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Whether you're looking to explore art, architecture, history, cuisine, or the great outdoors, you'll find everything you need on one of Phoenix's guided tours. Check out this guide to such spots as the Desert Botanical Garden , Heard Museum  and Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin West  before finalizing your next itinerary.

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Go to the "wright" place - and learn about an architectural genius.

Book a 90-minute insights tour of Taliesin West , the personal winter home, studio and architectural campus of legendary architect Frank Lloyd Wright. You’ll learn intriguing new facts about the genius whose colorful personal life made headlines—from tempestuous marriages to murders at Taliesin East in 1914. Tucked away in the foothills of the McDowell Mountains, Taliesin West—a recent addition to the UNESCO World Heritage List—illustrates how architecture can artfully blend into nature, an ideal of Wright, who is often cited as being the first “green architect.” He first came to Arizona in 1927, when he was asked to collaborate on the Arizona Biltmore , and returned in 1937 to escape the harsh Wisconsin winters and to buy several hundred acres of raw desert as a retreat for himself and the students of his architecture school. Taliesin West is still the place where Wright-trained architects and designers hatch building plans inspired by the master’s philosophies. Return in the evening for the two-hour Night Lights Tour to see the desert masterpiece aglow in an orange- and violet-hued sunset sky.

Become a road scholar - and discover street art

Some of Phoenix’s most striking art — color-drenched murals on bustling streets and narrow alleyways—are hidden in plain sight. For the best way to experience these grand, vibrant canvases deeply interwoven into the culture and history of Phoenix, consider a self-guided tour aided by the Visit Phoenix Trip Planner app . Visually savor one of the biggest mural hubs in the heart of the city — Roosevelt Row — a nationally recognized arts district and buzzing neighborhood with street art from some of the city’s best-known artists, adding color, pride and social commentary to brick-and-mortar walls. Art galleries, restaurants and even vacant lots are decked out in street art — from large-scale mosaics and animals that are pure eye candy to murals reference history, such as the nine-story installation of author and civil rights activist James Baldwin (at Central Avenue and Roosevelt Street) which made our "Larger-Than-Life Mural Walls" list.

Go along for the ride - experience the Sonoran Desert via mountain bike

With boulders and prickly pear cactuses on your left and rocky ledges on your right, desert mountain biking can be an exhilarating (and intimidating) sport. Eliminate the fear factor by booking a half-day guided tour with an REI Co-op Experiences expert guide in north Scottsdale’s McDowell Mountain Regional Park. Here, more than 50 miles of rideable trails crisscross the park and offer stunning views of the Superstitions, Four Peaks, Mazatzal Mountains and Phoenix panoramas. The tour is suited for all skill levels, with beginners (or “Freds” in mountain biking lingo) learning shifting techniques, handling for tight turns, climbing short ascents and rolling over wash areas. Along the way, cyclists will learn fun facts about the flora and fauna that adorn the rugged Sonoran Desert landscape.

Bonus: REI Co-op Experiences also offers rafting, kayaking and paddleboarding tours from its Arizona Adventure Center in Scottsdale.

Fulfill your art's desire at an internationally known museum

When you book a tour of the Heard Museum , known worldwide for its American Indian art, you are embarking on a journey through time. Wind through the enchanting galleries, exhibitions and sculpture gardens for an immersive experience in both traditional and contemporary art. More than 40,000 objects—ranging from jewelry (Navajo and Zuni) and katsina dolls (Hopi) to textiles (Navajo) and Southwestern ceramics—tell unique stories about the cultures and experiences of the artists who created these works. Don’t miss the music and dance performances that bring history to life on First Fridays (free admission), the annual World Championship Hoop Dance, or the Indian Fair and Market.

