Scottsdale is known for its many athletic opportunities. The city has dozens of blue-chip golf courses; there are miles of trails for running, biking... Read More
Scottsdale is known for its many athletic opportunities. The city has dozens of blue-chip golf courses; there are miles of trails for running, biking, and horseback riding; and during high season, baseball fans swarm to spring training games. Of course, there are many visitors who are content to spend their days poolside, and why not? With its mountain panoramas, towering palms, and saguaro cacti, the rugged beauty of the Sonoran Desert landscape looks just as good from a chaise longue as it does on a hike through the McDowell Sonoran Preserve or the Desert Botanical Garden. Scottsdale is also an oasis of culture, with theaters, galleries, a museum devoted to the arts and crafts of cowboy and Native American life, and a world-class collection at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art. Be sure to also explore the city’s landmark architecture. Taliesin West, the 1937 winter home of Frank Lloyd Wright, is a marvel of Modernism. Additionally, Wright’s best-known protégé, Piero Soleri, crafted his own vision of an organic and futuristic style at Cosanti, an artists’ compound that is said to have inspired George Lucas’s Star Wars worlds.
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Desert Botanical Garden
This rugged and serene swath of desert sits on the southwestern border of Scottsdale and Phoenix, and is home to some 50,000 cacti, succulents, agaves,... Read More
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MacDonald’s Ranch
You can’t come all the way to cowboy country and not experience a bit of the Old West. Although Scottsdale is a sprawling modern community, this... Read More
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OdySea Aquarium
OdySea is the largest aquarium in the Southwest and one of the most inventive aquatic adventure complexes in the world. Nine massive globe-shaped... Read More
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Taliesin West
Known as one of architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s masterpieces, Taliesin West was built in 1937 as Wright's winter home. It set the bar for bold,... Read More
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Western Spirit: Scottsdale’s Museum of the West
Scottsdale’s Museum of the West, which opened in January 2015, is located in Old Town on the former site of the Loloma Transit Station. In accordance... Read More