3 days in Phoenix
 

I'll be in Phoenix for 3 days in Nov. Interest in archeological sites,history of area. general points of interest, and good food. Any suggestions?

My favorite thing to do in the area is Taliesin West
http://www.franklloydwright.org/tali...n-a-visit.html
The night tour is especially interesting -
https://www.zerve.com/TaliesinWest

My favorite day trip is to Sedona -
http://visitsedona.com/
My favorite tour there is the Broken Arrow tour by the Pink Jeep tours -
https://www.pinkjeeptourssedona.com/broken-arrow-tour/

Not sure where you are staying but check to see if your hotel offers a dive-in movie at the pool -
http://www.minitime.com/trip-tips/Ph...-Pools-article
A great pool is definitely a plus in Phoenix in the summer.

Archeological site and National Monument, Montezuma's Castle is about 90 miles north of Phoenix. Sedona isn't too far from there.
In downtown Phoenix, The Heard Museum is a treasure filled with Native American art. Also, the Phoenix Botanical Garden may interest you.
November usually has beautiful weather. Hotel pools will be heated but it's not really thought of as swimming weather.
Are you staying in Phoenix or Scottsdale, (for restaurant suggestions)?It is a huge area.

Casa Grande National Monument is about an hour from Phoenix.

http://www.nps.gov/cagr/index.htm

You could drive the Apache Trail, along the way stop in at Tonto National Monument and Boyce Thompson Arboretum.

Heard Museum is amazing.

For good hiking in the metro, South Mountain is great.

Also on the Apache Trail.....near Apache Junction is a museum, the Goldfield Ghost town and Lost Dutchman State Park.

http://superstitionmountainmuseum.org/

The MIM, musical instruments museum, great spot and sometimes they have concerts too. We have spent hours there.
http://mim.org

Drive The Apcahe Trail.

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attractio...e-Arizona.html

Pueblo Grande Museum and Archeological Park is near Sky Harbor Airport. You also might want to visit the Heard Museum.

If you drive north of Phoenix on I-17 there are a number of archeological sites near Camp Verde and Sedona including Montezuma Castle and V-Bar-V Heritage Site in Camp Verde and Honanki Heritage Site and Palatki Indian Ruins west of Sedona. Palatki Ruins has some wonderful rock art.

There is the Casa Grande Ruins south of Phoenix toward Tucson.

This is kind of a minor site but if you are in Mesa drive north on North Horne Avenue north of Brown Road. Just before Horne drops off the mesa (yes, Mesa is on a mesa) on your left is a small park. The highlight of this park is a small portion of a canal the ancient Indians built. It is these old abandoned canals that the settlers expended to create the canal system used throughout the Phoenix area. There are several ruins along the edge of the mesa in north Mesa. If you drive west on Brown Road just after you pass Country Club Drive and the road curves south there is a ruin on the right but it is fenced in and there is not much to see.

I think we went to the Spanish Market in November. Check the Heard Museum site for special events.

We did a lot of the things mentioned above and it was a great trip.

I used chowhound.com for food recs and we ate so well. We ate mostly in very casual restaurants and one or two mid range, all with Mexican focus.

The place I liked least was Scottsdale.