Phoenix. A voyage to Phoenix, Arizona, United States, North America.

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float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw6HE8Fx_L_fJ6UOgUiV4YC4MhwiSlDeJceQRGeO5iulff9JehHec6be7eG-rWf2zc6TwUr0A-TvBnQ_AFUgTBdkNZvwN23CknmJrGfxBAOT8O7VtTTe0aTa2_gyH8MwFc7kaVy6RDqh44/s320/Phoenix+Arizona+USA+4.jpg" width="320" /> </a></div><div class="copy--feature"><br /></div><div class="copy--feature">It's hard to put a label on Phoenix. Just when you've dismissed it as a faux-dobe wasteland of cookie-cutter subdivisions, bland shopping malls and water-gobbling golf courses, you're pulled short by a golden sunset setting the urban peaks aglow. Or a stubborn desert bloom determined to make a go of it in the dry, scrubby heat. Or maybe it's the mom-and-pop breakfast joint drawing crowds and thumbing its nose at the ubiquitous chains that dominate the landscape.</div><div class="copy--feature">It's these little markers of hope – or defiance – that let travelers know there's more substance here than initially meets the eye. The catch? You've got to pull off the interstate and get out of the car to appreciate them. And with more than 300 days of sunshine a year – hence the nickname '<a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/usa/southwest/phoenix?destination_tag_id=362146">Valley of the Sun</a>' – this isn't a disagreeable proposition (except in June, July and August when the mercury tops 100°F, or about 40°C).</div><div class="copy--feature"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqc4EHUUchC3i3fXBci3X3XmnkhCi7-mgxNxjkPIvwfbtSqOc4O2xpJzlVS0YV8jegfWQgG8v7v4sWdzuieu-oBfbSnANA9dDfvnaf-HJZRYcu8EqXZTkukBTeOsRJDu1UxCsoFtAvmTx7/s1600/Phoenix+Arizona+USA+15.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqc4EHUUchC3i3fXBci3X3XmnkhCi7-mgxNxjkPIvwfbtSqOc4O2xpJzlVS0YV8jegfWQgG8v7v4sWdzuieu-oBfbSnANA9dDfvnaf-HJZRYcu8EqXZTkukBTeOsRJDu1UxCsoFtAvmTx7/s320/Phoenix+Arizona+USA+15.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Culturally, Phoenix offers an opera, a symphony, several theaters, and two of the state's finest museums: the <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/usa/southwest/phoenix/sights/museum/heard-museum?poi_tag_id=383239">Heard Museum</a> and the <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/usa/southwest/phoenix/sights/museum/phoenix-art-museum?poi_tag_id=1107234">Phoenix Art Museum</a>. The <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/usa/southwest/phoenix/sights/garden/desert-botanical-garden?poi_tag_id=383237">Desert Botanical Garden</a> is a stunning introduction to the region's flora and fauna. For sports fans, there are local teams in the national football, baseball and ice hockey leagues, and the area is dotted with more than 200 golf courses.<br /><div class="copy--feature"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb9XZf5l2BeCPM9lhTUmme2Ee7U0n0oet3ftQXxokp_vRMRkYixhsVR3WOtVLmz3Td6h8uJpFm4qv91LM0FQVEqkV7orilQ9OLHdDnC5OCmuryDrM5CRSuVD5bBEb8C6Anayo7aJhJX7aY/s1600/Phoenix+Arizona+USA+17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb9XZf5l2BeCPM9lhTUmme2Ee7U0n0oet3ftQXxokp_vRMRkYixhsVR3WOtVLmz3Td6h8uJpFm4qv91LM0FQVEqkV7orilQ9OLHdDnC5OCmuryDrM5CRSuVD5bBEb8C6Anayo7aJhJX7aY/s320/Phoenix+Arizona+USA+17.jpg" width="320" /></a>Greater Phoenix – also referred to as the Valley – may be vast and amorphous, but the areas of visitor interest are limited to three or four communities. Phoenix is the largest city and combines a businesslike demeanor with a burgeoning cultural scene and top-notch sports facilities. Southeast of here, student-flavored Tempe (tem-<i>pee</i>) is a lively district hugging 2-mile-long Tempe Town Lake. Further east it segues smoothly into ho-hum Mesa, which has a couple of interesting museums. North of Phoenix, Paradise Valley and Scottsdale are both ritzy enclaves. </div><div class="copy--feature"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHBEkEKeIACoDs1rpDMUbZDqOKXH4sZPoaw-KYkw_BLE7-rDewfBh7R3WDj7dPDxo8kLFYmn9jMp3y4a-eqjmN7uJJgmES0dAbOkMgst8S4O0VK0t77egdEJQrmtPUEgAg0qwJpo4lSnxi/s1600/Phoenix+Arizona+USA+19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHBEkEKeIACoDs1rpDMUbZDqOKXH4sZPoaw-KYkw_BLE7-rDewfBh7R3WDj7dPDxo8kLFYmn9jMp3y4a-eqjmN7uJJgmES0dAbOkMgst8S4O0VK0t77egdEJQrmtPUEgAg0qwJpo4lSnxi/s400/Phoenix+Arizona+USA+19.jpg" width="400" /></a>While the former is mostly residential, Scottsdale is known for its cutesy old town, galleries and lavish resorts.