Southern Arizona Travel Guide
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Fodor's Arizona & the Grand Canyon 2013
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Southern Arizona can do little to escape its cliché-ridden image as a landscape of cow skulls, tumbleweed, dried-up riverbeds, and mother lodes—but it doesn't need to. Abandoned mining towns and sleepy Western hamlets dot a lonely landscape of rugged rock formations, deep pine forests, dense mountain ranges, and scrubby grasslands.
Southern Arizona Hotels
There are plenty of chain hotels found throughout the southern region of Arizona, especially along the interstate highways, but why settle for boring basics...read more
Southern Arizona Restaurants
In southern Arizona cowboy fare is more common than haute cuisine. There are exceptions, though, especially in the wine-growing area of Sonoita and in the...read more
Things To Do in Southern Arizona
Explore the best sights, entertainment, and shopping with our top choices and insider tips.
Travel Deals in Southern Arizona
- $148* & up -- Nationwide Flights thru Fall on American, R/T American Airlines
- $99 & up -- Tucson AAA 4-Diamond Resort, Save 40% The Westin La Paloma Resort & Spa
- $119-$169 -- Carefree, AZ: Luxe Resort w/Credit, 65% Off The Boulders, a Waldorf Astoria Resort
- $89 -- Arizona AAA 4-Diamond Resort at 40% Off — $89 Hilton Tucson El Conquistador Golf & Tennis Resort
Southern Arizona Experiences
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Tour Kartchner Caverns: The underground world of a living "wet" cave system is a rare and wonderful sensory experience. You'll see a multicolor... Read more
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Arizona's identity was forged like horseshoes by cattle, copper, and the men who chased both. The "Old West" stretches as long as a cowboy's... Read more
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Popularized in dime novels and on the silver screen, the legend of Wyatt Earp follows the American tradition of the tall tale. This larger-than-life... Read more
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The fearless Apache war shaman Geronimo, known among his people as "one who yawns," fought to the very last in the Apache Wars. His surrender... Read more
News & Features
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Trip Ideas
From backpackers to businessmen, luxury seekers to religious pilgrims, all kinds of travelers are draw... Read more
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Trip Ideas
Ask around and most people will tell you to spend as short a layover as possible in Athens before booking... Read more
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News, Hotels
When an Aman Resort opens, we come running.... Read more
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