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Tucson & Southern Arizona Day Trips & Sights to see – Below is a list of some of the top tourist spots in the Tucson and Southern Arizona area.
If you are living in the Tucson area, lucky you. You can spend quality time visiting the many sights in southern Arizona. You may have already found that friends who have never been here are eager to come to visit now that they have you here as a tour guide. The more you see our area and learn how it developed, the more you can appreciate the multi-colored history of where we are lucky enough to live. And, of course, the better you will become as a tour guide.
If you are here for a brief time, you may have to pick and choose what you want to see and do. Basically, you may just have to come back again and again and —– and THAT is how many people find themselves falling in love with Tucson.
If flora and fauna is where your interest lies, museums may not be first on your list. History buffs may not be interested in modern art and those who have come to climb our mountains may choose not to attend the opera. But that is the beauty of Tucson. There is something for everyone.
We have put together a list of things to do and places to visit. We have also taken the liberty to add a few notes of our own.
- Airplane Graveyard – Bone Yard – Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center
- Arizona Historical Society
- Arizona Opera Company
- Arizona State Museum
- Arizona Theatre Company
- Asarco Copper Mining Tour
- Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
- Arizona Inn
- Ballet Arizona of Tucson
- (The) Berger Performing Arts Center
- Biosphere 2
- Bisbee – Small historic city 90 miles southeast of Tucson
- Canyon Ranch Health Resort
- Centennial Hall – University of Arizona
- Center of Creative Photography
- Colossal Cave
- De Grazia – Gallery In The Sun
- El Con Mall
- El Tour De Tucson
- Flandrau Science Center
- Fort Huachuca
- Gadsden-Pacific Division Toy Train Operating Museum
- Gaslight Theatre
- Hiking/Trails
- International Wildlife Museum
- Kitt Peak National Observatory
- Kartchner Caverns State Park
- Mt. Lemmon
- Old Town Artisans
- Old Tucson – Movie Studio
- Park Place Mall
- Pima Air and Space Museum
- Reid Park Zoo
- Rillito Park Race Track – Horse Racing
- Sabino Canyon
- Saguaro National Park (East & West)
- San Xavier Del Bac Mission
- Titan Missle Museum
- Tohono Chul Park
- Tombstone
- Tubac
- Tucson Museum of Art
- Tucson Mariachi Festival
- Tucson Botanical Gardens
- University of Arizona Mirror Laboratory
- University of Arizona Mineral Museum
- Wine Vinyards
Casinos