe ............ 145
Taos ............ 170
Where to Eat in Taos ............ 175
Where to Stay in Taos ............ 182
Taos Side Trips ............ 202
Downtown & Central Phoenix ............ 210
Greater Phoenix ............ 213
Scottsdale ............ 217
Tempe & Around ............ 220
Where to Eat: Valley of the Sun ............ 224—225
Where to Stay: Valley of the Sun ............ 238—239
North-Central Arizon Overview ............ 256
Flagstaff & Environs ............ 258
Sedona ............ 265
The Verde Valley, Jerome & Prescott ............ 272
Prescott ............ 276
Grand Canyon South Rim ............ 285
Grand Canyon Village & The Rim Trail ............ 289
Grand Canyon North Rim ............ 292
Northeast Arizona ............ 306
Petrified Forest National Park ............ 308
Hopi Mesas ............ 314
Glen Canyon Dam & Lake Powell ............ 319
Tuscon ............ 330
What to See in Downtown Tucson ............ 332
Saguaro National Park West Unit ............ 339
Saguaro National Park East Unit ............ 340
Where to Stay & Eat in Tucson ............ 348
Where to Stay & Eat in Tucson ............ 349
Southern Arizona ............ 362
Southeast Arizona ............ 364
Southwest Arizona ............ 371
Southeastern Utah ............ 379
Canyonlands Needles District ............ 392
Southwestern Utah ............ 420
St. George ............ 422
Central Bryce Canyon ............ 440
Southwest Colorado ............ 458
West Texas ............ 493
El Paso ............ 495
Subterreanean Trail Network, Carlsbad Caversn NP ............ 522
The Strip ............ 531
What’s Where ............ 8
Quintessential American Southwest ............ 12
If You Like ............ 14
Great Itineraries ............ 16
When to Go ............ 20
Chapter 1: Albuquerque ............ 21
Orientation & Planning ............ 22
Exploring Albuquerque ............ 26
Where to Eat ............ 42
Where to Stay ............ 52
Nightlife & the Arts ............ 61
Sports & the Outdoors ............ 64
Shopping ............ 67
Side Trips from Albuquerque ............ 72
Chapter 2: Santa Fe ............ 83
Orientation & Planning ............ 84
Exploring Santa Fe ............ 90
Where to Eat ............ 100
Where to Stay ............ 116
Nightlife & the Arts ............ 126
Sports & the Outdoors ............ 131
Shopping ............ 135
Side Trips from Santa Fe ............ 144
Chapter 3: Taos ............ 163
Orientation & Planning ............ 164
Exploring Taos ............ 167
Where to Eat ............ 176
Where to Stay ............ 181
Nightlife & the Arts ............ 189
Sports & the Outdoors ............ 191
Shopping ............ 193
Taos Ski Valley ............ 198
Side Trips from Taos ............ 200
Chapter 4: Phoenix, Scottsdale & Tempe ............ 207
Exploring the Valley of the Sun ............ 208
Sports & the Outdoors ............ 221
Where to Eat ............ 226
Where to Stay ............ 236
Nightlife & the Arts ............ 244
Shopping ............ 249
Valley of the Sun Essentials ............ 251
Chapter 5: North-Central Arizona ............ 253
Flagstaff ............ 255
Side Trips near Flagstaff ............ 263
Sedona & Oak Creek Canyon ............ 264
The Verde Valley, Jerome & Prescott ............ 271
North-Central Arizona Essentials ............ 277
Chapter 6: Northeast Arizona ............ 303
The Petrified Forest & the Painted Desert ............ 305
Navajo Nation East ............ 310
The Hopi Mesas ............ 313
Monument Valley ............ 316
Glen Canyon Dam & Lake Powell ............ 319
Northeast Arizona Essentials ............ 325
Chapter 7: Tucson ............ 327
Exploring Tucson ............ 328
Sports & the Outdoors ............ 342
Where to Eat ............ 345
Where to Stay ............ 351
Nightlife & the Arts ............ 354
Shopping ............ 356
Tucson Essentials ............ 357
