Thing to do in Tucson
- Tucson Area Golf
- Take advantage of the multitudes of Tucson area golf courses available for your leisure. One of Tucson's greatest assets is it's year-round perfect weathe, so take advantage of it!
- Click here to view a directory of area courses.
- Old Tucson Studios
- Old Tucson Studios is Tucson's local theme park, complete with admission, concessions, live music, and even educational opportunities. The studios, reconstructions of the historic Tucson from the Old West, are open daily to the public for touring and enjoyment. Stunt shows and gun fights are staged to add to the Western experience, an essence captured so precisely that Hollywood film producers frequently use Old Tucson as a setting for western films. The Studios are open daily to the public, more information is available at www.oldtucson.com.
- 12 miles west of Tucson
- Take I-10 to Speedway Blvd. west and follow the signs, or take I-19 south to Ajo Way west, exit at Kinney Rd. and follow the signs
- 520-883-0100
- Tucson's Fourth Avenue
- Tucson's Fourth Avenue is a highlight in the Tucson shopping experience. Quaint local artisan shops, book stores, restaurants and pubs line the street in historic buildings, and a trolley is made available for transportation down the one-mile stratch. Twice annually the Fourth Avenue Street Fair closes it's roads to vehicles and invites hundreds of merchants and artists to set up tents to display their artwork and products for sale. The Fourth Avenue experience is a guaranteed to be coloful and rewarding day in the sun.
- Take I-10 to Grant Rd., turn south on Fourth Avenue, park on the street
- Reid Park / Reid Park Zoo
- Tucson's only zoo neighbors Reid Park, a beautifully grassed open space in the middle of town where families can picnic, feed the ducks at the man-made pond, roller-blade and more. The zoo offers visitors the opportunity to view some of the world's most exotic animals including giraffes, monkeys, lions, sea otters, ostriches and more. Information about the zoo can be found at www.tucsonzoo.org.
- Take I-10 to 22nd Street east for 7 miles
- 520-881-4753
- Tucson Botanical Gardens
- Desert foliage thrives in the educational envirinment at the Tucson Botanical Gradens. Visitors are invited to spend an afternoon admiring desert-region plants and trees within the beautifully landcaped property of the Gardens. Various special events, such as the "Butterfly Magic", bring special attention to foreign plants and animals in controlled environments. The Gardens are open for visitation daily. More information at www.tucsonbotanical.org.
- 2150 N. Alvernon Way, at Grant Rd.
- 520-326-9686
- Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
- For a half-century the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum has enchanted millions of visitors with its exhibits of live animals in astonishingly natural settings, while intriguing and instructing them with fascinating educational programs. At the same time, the Museum has gained a worldwide repute in the scientific community as an institution committed to researching and protecting the land, plants, and the animals of the Sonoran Desert region. More information available at www.desertmuseum.org.
- From I-10, take the Speedway Blvd. Exit and head west, turn right onto Kinney Road, 2.5 miles north
- Flandreau Schience Center and Planetarium
- The University of Arizona's Flandreau Science Center offers visitors of all ages a spectacular educational look at astronomy, geology and general scientific insights. Visitors are welcome daily. More information available at www.flandrau.org.
- 1601 E. University Drive, on UofA campus
- 520-624-STAR
- Pima Air and Space Museum
- The Pima Air and Space Museum offers visitors in educational glimpse into the history and technology behind America's flight and military history. Complete with over a hundred planes, displays featuring military uniforms, and walking tours explaining the all kinds of details about flight and defense development, the Museum is ideal for eager science students of all ages. Visit www.pimaair.org for more information.
- 6000 East Valencia Road, Tucson
- Phone: 520-574-0462
- Tucson Children's Museum
- The Children's Museum is taylor-made for children eager to learn with hands-on controlled educational experiments. Time-sensitive exhibits offer your child a new experience with each visit. Get your child excited about learning, visit www.tucsonchildrensmuseum.org for more information.
- 200 South Sixth Avenue
- 520-792-9985
- Biosphere 2
- See for yourself the on-going experiments on the Biosphere 2 campus where scientists attempt to emulate the Earth's ecosystem within a controlled bubble environment. Tours accur daily, visit www.bio2.com for more information.
- 20 minutes north of Tucson, take highway 77 north, mile marker 96.5, follow the signs
- 520-838-6200
- Kitt Peak National Observatory
- The world's largest collection of optical telescopes is located high above the Sonoran Desert under some of the finest night skies in the world. Kitt Peak, on the Tohono O'odham Reservation, is home to twenty-two optical and two radio telescopes representing eight astronomical research institutions. Visitor Center open daily to the public. More information available at www.noao.edu/kpno.
- Click here for semi-complicated driving instructions
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- "Your dreams are my direction."
- Tierra Antigua Realty
- 1650 E. River Rd., Ste. 104
- Tucson, AZ 85718
- Phone: 520-820-3692
- Fax: 520-207-6280
- paul@tucsonhomes123.com