Where (and When) to Ride Your Bike in Tucson

Tucson is a great place to go for a ride and our seemingly endless supply of sunshine means that you’ll almost certainly have nice dry roads to travel. There’s a reason so many cars here are equipped with racks on their roofs or bumpers. It's the same reason the city ranks on many “best places to…

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Must Hike Parks Arizona

Escape To & Free Yourself In Tucson’s Expansive Outdoors By Roger Naylor Contrary to what we learned from Road Runner cartoons, the desert is not stark, empty and weirdly angular. (And coyotes seldom travel by Acme rocket-powered roller skates.) The Sonoran Desert, which stretches across Tucson and…

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Unique Outings For Groups

When planning activities for a meeting, there are some things you can do just about anywhere, but why would you? Free yourself from ordinary group outings with some activities that are truly unique to Tucson. Check out these excursions in and around Tucson that you won’t find anywhere else:…

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8 Ghost Towns Of Southern Arizona

What were once thriving towns with bustling streets, filled with people who all shared the dream of striking it rich are now reminders of the old; windows into the lives of those who first ventured into the Wild West. Sure, you could scroll through vintage black-and-white photos for a dip into the…

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Under The Bio-Dome

Exploring a wonder of the world: the University of Arizona’s Biosphere 2 Article by Lesley Kontowicz Planet Earth is Biosphere 1; we get to visit it every day. But, if you’re in Southern Arizona, a visit to Biosphere 2 is a must! It’s an engineering marvel and one of the largest greenhouses on the…

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City in the middle of a park

Get Out of the City and Explore Saguaro National Park GIVE YOUR TUCSON MEETING ATTENDEES a special experience: a visit to the only national park that protects the biggest cactus in the U.S. for all to enjoy. Arms of the mighty saguaro stretch to crystal-blue skies in the Sonoran Desert. Saguaro…

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The Freedom of Flight

Exploring flight and family history at the Pima Air & Space Museum By Kathy McMahon We entered the Main Hangar of the Pima Air and Space Museum, and I saw my 17-year-old son’s eyes widen at the sight of dozens of floatplanes, helicopters, and airplanes surrounding us from floor to ceiling. My…

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Health & Wellness Come Home

In Tucson, Health & Wellness Comes Home With You By Suzanne Wright One of the best things about checking into a resort is the pampering you receive during your stay. One of the worst things about checking into a resort is checking out and returning to the grind. However, I have found that Tucson’s…

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Sean Parker & The Night Sky

Once you see one of Sean Parker’s photos of the Southern Arizona night sky, you won’t see the stars quite the same way again. Once a computer technician who took photos as a hobby, he left his desk-job in 2012 to pursue photography full-time and one look as his Instagram feed immediately validates…

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Journey Toward A Life In Balance

Miraval’s mission extends beyond individual guests, to the world Thousands of bees encircled me. Their frenzy suggested excitement, confusion, perhaps anger? My usual instinct at the sight of even a single bee is to run for cover, yet I was not afraid. This was because Noel Patterson, resident…

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