"ARIZONA" Arizona by mad4travel

Arizona Travel Guide: 10,328 reviews and 27,779 photos

Antelope Canyon. Spot the person at the bottom

RED ROCK COUNTRY

After Utah, Arizona is my favourite state.

It has a great diversity of landscape, from the Red Rock Canyons in the north to the saguaro cacti in the south.

My favourite places are : Page and Lake Powell, Monument Valley, The painted desert, Sedona and Oak Creek Canyon.

Infact, the state is so big you could do a 2 to 3 week vacation just in one state and still not see it all.

OTHER INTERESTING THINGS TO DO

Monument Valley

Besides the obvious landscape attractions there are other interesting things to do:

Check out the Native American heritage with numerous historic ruins such as Montezumas Castle and Tuzigoot,

Visit Sedona with its strange vortices and new age culture

Check out a ghost town in Jerome

Shop till you drop in Scottsdale and Phoenix

See a huge Meteor crater at (wait for it) Meteor crater

Visit one of the worlds largest open cast mines at Bisbee

Have a gunfight at the OK corral -one of Arizonas more tacky tourist attractions

and be mindful of the weather - its blindingly hot in summer and has lots of thunderstorms. However the north of the state has quite a high altitude so it can be cold in winter and often snows!

THE ULTIMATE ROAD TRIP

Sedona

Arizona is the ultimate road trip. There are plenty of places to stay, plenty of places to eat.

There are interesting places off the beaten track and fine scenery on the way.

The landscape is a photographers dream.

But my how times change - 125 years ago , if you ventured here as a white man you were most likely to have been scalped, now, you can have a McDonalds in the Navajo indian reservation served by Native Americans - progress- somehow I don't thnk so!

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Pros and Cons

Pros:Amazing scenery. A very photogenic state
Cons:Can be very hot. Its a pity the poverty that the Native Americans live in.
In a nutshell:The ultimate red rock road trip

Last visit to Arizona: May 2000
Intro Updated Aug 20, 2006
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Reviews (11)

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SAGUARO STATE PARK Things to Do (11)

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METEOR CRATER Things to Do (11)

The Crater is a gigantic hole in the middle of the arid sandstone of the Arizona desert. A rim of smashed and jumbled... more travel advice

MONUMENT VALLEY Things to Do (11)

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high_d Jul 9, 2007 at 8:03 PM

Really excellent pics esp this Antelope Canyon one...this state has some amazing geological landscapes...thanks for sharing:)
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broadoak2006 May 24, 2006 at 10:49 AM

Really enjoyed your photos and Tips- Be VERY proud of your pages Best wishes Martin M
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Tayto Sep 15, 2005 at 1:23 AM

Great photos of Arizona - esp Antelope Canyon - it is an amazing state and great for a road trip.
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Christophe_Ons Sep 14, 2005 at 5:14 AM

Great job on your AZ page, amazing pictures as well. And thanks for checking out my NYC page :) Best regards from Belgium.