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 Phoenix
has a wide variety of activities and attractions for you to
choose from while visiting. Family fun activities ranging
from the Phoenix Zoo for relaxing family entertainment to
Castles and Coasters for fast moving exciting rides.
Whatever your pleasure you will surely find something to
satisfy. Below we have highlighted some of the more
popular activities in the Greater Phoenix area.
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Desert Storm Hummer Tours: Voted as one of the “Top 100 Adventures in America”
by National Geographic Magazine, Desert Storm Hummer Tours runs exciting adventure tours in
Arizona’s Four Peaks Mountains/Tonto National Forest. Guests enjoy the rich beauty of the
Sonoran Desert in the worlds most advanced 4x4, The Hummer.It’s an adventure that can’t be
missed! 15525 N. 83rd Way #8, Scottsdale, AZ 85260, 1-866-DSHUMER |
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Attractions
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Arizona Science Center -
Lively "please touch"
exhibits explain the physics of making gigantic soap bubbles,
the technology of satellite weather systems, and more. Dazzling
computer graphics simulate orbits and eclipses under the 60-foot
dome of the planetarium, and a theater shows films on a massive
50-foot-high projection screen. (602) 716-2000
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Arizona State University -
The sprawling 750-acre Tempe
campus of ASU is notable for its public art and innovative
architecture, much of it designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Breck Girl Hall of Fame -
Pop-culture enthusiasts are sure
to enjoy this one-room museum containing more than 150 of the
signature pastel portraits from the "Breck Girl"
shampoo ads, including pictures of Brooke Shields, Kim Basinger,
Cybill Shepherd, and other now-famous former Breck Girls. A
guide can detail the life and times of Mr. Edward J. Breck,
whose lasting contributions to society include being the first
person to differentiate between dry and oily. (602)
207-4000
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Desert Botanical Garden -
These 150 acres contain more
than 4,000 different species of cacti, succulents, trees, and
flowers. A stroll along the half-mile-long "Plants and
People of the Sonoran Desert" trail is a fascinating lesson
in the many adaptations that plants, animals, and people have
made to desert living. (602) 941-1217.
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Mystery Castle -
This curious dwelling was hand-built from
desert rocks, railroad refuse, and anything else its builder
could get his hands on. Chock-full of oddities that will
fascinate everyone in the family, the castle has 18 rooms with
13 fireplaces, 90 bottle-glass portholes, a downstairs grotto, a
floating cantilever stairway, and a roll-away bed with a mining
railcar as its frame.
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Phoenix Zoo - Five designated trails wind through this
125-acre zoo, which has replicas of such habitats as an African
savanna and a tropical rain forest. Meerkats, warthogs, desert
bighorn sheep, and endangered Arabian oryx are among the unusual
sights.
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Superstition
Mountains
- Traveling up the Superstition Highway through
Tempe, Mesa and eventually Apache Junction you will come upon
the massive Superstition Mountain heaves. Supposedly the
mountains are home to the Lost Dutchman Mine which the location
of, has been debate for many many years. - Apache Junction
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Activities
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Hot-Air Ballooning over the
Desert - The peaceful silence
of life hundreds of feet up is unforgettable; since the balloon
is carried on the wind, you'll experience no wind yourself. In
addition to this awesome tranquility, many elusive desert
creatures can be viewed in their natural habitat only from
balloon.
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Castles 'N Coasters -
surround yourself with fun and experience miniature golf or one
of the many other attractions in magical settings. (602)
997-7575
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Island of Big Surf -
a 2.5-acre ocean in the middle of the desert open for swimming,
surfing and other water and sun sports. (602) 947-SURF or
947-7873
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Fiddlesticks -
fun for the entire family, including miniature golf, driving
range, go-carts and bumper boats, batting cages and a video
arcade. (602) 961-0800
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CrackerJax Family Fun Park
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features miniature golf, go-karts, bumper boats,
arcade, volleyball, baseball and golf ranges, and a restaurant.
(602) 998-2800
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