Go Green - and discover the secrets of plants that flourish in the desert

Take a stroll through a desert garden carpeted with wildflowers and centuries-old saguaros and rare cacti that exist nearly nowhere else in the world. In the 147-acre Desert Botanical Garden , nestled in the ruddy red buttes of Papago Park, where Phoenix, Scottsdale and Tempe meet, you can book a tour and learn about the wonders of plants that thrive in the arid desert. On a tour of the one-third mile Desert Discovery Trail, you’ll learn about some of the garden’s most intriguing succulent plants. There’s an old man cactus with wispy spines that look like a white beard, saguaro “hotels” that house starlings; and finches living in holes originally carved by woodpeckers; and mesquite trees, with inky sap that Native Americans once used for paint. For other tour options, you can join seasoned birders on the “Birds in the Garden” tour, venture down the Plants and People of the Sonoran Desert Trail, one of the largest exhibits of its kind, and experience the “Taste of the Southwest Tour and Cooking Demo,” a private guided Desert Discovery Tour that ends with a chef demonstrating dishes for a delectable three-course meal.

Boyce Thompson Arboretum offers a wide range of guided tours and walks October through April, from plants and wildlife to history and ecology. As an important birding area, Boyce Thompson Arboretum serves as a revered stage where avian life takes the spotlight. Whether you’re a curious novice or a seasoned birdwatcher, their guided walk offers a window into a world of winged wonders. Join Boyce Thompson for an uplifting walk guided by a butterfly expert, and marvel at their resident butterflies’ intricate beauty and divine grace. Blessed with abundant vegetation and life-giving waterways, the Arboretum is a sacred haven for these winged wonders, especially in the transformative seasons of Spring, late Summer, and early Fall. In addition, take a guided tour of the awe-inspiring abundance of the Sonoran Desert. Far from barren, the Arboretum's vibrant landscape is home to an unparalleled variety of over 540 medicinal and edible plants. Explore flowering shrubs and timeless trees, and learn how plants like prickly-pear and jojoba have been life-giving staples for Sonoran Desert communities for more than 1,000 years. Discover Arizona’s first and oldest botanical garden with a docent-led tour on the main train. Explore the diverse gardens which are home to plants from many of the world’s deserts. Learn what makes desert plants unique and the adaptations that allow them to grow in challenging environments. This introduction to Boyce Thompson Arboretum is enjoyable for first-time and return visitors alike.

Foodies take note - you can eat (and drink) your way to discovering Phoenix

If you’re a foodie who plans journeys around wine regions or to enjoy area cuisine, booking a trip with Taste It Tours to sample unique local dishes is the most delicious way to experience Phoenix. A popular itinerary is the three-hour Downtown Phoenix Food Tour, a walking excursion of the city’s central core, stopping at historic landmarks (including a haunted hotel) and restaurants offering everything from Mexican street food with South American flavors at Chico Malo  to family made Thai cuisine at Thai Basil Signature. Another option is the three-hour Scottsdale Trolley Food Tour, which shuttles visitors through Old Town Scottsdale, a hub for art galleries, shops and a thriving foodie scene. This tour includes stops at Sugar & Spro, a coffee shop serving locally made chocolates; and TeaTime Scottsdale, offering more than 100 flavors as well as tea classes in the area’s oldest independently run tea shop. So whether you’re after traditional British pasties, Mexican street tacos, fresh-baked desserts or signature cocktails, every bite is a new experience to be savored.

Explore other tours where you can make memories, make history—or even make dinner

Paolo Soleri’s Cosanti , where the Italian architect’s legacy lives on in his futuristic desert home and foundry for sculpted windbells.

Sweet Basil , a combination gourmet shop, market café and cooking school with a wide variety of hands-on cooking classes taught by experienced chefs.

Wrigley Mansion , a historic manse built by one of gum’s biggest names, William Wrigley Jr., as a winter getaway with his wife, Ada.

This article originally appeared in the 2020 Visit Phoenix Official Travel Guide.

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The 10 Best Day Trips from Phoenix

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Within a few hours of Phoenix, you can discover wineries, natural wonders, mining towns turned into artist colonies, and more. Rent a car, and discover one of these enticing day trips from Phoenix.

The Best Day Trips from Phoenix

Thanks to its location in the center of the state, Phoenix is a good base for day trips to many parts of Arizona. In some cases, you might want to add an overnight to stretch your Phoenix day trip a little longer.

