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Downtown
Tucsan © Metropolitan Tucson Convention
and Visitors Bureau
With a dramatic setting in the Sonora Desert,
surrounded by a ring of mountain ranges with
the Santa Catalina Mountains as a backdrop,
Tucson is the fastest-growing resort city in
the country and one of Arizona’s most
attractive. Together with the amenities of a
modern metropolis and a small-town atmosphere,
its constant sunshine and dry desert air, Tucson
is a city that makes the most of its beautiful
desert setting and is a popular health resort.
Its proximity to the Mexican border is evident
in its architecture and cuisine, and a long
history that has left the city with a dynamic
legacy of Spanish, Mexican, American and traditional
Indian influences. With naturally-eroded cliff
forms, cacti, bird life and old cowboy towns
in the area, it is also a good base from which
to explore the many natural sights beyond the
city limits. Horseback riding and hiking along
the wilderness trails is a good way to explore
the region.
Nearby attractions include the Sagauro National
Park with the highest concentration in the world
of the desert-symbol Saguaro cactus, the Spanish-style
Mission San Xavier del Bac, and the first-class
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum that features almost
every kind of local desert fauna and flora in
an outdoor setting. The old mining town of Tombstone
attracts crowds of tourists as the site of the
shootout at the OK Corral.
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