Food Scene
Arizona Inn
2200 E Elm StHistoric,patio, piano bar, beautiful old sitting room
Vivace Restaurant
6440 N Campbell AveGreat breakfast in a cozy outdoor patio (indoor seating also available)
76 locals recommend
Blue Willow Restaurant
2616 N Campbell AveGreat breakfast in a cozy outdoor patio (indoor seating also available)
Rosa's Mexican Food Restaurant
1750 E Fort Lowell RdVery good Mexican food....chili rellenos are great
A must if you don't mind a wait in a small restaurant. Drink a fabulous Margarita as you wait. Best to go at about 3 pm for an early dinner.
79 locals recommend
Mi Nidito
1813 S 4th AveA must if you don't mind a wait in a small restaurant. Drink a fabulous Margarita as you wait. Best to go at about 3 pm for an early dinner.
Another good Mexican restaurant. Watch them make tortillas as you eat.
39 locals recommend
Teresa's Mosaic Cafe
2456 N Silver Mosaic DrAnother good Mexican restaurant. Watch them make tortillas as you eat.
Parks & Nature
A hiker's dream. Hard to believe it is just several miles out of the city. Upper Sabino is the canyon with a 3 mile hike. Side trails into 7 falls best if you are a sure footed hiker.
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212 locals recommend
Sabino Canyon
A hiker's dream. Hard to believe it is just several miles out of the city. Upper Sabino is the canyon with a 3 mile hike. Side trails into 7 falls best if you are a sure footed hiker.
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An incredible mountain drive up to a cool space (9,159 feet). A beautiful view of Tucson as you drive the canyons. Expert bicyclists love the ride. Some snow during the winter.
485 locals recommend
Mount Lemmon
An incredible mountain drive up to a cool space (9,159 feet). A beautiful view of Tucson as you drive the canyons. Expert bicyclists love the ride. Some snow during the winter.
If you have never seen these plants it is a must specially just before the Arizona sunset.
320 locals recommend
Saguaro National Park
If you have never seen these plants it is a must specially just before the Arizona sunset.
Shopping
Great restaurants, sit and have an ice cream at sunset and view the mountains. The drive up Campbell is breath taking.
7 locals recommend
Apple La Encantada
2905 E Skyline DrGreat restaurants, sit and have an ice cream at sunset and view the mountains. The drive up Campbell is breath taking.
Indoor mall. Good restaurants. Walkers like the top floor for early morning walk if you prefer exercising indoors.
98 locals recommend
Tucson Mall
4500 N Oracle RdIndoor mall. Good restaurants. Walkers like the top floor for early morning walk if you prefer exercising indoors.
a beautiful drive through the Tucson mountains
Saguaros are found only in this part of the world. They grow an inch a year and up to 40 feet tall....a must see if one is not familiar with these plants.
Saguaro National Park West
Sightseeing
Built by the Spaniards in the 1600s, filled with marvelous original statuary and mural paints. It is a place where visitors can truly step back in time and enter an authentic18th century space.
Catholic Sunday services still held.
328 locals recommend
Mission San Xavier del Bac
1950 W San Xavier RdBuilt by the Spaniards in the 1600s, filled with marvelous original statuary and mural paints. It is a place where visitors can truly step back in time and enter an authentic18th century space.
Catholic Sunday services still held.
A western movie set taking you back to Tucson during the early cowboy days.
200 locals recommend
Old Tucson
A western movie set taking you back to Tucson during the early cowboy days.
Animals of the desert in a beautiful desert setting. Drive through Gate Pass (fascinating mountain pass) Speedway going west.
670 locals recommend
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
2021 N Kinney RdAnimals of the desert in a beautiful desert setting. Drive through Gate Pass (fascinating mountain pass) Speedway going west.
An artist's community. Lots of Arizona type shops about 40 miles south of Tucson. Stop at the Tumacacori Mission on the way.
20 locals recommend
Tubac Presidio State Historic Park
1 Burruel StAn artist's community. Lots of Arizona type shops about 40 miles south of Tucson. Stop at the Tumacacori Mission on the way.
El Presidio Historic District
Neighborhoods
Old homes around the University of Arizona. Some date to the 1920s. They are all kept up beautifully
26 locals recommend
Sam Hughes
Old homes around the University of Arizona. Some date to the 1920s. They are all kept up beautifully
Old neighborhood, with an Old Town Artisan, along with The Tucson Museum of Arts and the Presidio San Augustin del Tucson museum. Look up neighborhoods of Tucson .
13 locals recommend
El Presidio Historic District
Old neighborhood, with an Old Town Artisan, along with The Tucson Museum of Arts and the Presidio San Augustin del Tucson museum. Look up neighborhoods of Tucson .