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Grand Canyon National Park

If you have time for only one day trip from Phoenix, make it a journey to the Grand Canyon . Even though the drive is four hours each way, a few hours at the South Rim is enough time to stop at the scenic overlooks and explore a few of the visitor centers and museums there.

You may also have enough time to hike just below the rim, rent bicycles to explore the national park, or enjoy lunch at El Tovar as you gaze out over the ancient rock walls.

Located 100 miles north of Phoenix, Jerome nearly became a ghost town when the nearby mine closed in 1953. Hippies resurrected it during the 60s when they moved in and turned the hillside community into an arts colony.

Today, you can discover its mining past at the Jerome State Historic Park, browse the art galleries and shops, sample locally produced wines, and hunt for ghosts at the Jerome Grand Hotel, reportedly the most haunted hotel in the state.

The legendary town of Tombstone is a Phoenix day trip you won’t want to miss, especially if you love the Old West. Many of the buildings, including the Bird Cage Theater and Big Nose Kate’s Saloon, date back to the days of Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday.

For a fee, you can visit the O.K. Corral—the site of the famous gunfight between the Earp brothers, Holiday, and the Clanton gang—and watch a reenactment. Don’t miss the Boot Hill Graveyard, where the gunfight’s victims were buried.

Since Bisbee is just a half-hour south of Tombstone, it’s possible to visit both on a day trip from Phoenix. But if you love history, art galleries, and quirky characters, you may want to spend the whole day in Bisbee.

The Bisbee Mining and Historical Museum is one reason to allot plenty of time for a visit. A Smithsonian affiliate, it’s packed full of artifacts and information. You’ll also want time to take the Copper Queen Mine Underground Tour and admire the city’s Victorian architecture.

One of the most popular day trips from Phoenix, Tucson has tons of attractions worth the drive, including the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum, Mission San Xavier del Bac, and the Pima Air and Space Museum.

It was also the first city in the United States to be recognized as a UNESCO City of Gastronomy thanks to its 4,000 years of agricultural and culinary history. While in Tucson, sample a Sonoran dog, a hot dog wrapped in bacon and topped with pinto beans and cheese.

Temperatures in Flagstaff average 20 degrees cooler than Phoenix throughout the year, making one of the best day trips from Phoenix for escaping the summer heat. Its historic downtown has boutique shops, great restaurants, and architecture from the early 1900s. You can also pick up a passport and spend time sampling craft beers on the Flagstaff Brewery Trail.

On Mars Hill, minutes from downtown, Lowell Observatory features the telescope used to discover Pluto and offers day and night viewing programs. The Museum of Northern Arizona houses more than five million Native American artifacts, natural science specimens, and fine art pieces.

Even though it no longer appears on most maps, you can drive portions of the infamous Mother Road through Arizona. On a day trip from Phoenix, start by retracing the well-marked route through Flagstaff. To the east, you can pick it up in Holbrook, Winslow, and Petrified Forest National Park.

West of Flagstaff, the main streets of Williams and Kingman were both once Route 66. In between the two, at Exit 139 from Interstate 40, you can drive the longest remaining continuous stretch of Route 66, complete with vintage signage. Stop at Seligman, the town that inspired Radiator Springs in the Pixar movie Cars .

Known for its red-rock surroundings, Sedona combines outdoor adventure with art galleries, shopping, and a New Age vibe. Hiking and Jeep tours are two of the most popular ways to discover the unique terrain here, but you can also rent mountain bikes or take a helicopter tour for a bird’s-eye view.

There are a number of shops and art galleries along State Route 89A, and just before downtown, the Chapel of the Holy Cross, perched on the red rocks, is open to the public. You can also hunt for “vortexes,” or pockets of energy, using maps available online.

Arizona has three major wine regions , but some of the state’s best bottles are produced in the wineries surrounding Sonoita and neighboring Elgin, including Dos Cabezas, Canelo Hills, Kief-Joshua Vineyards, and Callaghan Vineyards. Designate a driver, and spend a day sampling Arizona wine.

