ATTRACTIONS
Think L.A. without an ocean, but with more golf courses and drier heat.
The Valley of the Sun, as Phoenix also is known, is one of the country's
fastest growing metroplexes. Read
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HOTELS
In the Valley of the Sun, luxury resorts compete with each other to install the latest trappings of leisure, from state-of-the-art spas to misted golf carts. Read
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DINING
You can dine with drama in Phoenix, chow down in no-frills Mexican tacquerias
or savor New Southwest cuisine by some of the country's top chefs in a
variety of interesting venues. Read
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SHOPPING
Acquisition has been raised to an art form in the Valley. You can spend
your entire visit combing country village-size retail enclaves that carry
everything from Stetsons and Navajo necklaces to resort wear and golf
accessories. Read
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NIGHTLIFE AND ENTERTAINMENT
Old Town Scottsdale has a concentration of chi chi clubs for the see-and-be-seen
set, Tempe's Mill Avenue attracts a party-down crowd to its collegiate
bars and high-culture vultures congregate in the Copper Square section
of downtown Phoenix. Read
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FITNESS
AND RECREATION
Phoenix is a fitness enthusiast's dream. On the rare winter days when
it's too chilly to swim in your hotel's heated pool, you've got hiking,
mountain biking and horseback riding. Read
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TRANSPORTATION
Some 42 million people a year pass through Phoenix Sky Harbor International
Airport, the 9th busiest airport in the country and hub to the Phoenix-based
U.S. Airways. Read
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DAY
TRIPS
If you want to expand your horizons literally and metaphorically
several nearby destinations offer a change of scenery and some
insight into Arizona's past. Read
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