Insight Guides - Insight Guides: Arizona & the Grand Canyon

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Getting around the e-book

This Insight Guide e-book is designed to give you inspiration for your visit to Arizona, as well as comprehensive planning advice to make sure you have the best travel experience. The guide begins with our selection of Top Attractions, as well as our Editors Choice categories of activities and experiences. Detailed features on history, people and culture paint a vivid portrait of contemporary life in Arizona. The extensive Places chapters give a complete guide to all the sights and areas worth visiting. The Travel Tips provide full information on getting around, activities from culture to shopping to sport, plus a wealth of practical information to help you plan your trip.

In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.

Maps

All key attractions and sights in Arizona are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map] just tap this to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.

Images

Youll find hundreds of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of Arizona. Simply double-tap on an image to see it full-screen.

About Insight Guides

Insight Guides have more than 40 years experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce 400 full-colour titles, in both print and digital form, covering more than 200 destinations across the globe, in a variety of formats to meet your different needs.

Insight Guides are written by local authors, whose expertise is evident in the extensive historical and cultural background features. Each destination is carefully researched by regional experts to ensure our guides provide the very latest information. All the reviews in Insight Guides are independent; we strive to maintain an impartial view. Our reviews are carefully selected to guide you to the best places to eat, go out and shop, so you can be confident that when we say a place is special, we really mean it.

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Arizona & the Grand Canyons Top 10 Attractions

Spectacular scenery, thrilling adventures, a mix of Native American, Hispanic, and Anglo cultures, plus more than 300 days of sunshine a year, make Arizona a classic Southwestern destination.

Top Attraction 1

Grand Canyon . Words cant easily express the scale and grandeur of one of the worlds greatest natural wonders, millions of years in the making. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 2

Monument Valley . The backdrop of countless Western movies, this is one of the iconic landscapes of the American West and an epicenter of traditional Navajo culture. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 3

Resorts and dude ranches . Check into one of Arizonas famous resorts and pamper yourself with spa treatments, fine cuisine, and lounging by the pool. For the adventurous, dude ranches are a uniquely western experience. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 4

Sedona . Set within stunning red-rock formations, this town has a lively arts scene, lots of shopping and dining, and a reputation for New Age vibrations. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 5

Chiricahua National Monument . Strangely carved rhyolite rocks and rare Mexican flora and fauna mingle in the spectacular sky island mountains near the USMexico border. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 6

Canyon de Chelly . This spectacular gorge lies in the heart of the Navajo Nation. Shepherds tend flocks and fields and ancient pueblos are perched on cliffs. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 7

White Mountains . Sun-baked Arizonans escape to the cool forests and leaping streams here. An abundance of outdoor recreation offer a welcome break from the desert heat. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 8

Lake Powell . Boaters can explore more than a million acres of sandstone wilderness on this lake created by the flooding of Glen Canyon. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 9

Colorado River . The most thrilling way to experience the Grand Canyon is whitewater rafting, a multiday journey on one of the mightiest waterways in the western US. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 10

Heard Museum . Native American art and culture are interpreted with intelligence and sensitivity here. Its also the site of the annual Indian Fair and Market. For more information, .

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Editors Choice

Awe-inspiring landscapes including the Grand Canyon, Sedonas red rocks, and the Sonoran Desert here, at a glance, are our top recommendations for a visit.