Between tastings, consider a visit to Kartchner Caverns State Park, just 30 minutes away and considered one of the 10 most beautiful caves in the world. The tour is accessible, but strollers, pets, and cameras are not permitted. Some of the tours have age restrictions, too.

Established in 1726, Tubac was the site of the first European settlement in Arizona and the starting point for Juan Bautista de Anza’s expedition to what became San Francisco. Today, the historic presidio showcases nearly 2,000 years of history.

But Tubac is more than a historical site. It’s an arts colony with more than 80 shops selling everything from hand-painted tiles to Mexican pottery, carved wooden furniture, and jewelry. The Tubac Golf Resort’s course was featured in the Kevin Costner movie Tin Cup .

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5 of the best Grand Canyon Tours from Phoenix

Appreciating the Grand Canyon without a means of transportation is pretty difficult, which is why these amazing tours from Phoenix are the perfect solution.

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Nothing can prepare you for that initial Grand Canyon experience, where the earth opens up beyond the forest, giving way to a vast, craggy abyss. Elk and deer roam the rims, and a network of roads winds between different viewpoints, each one offering a fresh perspective on a natural wonder. The South Rim is accessible throughout the year and can be accessed most readily on a tour from Phoenix, or its adjoining city of Scottsdale, in Arizona, which are roughly 230 miles (370km) away. These five tours take care of the details, letting you make the most of your Grand Canyon trip.

Grand Canyon tour with Sedona and Oak Creek from Phoenix

Be sure to bring a spare battery and memory card for your camera, because this tour from Phoenix stops at one stunning vista after another over 13 hours. Pass through the Sonoran Desert, with its characterful saguaro cacti, see the Red Rocks of Sedona and then get a taste for deep fissures in the earth at Oak Creek Canyon. This is merely the appetizer before the main course, though. You will get the chance to explore the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, stopping at main viewpoints and even wander a trail or two, before the return journey. From $199 per person.

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Grand Canyon day tour from Phoenix

Understandably, the round-trip distance of around 460 miles from Phoenix to the Grand Canyon takes up quite a chunk of time. But one of the major perks of this journey is visiting the famous Route 66, another iconic Arizona landmark. You will also have around three hours to experience the awesome beauty of the Grand Canyon from the South Rim’s GC Village, plenty of time for you to walk part of the South Rim Trail, from which you can experience a magnificent, ever-evolving view. Tours depart daily from Phoenix, Scottsdale and Tempe. From $219 per person.

Sedona and Grand Canyon day tour from Phoenix

One thing that many first-time visitors to Arizona may not appreciate is that there are natural wonders all over this part of the USA, beyond the Grand Canyon. This slightly longer, 14-hour tour takes in the beautiful, barren monoliths around the desert town of Sedona roughly midway through the journey. Continue on the scenic drive, through Oak Creek Canyon. At the Grand Canyon there is time to visit two of the best viewpoints on the South Rim. Make the most of your tour guide’s expertise in the region’s geography, geology and natural history. From $245 per person.

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Private Grand Canyon day tour from Phoenix & Scottsdale

Another great tour from Phoenix and Scottsdale to drive along a stretch of Route 66 is this highly rated experience with DukOUT. Their guides receive rave reviews for their insight and local knowledge, providing live commentary on the journey to illuminate the natural beauty all around you as you head for the South Rim. You’ll make numerous stops along the way, including a visit to Cameron Trading Post, where the Navajo sell souvenirs. Departures are more regular in summer. From $350 per person.

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Small group Grand Canyon helicopter and ground trip from Phoenix

To take your Grand Canyon tour from Phoenix to the next level and get a bird’s-eye view, it’s possible to throw a helicopter flight over the stunning natural wonder into your itinerary. Appreciate the grandeur and scale of the Grand Canyon by flying over its deepest and widest sections during a 45-minute flight. The rest of the tour follows a familiar pattern, with stops at popular sights such as the Sonoran Desert and Route 66. Two hours is also allotted in the Grand Canyon National Park for on-ground exploration. From $489 per person.

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