Take Advantage Of Arizona Airfare And Affordable Travel
The state of Arizona has so much to offer and with AZ airfares being affordable in the shoulder and off-peak seasons we really should come and discover the state. You certainly want to tour the Grand Canyon with the wonder of nature showing you just how persistence and time can erode something into a true thing of wonder. Or you could want to tour some of the outstanding museums the state has to offer with the rich history of the Native Americans, Hispanic culture and western culture all available in different locations.
This is a great way to discover your Phoenix travel guide. The Heard Museum in Central Arizona is a must “visit” for anyone interested in the history of the area. Here you will be shown some of the best in traditional and modern American Indian art. You will find ten exhibition galleries that include five long-term and five changing exhibitions with two different locations for you to tour.
While you are staying the Central Arizona area you may wish to tour Pueblo Grande Museum which is an archaeological site museum and repository. The purpose of the museum is developing the knowledge of prehistory, history, and ethnology of inhabitants of the Southwest. The museum is located at a 1,500 year-old Hohokam village ruins. You can observe reproductions of the prehistoric Hohokam homesteads when exploring the ruin trail. At the site is also some of the last surviving intact Hohokam irrigation canals. This is a remarkable piece of Hohokam history.
A few hours to the southeast, you will find wonderful Tucson travel guide. Head on over to Tombstone where you can see the Old West. Tombstone is known as “The Town Too Tough To Die,” and is the most infamous of Arizona’s old mining camps. This area produced millions of dollars of gold and silver throughout a seven year run. When you are touring Tombstone you will discover the chance to tour Boothill Graveyard, the old Tombstone Courthouse and see many of the residents dressed in period clothing.
Near Tucson you can visit the Titan Missile Museum which was home to one of the Titan II Inter-Continental Ballistic Missiles. There were 18 Titan II missile sites located at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson. The Titan Missile Museum is the only Titan Missile site that remains intact; all the others were destroyed. You can take a guided tour that includes the launch control room with a simulated launch and then travel on through the 200 ft tunnel for look at the Titan II missile. It’s an awesome tour, be sure to make time to stop here.
Travel on over to Yuma and tour the Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park. Here you will be able to tour the prison that housed 3,069 prisoners, 29 of whom were female. The prison was last used in 1909 when the prisoners were relocated to a new facility. Today you can tour the prison and look at the front gate that is so familiar to anyone that has watched western movies.
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