While life in Tempe often seems huddled along Mill Avenue, there’s plenty of other real estate to explore in the Valley’s signature college community – an outer galaxy of art, food and culture that can be accessed via the city’s three-mile Streetcar loop.
Sun City wasn’t the first retirement community in the U.S. – that would be Youngtown, its neighbor in the Northwest Valley – but it was the most successful, thanks to amenities like a grocery store and recreation center.
Long overlooked by Valley dwellers in favor of larger, more brewery-dense destinations in Arizona’s high country, Payson stands out as an ideal day trip.
he Pemberton, a maze-like art and entertainment venue anchored by the circa-1920 Pemberton House on the northern fringe of Roosevelt Row, recently underwent a major creative refresh.
Miraculously, “the Mile” is in the midst of a renaissance.
It may not be the first Valley neighborhood that you think of for breezy afternoon exploration, but Arizona State University’s West Valley campus is rising fast.
Phoenix’s first shopping center has evolved into a high-end strip mall boasting a diverse collection of local shops and restaurants, including the newest location of The Henry.
P83 has expanded to include apartments and local restaurants like Postino and Blanco Cocina + Cantina.
This North Phoenix locale has seen a vigorous resurgence over the last decade due largely to its unique shops, cozy restaurants, and beautiful homes nestled in the foothills of the Phoenix Mountains Preserve.
No more CitySkate – the holiday ice rink popped up for the last time in 2022 – but CityScape still offers plenty of diversions this November and December.
When Italian architect and urban planner Paolo Soleri built the experimental town of Arcosanti more than 50 years ago in Mayer, about 70 miles north of Phoenix, he probably didn’t imagine it would one day play host to a trippy music festival.
The spirit of Arizona’s Western heritage is strong in Cave Creek, located less than an hour away from Downtown Phoenix. The town – which was settled in 1870, decades before Arizona’s statehood – offers many of the things that make the state so special: horseback riding, desert trails and good ol’ cowboy-style line dancing – plus modern crowd-pleasers like art galleries, quality dining and live music.
With ghost stories galore, Western ephemera around every corner and former territorial capital status, Prescott pretty much checks all the boxes.
Tortilla Flat is an Arizona original, from the dollar bills tacked onto the walls to the prickly pear fare.
