Activities in Tucson + Southern Arizona
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Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
The property features a zoo, natural history museum, and botanical garden all in one venue. More -
Biosphere 2
Guided tours at the Biosphere 2 give families an insider view into the world’s largest glass-enclosed environmental lab—with wilderness zones rangi... More -
Center for Creative Photography
The University of Arizona’s Center for Creative Photography houses a blue-chip collection of more than 2,225 photographers, including Ansel Adams, ... More -
Cobre Valley Center for the Arts
The center consists of a gallery, music studios, crafts studios, and a community theater that recently staged the locally written production of Jus... More -
DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun
Whether or not you’re a fan of Ted DeGrazia’s much reproduced art, the DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun is worth a visit: the adobe walls seem to glow i... More -
Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory
One of the world’s largest telescopes sits atop Mount Hopkins. Amateur astronomers can check out the scaled-down models at the visitors’ center, 10... More -
Ike's Coffee Bar & Cocktails
Jet-setters' way station More -
Kartchner Caverns State Park
Take the 1.5-hour guided tour of the tripped-out subterranean fantasia of soda-straw stalactites, stalagmites, and the tallest cave column in Arizo... More -
Killer Bee Honey
Sample the famous, locally harvested wares at Killer Bee Honey (where the golden syrup is flavored by mesquite and desert wildflowers). More -
Kitt Peak National Observatory
Budding astronomers will like Kitt Peak National Observatory, about an hour out of Tucson, with the largest collection of optical research telescop... More -
Mesquite Valley Growers
Seventeen acres of prickles and thorns mean heaven for succulent lovers at this nursery that stocks a vast selection of garden art. More -
Mission San Xavier del Bac
Tour the stunning Mission San Xavier del Bac, also known as the White Dove of the Desert; it’s often cited as the finest intact example of Mission ... More -
Mt. Lemmon General Store & Gift Shop
The shop sells sinful slabs of homemade fudge (locals swear by the cookie-dough variety). More -
O.K. Corral
Check out the site of Tombstone’s most famous gunfight and, for a small fee, employ a guide with a horse-drawn replica stagecoach. More -
Old Town Artisans
Once a fort that marked the northern frontier of New Spain, the 150-year-old Old Town Artisans houses a cluster of charming shops (although the tur... More -
PanTerra Gallery
Stop in to browse the landscape photographs. More -
Pima Air & Space Museum
The museum offers tours of the “boneyard” at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, where thousands of old aircraft are mothballed. More -
Saguaro National Park
Hike the sprawling preserve of mature saguaro stands (found only in the Sonoran Desert). Go to the west side to see petroglyphs left by the Hohokam... More -
Sol Journeys
Biking Tubac’s 13-mile-long Elephant Head Trail, which starts near the top of Madera Canyon, can be a little hair-raising (the steep pitch means yo... More -
Tumacacori National Historical Park
The remnants of not one but three Spanish missions are on hand at Tumacacori National Historical Park, accessible via a 41/2-mile trail from Tubac. More
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