</div><div class="copy--feature"><br /></div><a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/usa/southwest/phoenix">Show in Lonely Planet</a><br /><a class="js-nav-item nav__item nav__item--secondary" href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/usa/southwest/phoenix/things-to-do">Things To Do</a><br /><a class="js-nav-item nav__item nav__item--secondary" href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/usa/southwest/phoenix/hotels">Hotels</a><br /><a class="js-nav-item nav__item nav__item--secondary" href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/usa/southwest/phoenix/practical-information/money-costs">Need To Know</a><br /><a class="js-nav-item nav__item nav__item--secondary" href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/usa/southwest/phoenix/travel-tips-and-articles">Tips & Articles</a><br /><a class="js-nav-item nav__item nav__item--secondary" href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/usa/southwest/phoenix/images">Images & Video</a> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-T8vXxV2QHLg/UexFnf3eCiI/AAAAAAAAq7M/NZn1XWBpews/s1600/Phoenix+Arizona+USA+8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-T8vXxV2QHLg/UexFnf3eCiI/AAAAAAAAq7M/NZn1XWBpews/s640/Phoenix+Arizona+USA+8.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kqfHz57lrp8/UexFnnxZklI/AAAAAAAAq7Q/VcqnHD3m0Cs/s1600/Phoenix+Arizona+USA+9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="378" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kqfHz57lrp8/UexFnnxZklI/AAAAAAAAq7Q/VcqnHD3m0Cs/s640/Phoenix+Arizona+USA+9.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div>

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This is your cue to duck inside for another latte. Maybe you’ll chase it with a local beer, then tackle the Space Needle before rocking the Crocodile Café. <br />Welcome to Seattle, whose perpetually cloudy skies mean that if the sun peeks out for a second, everyone drops whatever they’re doing and gears up to take their kayaks or bicycles out.<br /> They can do this because they’re part-time baristas, freelance IT consultants, club bookers or chefs at all-organic small-plates restaurants. They’re as likely to drink PBR as IPA, but they’d rather die than sip truck-stop coffee or down a Quarter Pounder with cheese. They always recycle. They’ve been on skid road, and they know Alki has nothing to do with the drinking habits of barflies in Pioneer Square. If you ask them, they’ll tell you it really doesn’t rain that much around here.<br /> They might also tell you to watch the ‘flying fish’ at Pike Place Market early in the morning, visit the brand-new Olympic Sculpture Garden on a sunny afternoon and take an evening ferry ride to Bainbridge Island. Most likely they’ll say not to bother with the Space Needle unless the weather is brilliant.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguMBY9VDMPA5rKTKIr5gUYZQCb8-jCtJhkWxQp2poW1FP1jS3x43cpDwVlGBDOtBX9b7LFU71Q3oAPHDQOXcluOEcN1NSYb75ulj75hyphenhyphenGK-yRgQudF-Rb3RVlGVp3kg9xp8RFncShyjYrf/s1600/Seattle+USA+25.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="131" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguMBY9VDMPA5rKTKIr5gUYZQCb8-jCtJhkWxQp2poW1FP1jS3x43cpDwVlGBDOtBX9b7LFU71Q3oAPHDQOXcluOEcN1NSYb75ulj75hyphenhyphenGK-yRgQudF-Rb3RVlGVp3kg9xp8RFncShyjYrf/s200/Seattle+USA+25.jpg" width="200" /></a> If you’re game for a bar crawl, they might take you to Georgetown, the neighborhood for drinkers in the know. If you’re arty, it might be an opening at an edgy Belltown gallery instead. <a class="pin toggleMap closed" href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/usa/seattle#" id="pinToggleMap" style="display: block;"><span class="showMapText">Show in Lonely Planet</span></a><br /><b>Ready to go?</b><br /><div class="mpuWrapper " id="mpuInContent"><div class="mpuInner"><div class="adContainer" id="adContainer_mpuInContent"><noscript> &lt;div&gt; &lt;a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/2009.lonelyplanet/rest-of-site;dcopt=ist;ctt=north-america;cnty=usa;dest=seattle;tnm=overview;sz=300x250;ord=123456789?"&gt; &lt;img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/2009.lonelyplanet/rest-of-site;dcopt=ist;ctt=north-america;cnty=usa;dest=seattle;tnm=overview;sz=300x250;ord=123456789?" alt="Advertising" width="300" height="250"/&gt; &lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt; </noscript> </div></div></div>These tours & activities make it easy:<br /><ul class="inBody"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7neVWI56aBKv3qc1Mj6FN_b5JhVSe-GHncrwBeCx5UqtQ2j7JpQuOvKFi6Rhd4lmg9UjXz8lfYTDISxNzIJrf1zUmiQC9ODStoONyg62fYx3FAE-LZv5Ss_oTPkPOS6-pMMlWIxZeFA8c/s1600/Seattle+USA+16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; 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