2013 Arizona Official State Visitor Guide - (Page 59)

Tucson & Southern Arizona streets, and the work of high-quality crafters is well represented in Bisbee and Patagonia. Shops with an arts and crafts orientation can be found throughout Tucson, and especially in the Lost Barrio, featuring furniture and international imports; at Old Town Artisans, where the focus is on jewelry, pottery and Mexican folk art; and at the semiannual Fourth Avenue Street Fair, which fills Tucson’s main downtown drag with hundreds of artisans showcasing their wares. FINE ARTS & CULTURE Some say it’s the quality of the light, others the reasonable housing prices that have made Tucson an arts mecca, one of an elite group of cities of its size that has its own ballet company, professional theater, symphony and opera company, as well as more than 200 arts groups and organizations. Fine-arts standouts include the Tucson Museum of Art, the Center for Creative Photography and The University of Arizona Museum of Art. Lending depth and distinction to the local scene is The University of Arizona Poetry Center, hosting one of the most outstanding poetry collections in the country. 2X1 ATTRACTIONS 10TH ANNIVERSARY TUCSON ATTRACTIONS $18 PASSPORT This 2-for-1 savings guide offers deals to over 50 of the region’s most unique attractions and museums. 2012-2013 10th anniversary DESERT PARKS & GARDENS Flanked on two sides by Saguaro National Park and home to the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum—which, name notwithstanding, is an outdoor showcase for prickly plants and critters—Tucson is the world’s top spot to learn about the flora and fauna of the Sonoran Desert. Other spots to get the scoop on this unique landscape include Sabino Canyon, offeringalliance an southern arizona attractions interpretive tram ride, and Tucson Botanical Gardens and Tohono Chul, both with appealing cafés. To the west, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument features an impressive spread of the saguaro’s multiarmed cousin for which it’s named. VINGS SA TUCSON ATTRACTIONS TU CSO N AS SPOR S SA the book of fun TUCSON ATTRACTIONS tucsonattractions.com VING P AS T VINGS SA TUCSON ATTRACTIONS SPOR AS SPOR P P T JOHN BAE Travel below ground with former miners for a tour of Bisbee’s Queen Mine. MILITARY HISTORY The 18th-century attacks on Spanish settlements that gave rise to presidios continued into the 1860s, when the US Army built Fort Bowie to protect a Butterfield Stage station from the Chiricahua Apaches. It was the Apaches who gave the all-black regiments trained at Fort Huachuca the respectful name of Buffalo Soldiers; a museum at this still-active post in Sierra Vista details their story. Another bulwark against Apache attacks, Tucson’s Fort Lowell highlights late-19th-century military life. Also in Tucson, Pima Air & Space Museum counts rare World War II aircraft among its collection of historic flying machines. At Titan Missile Museum, just south of Tucson, you can descend into the control center of the only one of the country’s 54 Titan missiles that wasn’t destroyed as a result of a treaty with the Soviets. MINES & MINERALS As the last of southeastern Arizona’s many boom-and-bust towns to stop operating its mines (in the 1970s), Bisbee is the best place to plumb the area’s subterranean history. Don’t miss the underground Queen Mine tour and Bisbee Mining and Historical Museum, a Smithsonian affiliate. The ruins of Gleeson, Pearce, Courtland, Fairbank and Charleston attest to some of the region’s more transitory lodes. In the southwest, the town of Ajo features an open-pit copper mine overlook. Tucson’s University of Arizona Mineral Museum boasts one of the country’s top university collections and, in February, jewelers, collectors and rock hounds from around the world flock to the city’s renowned gem, mineral and fossil shows. TucsonPassport.com Get The Book of Fun in print or download your digital guide. Available for iphone and Android devices. az arizonaguide.com 59 T  http://www.TUCSONATTRACTIONS.COM http://www.TucsonPassport.com http://www.arizonaguide.com

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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