Chapter 8: Southern Arizona ............ 359
Southeast Arizona ............ 361
Southwest Arizona ............ 370
Southern Arizona Essentials ............ 376
Chapter 9: Moab & Southeastern Utah ............ 377
Moab ............ 380
Canyonlands National Park ............ 387
Southeastern Utah ............ 395
Southeastern Utah Essentials ............ 403
Chapter 10: Southwestern Utah ............ 415
Utah’s Dixie ............ 417
Along U.S. 89 ............ 428
Grand Staircase—Escalante National Monument ............ 431
Southwestern Utah Essentials ............ 433
Chapter 11: Southwest Colorado ............ 455
Telluride ............ 458
Purgatory ............ 465
Durango ............ 468
Pagosa Springs ............ 474
Cortez ............ 476
Southwest Colorado Essentials ............ 478
Chapter 12: West Texas ............ 491
El Paso ............ 494
Guadalupe Mountains National Park ............ 500
Alpine, Marfa & the Davis Mountains ............ 502
Midland-Odessa ............ 505
San Angelo ............ 507
West Texas Essentials ............ 508
Chapter 13: Las Vegas ............ 527
Exploring Las Vegas ............ 528
Best Bets ............ 538
American Southwest Essentials ............ 553
Getting Started ............ 554
Booking Your Trip ............ 556
Transportation ............ 561
On The Ground ............ 564
Index ............ 565
About Our Writer ............ 576
Features
Grand Canyon National Park ............ 279
Arches National Park ............ 405
Bryce Canyon National Park ............ 435
Zion National Park ............ 445
Mesa Verde National Park ............ 481
Big Bend National Park ............ 509
Carlsbad Caverns National Park ............ 517
Maps
American Southwest ............ 10—11
Albuquerque Old Town ............ 28
Albuquerque ............ 30—31
Where to Eat in Albuquerque ............ 44—45
Where to Stay in Albuquerque ............ 54—55
Albuquerque Side Trips ............ 73
Santa Fe ............ 88—89
Downtown Santa Fe ............ 93
Where to Eat in Downtown Santa Fe ............ 103
Where to Stay & Eat in Greater Santa Fe ............ 114—115
Where to Stay in Downtown Santa Fe ............ 123
Side Trips from Santa Fe ............ 145
Taos ............ 170
Where to Eat in Taos ............ 175
Where to Stay in Taos ............ 182
Taos Side Trips ............ 202
Downtown & Central Phoenix ............ 210
Greater Phoenix ............ 213
Scottsdale ............ 217
Tempe & Around ............ 220
Where to Eat: Valley of the Sun ............ 224—225
Where to Stay: Valley of the Sun ............ 238—239
North-Central Arizon Overview ............ 256
Flagstaff & Environs ............ 258
Sedona ............ 265
The Verde Valley, Jerome & Prescott ............ 272
Prescott ............ 276
Grand Canyon South Rim ............ 285
Grand Canyon Village & The Rim Trail ............ 289
Grand Canyon North Rim ............ 292
Northeast Arizona ............ 306
Petrified Forest National Park ............ 308
Hopi Mesas ............ 314
Glen Canyon Dam & Lake Powell ............ 319
Tuscon ............ 330
What to See in Downtown Tucson ............ 332
Saguaro National Park West Unit ............ 339
Saguaro National Park East Unit ............ 340
Where to Stay & Eat in Tucson ............ 348
Where to Stay & Eat in Tucson ............ 349
Southern Arizona ............ 362
Southeast Arizona ............ 364
Southwest Arizona ............ 371
Southeastern Utah ............ 379
Canyonlands Needles District ............ 392
Southwestern Utah ............ 420
St. George ............ 422
Central Bryce Canyon ............ 440
Southwest Colorado ............ 458
West Texas ............ 493
El Paso ............ 495
Subterreanean Trail Network, Carlsbad Caversn NP ............ 522
The Strip ............ 531
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