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Tucson Area Attractions

What's so special about Tucson and Southern Arizona? Well, for one thing its attractions and so very many and diverse things to see and do. For another, it's the proximity of hotels near whatever piques your interest.

Nature lovers revel in the wide open spaces and elevations from desert floor to foothills to mountains. From the civility and order of Tohono Chul Park, to the vastness of the Saguaro National Parks (East or West), the magnificence of the high Sonoran desert is breathtaking. If hiking appeals, there's Pima Canyon or Sabino Canyon. The untouched beauty and majesty of the Santa Catalina Mountains awaits exploration. Finger Rock Trail is but one example while the Sabino Canyon Recreational Area makes for an educational as well as practical respite for serious walkers and hikers or those who wish to simply enjoy the Southern Arizona scenery.

Mid-February to approximately April 1 is a unique time for visitors who love baseball as Tucson serves as "home" to two Cactus League teams -- the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies. Each team plays as many as 20 home games each season, in addition to open-to-the-public drills and actual Spring "training." Tucson Electric Park is where the Arizona Diamondbacks host visiting teams. And Hi Corbett Field is where visitors will find the Colorado Rockies entertaining its visiting teams. Spring training. Tucson. They just go together!

And, for visitors who are military-minded, there's Davis Monthan Air Force Base, host wing to the 355th Fighter Wing. Restricted tours are available.

What else?

• Tucson is Arizona's second largest city.
• It is a growing metropolis of 1,000,000 residents.
• The city's geography is a postcard image of cactus forests, rolling hills and awe-inspiring mountains.
• Tucson lies in the borderland, a region that blends the cultures of the United States and Mexico, and has a long history of settlement by ancient Native American peoples, Spanish explorers and Anglo frontiersmen.
• The weather is mild nearly all the time, just right for all kinds of fun activities.

Attractions Mission San Xavier del Bac Old Tucson Studios Reid Park Zoo The University of Arizona-Biosphere 2 Trail Dust Town Arizona Day Trips Nogales - South of the Border   and Tubac Artist Colony Bisbee/Tombstone Tubac/Tumacacori Mission Cultural Venues/Performing Arts Arizona Opera Arizona Theatre Company The Fox Tucson Theatre Tucson Symphony Orchestra UApresents Museums Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Center for Creative Photography De Grazia Gallery in the Sun International Wildlife Museum Titan Missile Museum Tubac Center of the Arts Tucson Children's Museum Tucson Museum of Art University of Arizona Museum of Art Nature Colossal Cave Mountain Park Kartchner Caverns State Park Sabino Canyon Recreational Area Saguaro National Park East Saguaro National Park West Tohono Chul Park Tucson Botanical Gardens

Shopping Casas Adobes Plaza Fourth Avenue Merchants Association La Encantada Maingate Square Old Town Artisans Plaza Palomino St. Philip's Plaza The Kaibab Courtyard Shops Space, Science & Technology Kitt Peak National Observatory Pima Air & Space Museum Spectator Sports & Racing Baseball Rillito Race Track Tucson Greyhound Park Wine Tours Callaghan Vineyards Canelo Hills Vineyard and Winery Charron Vineyards Dos Cabezas WineWorks Rancho Rossa Vineyards Pronghorn Vineyards

For more information about things to do during your stay at Lodge on the Desert visit:

Metropolitan Tucson Convention & Visitors Bureau
100 S. Church Ave.
Tucson, Arizona 85701
(520) 624-1817 or (800)638-8350
www.visittucson.org

Arizona Office of Tourism
1110 W. Washington Street, Suite 155
Phoenix, Arizona 85007
(602) 364-3700 or (866) 275-5816
www.azot.gov

Tucson Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce
465 W. St. Mary's Rd.
Tucson, AZ 85701
(520) 792-1212
www.tucsonchamber.org

Southern Arizona Alliance
PO Box 57130
Tucson, AZ 85732
www.tucsonattractions.com

Tucson Black Chamber of Commerce
1690 N Stone Ave #113.
Tucson, AZ 85705
(520) 623-0099

Tucson Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
823 E Speedway Blvd
Tucson, AZ 85719
(520) 624-4866