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Arizona Centre
400 E. Van Buren Street between Third and Fifths Street
Tel: (602) 949-4353 (602) 271-4000
Shopping, dining, and entertainment are what make the Arizona Centre a "must
see" downtown marketplace. Shopping is made simple at the marketplace with
over 50 specialty shops and carts. Each of the nine-full service restaurants
feature al fresco dining. After sunset, popular nightclubs offer country/western
dancing, sing-along piano bar, and a sports bar with more than 50 big screen
TV's. For maximum comfort the state's largest computerized misting system, keeps
the temperature 10 degrees cooler throughout the Arizona Centre, a must in the
middle of Phoenix summer.
Camelback Mountain
Echo Canyon Recreation
Phoenix Mountain Preserve, Phoenix
Tel: (602) 256-3220
Distinguished by its sheer red cliffs, the Camelback Mountain and Echo Canyon
Recreation area is the city's most prominent landmark. This 75.8-acre park featuring
the Praying Monk Rock formation and the famed camel's silhouette is a popular
area for hiking and climbing. Rising 1,300 feet to the summit the Echo Canyon
Trail reverberates the majestic beauty found within the Sonoran Desert. While
making your way along the trails, you will encounter some of the most colourful
plants and vivid wildlife to inhabit this region.
Phoenix Symphony Hall and Terrace
225 E. Adams Street
Tel: (602) 262-6225
The Phoenix Symphony Hall and Symphony Hall Terrace are home to the Phoenix
Symphony and the Arizona Opera. Symphony Hall has hosted innumerable Theatre
and musical events. It is at Symphony hall where top performers and touring
shows perform. While a variety of festivals and specials events grace the outside
Symphony Terrace.
Pueblo Grand Museum and Cultural Park
4613 E. Washington Street
Tel: (602) 495- 0901
Hours: Monday - Saturday 9:00 am- 4:45 pm, Sunday 1:00- 4:45 pm
Prices: Free on Sundays, Adults $2, Seniors $1.50, Kids 6-18 $1 (Kids 6 and
under Free)
The Pueblo Grand Museum and Cultural Park is the only National Historic Landmark
in the city of Phoenix. This is the kind of place that appeals to everyone in
that it is not only a museum, but also a Native -American archaeological site.
This archaeology site includes a Hohokam culture ruin. The ruin was once the
site of a thriving indigenous chief city. After learning of their ingenuity
in adapting to desert life, the site draws on a feeling of mystery as to why
a civilization of superb farmers would abandon their home.
America West Arena
201 E. Jefferson St., Phoenix
Tel: (602) 379-7800
A sportsman’s Mecca. The Phoenix Suns, Phoenix Coyotes, the Arizona Rattlers,
Phoenix Mercury, and the Arizona Sandsharks all call America West Arena home.
The one million square-foot, 20,000-seat multipurpose America West Arena hosts
more than 180 events a year. This sports / concert arena electrifies Phoenix
by bringing enthusiasm and excitement downtown.
Botanical Desert Gardens
1201 N. Galvin Parkway, Phoenix
Tel: (602) 941-1217
Hours: October - April, 8am to 8pm daily
May-September, 7am to 8pm daily
Closed on Christmas Day Prices: Adults $7.50, Seniors $6.50, Kids 5-12 $1.50
(Kids Under 5 Free)
Housing half of all the variety of cactus in the world, the Desert Botanical
Garden includes 150 acres of plants from the world's deserts. Founded 1937,
this non-profit museum illustrates the beauty of over a thousand plant species
adapted for the arid landscape. Sponsoring programs in research, plant conservation,
and environmental education the garden emphasizes harmony with the desert by
displaying not only vivacious plant life, but by also incorporating exhibits
that depict the relationship between modern day cities and the desert. Self-guided
nature walk, public lectures, Cactus Show.
Encanto Park & Recreation Area
2605 N. 15th Avenue, Phoenix
Tel: (602) 261-8994
Prices: Free
Spanning over 220-acres, Encanto Park is the city's largest flatland park. Offering
a perfect spot for family cookouts, Encanto Park facilities includes picnic
areas, a lagoon, boat house, swimming pool, nature trail, urban fishing, two
golf courses, softball diamonds, basketball - tennis courts, and the KiddieLand/Enchanted
Island Amusement Park. Visitors can rent canoes and paddleboats and joining
the fish and ducks out on the lagoon or toss a Frisbee throughout the park's
grassy areas. A perfect place to relax and spend a weekend having fun in the
sun.
Historic Heritage Square
113 N. Sixth and Monroe Street
Tel: (602) 262-5071 or (602) 262-5029
Arizona Doll & Toy Museum (602) 253-9337
Farmer's Market - Open every Thursday from late October through May 20,
10am-2pm.
Heritage Square represents the Victorian root from which Phoenix originated
in the 1860's. A Victorian complex in the heart of downtown. Heritage Square
is a refreshing site among the relatively young city. Historical City Park has
eight turn-of-the-century houses, including the restored 1895 Victorian Rosson
House. . The Farmer's Market presenting everything from fresh produce to other
fine goods fills the street of the square every Thursday. The available guided
walking tours will wind you through the historical buildings, museums, restaurants
and gift shops that encompass the remaining residential structures from the
original town site of Phoenix.
Papagao Park / Hole-In-The-Rock
Galvin Parkway and Van Buren Street
Tel: (602) 256-3220
Papago Park facilities include lagoon, desert hills and rugged mountains, a
golf course, museums, picnic areas, fishing, and hiking. The Hole-In-The-Rock
landmark is a great hit with the kids. Papago Park serves as a great place to
sit back, relax and enjoy the sites that surround you.
Phoenix Zoo
455 N. Galvin Parkway
Tel: (602) 273-1341
Hours: May 1 through Labor Day : 7:30am - 4:00pm
Winter Hours: 9am - 5pm
Prices: Adults $8.50, Seniors $7.50, Kids $4.25 (Kids 2 and under Free)
Take a leisurely drive through desert rock formation to the Phoenix Zoo, located
in a section of the Papago Park. So, after a picnic in the park, come and visit
the thousands of wild beasts, and endangered animals that roam here. A 125 acre
zoo is home to more than 1,300 mammals, birds, and reptiles. The zoo features
rare Sumatran tigers, Tropical Flights Aviary, African Savannah, Arizona Trail
exhibit, all with native animals in naturalistic exhibitions. Plan to spend
the entire day visiting the zoo's exhibits. From the children's petting zoo
to the zoo's exhibit of things that go "boo!" in the Sonoran Desert
night, there isn't one exhibit worth missing!
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