2013 Arizona Official State Visitor Guide - (Page 38)
FUN for KIDS
The Arizona Science Center, with a planetarium, large-screen theater and such exhibits as a huge sneezing nose, is so much fun that adults asked for their own night there. Kids can interact with tide-pool creatures or be surrounded by glass walls of water at the Sea Life Arizona aquarium in Tempe. The wet slides and rides at the area’s three destination water parks—Big Surf Water Park, Golfland SunSplash and Wet ’N’ Wild Phoenix— keep everyone cool. The Children’s Museum of Phoenix caters to the 10 and under set with an array of playtime possibilities, while Mesa’s Arizona Museum for Youth encourages budding artists. The Arizona Museum of Natural History, also in Mesa, has the largest collection of dinosaur fossils in Arizona. Mechanically inclined kids get a kick out of the Hall of Flame Fire Museum, featuring firefighting equipment through the ages, and the Commemorative Air Force Museum, displaying everything from whirlybirds to fighter planes. Phoenix Zoo, voted one of the nation’s top five zoos for kids, and Wildlife World Zoo & Aquarium, with a flume ride through its Pacific reef tank, are additional crowd pleasers.
SEA LIFE ARIZONA AQUARIUM/MICHAEL GING
Educational fun awaits at Tempe’s Sea Life Arizona aquarium and The Children’s Museum of Phoenix (right).
RESORTS
Catering to the entire family with top-rate restaurants, spas, golf courses, pools and educational programs, Greater Phoenix’s resorts run the gamut of price, setting and style. Many offer thrilling ways to get out and enjoy the state’s sunny weather, from playing a PGA Tour golf course at the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess to learning to “surf” in the new FlowRider water experience at the Westin Kierland Resort & Spa. Indoors, some of the newer properties on the scene envelop their guests in sleek, modern styling, such as The Saguaro in Scottsdale or Hotel Palomar in downtown Phoenix, while others, such as Litchfield Park’s Wigwam Golf Resort and Phoenix’s Arizona Biltmore, blend historic character with state-of-the-art facilities.
MARK STANTON
America’s largest fire museum the Hall of Flame
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Greatest Moments in Fiesta Bowl History
Relive the at the Ziegler Fiesta Bowl Museum
College football fans will delight in an array of exhibits featuring memorabilia from Fiesta Bowl events and bowl games, all 120 Football Bowl Subdivision team helmets, and some of college football’s most prestigious award trophies, including the Fiesta Bowl, Heisman, Eddie Robinson, and The National Championship Coaches’ Trophy.
• 35,000 square feet of air conditioned galleries • Fire Engine available for boarding • Classic fire apparatus from 1725 to 1969 • National Firefighting Hall of Heroes honors American firefighters who have been decorated for heroism or who have died in the line of duty
Mon. - Fri., 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. | Free admission Across the street from Scottsdale Fashion Square
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Across from the Phoenix Zoo
602 275 3473 • www.hallofflame.org
Open Mon-Sat 9-5; Sundays Noon-4
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of 2013 Arizona Official State Visitor Guide
2013 Arizona Official State Visitor Guide
Arizona State Map
Contents
Authentic Arizona, A to Z
Tastes on Tour
Make a Splash
Centers of History & Craft
Statewide Calendar of Events
Phoenix & Central Arizona
• Regional Map
• Resource Guide
• Activities & Attractions Listings
• Accommodations
• Golf Courses
• RV Parks
Tucson & Southern Arizona
• Regional Map
• Resource Guide
• Activities & Attractions Listings
• Accommodations
• Golf Courses
• RV Parks
Northern Arizona
• Regional Map
• Resource Guide
• Activities & Attractions Listings
• Accommodations
• RV Parks
Arizona’s West Coast
• Regional Map
• Resource Guide
• Activities & Attractions Listings
• Accommodations
• RV Parks
North Central Arizona
• Regional Map
• Resource Guide
• Activities & Attractions Listings
• Accommodations
• Golf Courses
Smart Traveler
Arizona Visitor Centers
Arizona Mileage Map
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