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AZ Airfare and Adventures

By RomanticHeart | November 22, 2008

The state of Arizona has so a lot to offer and with Arizona airfares being so cheap in the shoulder and off-peak seasons you really should come and discover the state. You may want to visit the Grand Canyon with the beauty of nature showing you just how patience and time can change something into a true thing of beauty. Or you could want to tour some of the outstanding galleries the state has to offer with the rich heritage of the Native Americans, Hispanic culture and western culture all available in different locations.

This is a great way to discover your Arizona Attractions. The Heard Museum in Central Arizona is a must “visit” for anyone interested in the heritage of the region. Here you will be shown some of the best in traditional and modern American Indian art. You will find ten exhibition galleries that include 5 long-term and 5 changing exhibitions with two different locations for you to tour.

While you are in the Central Arizona area you may want to visit Pueblo Grande Museum which is an archaeological site museum and repository. The purpose of the museum is enhancing the understanding of prehistory, history, and ethnology of inhabitants of the Southwest. The museum is positioned at a 1,500 year-old Hohokam village ruins. You can see reproductions of the prehistoric Hohokam homesteads when walking along the ruin trail. At the site is also one of the last remaining intact Hohokam irrigation canals. This is a remarkable piece of Hohokam history.

A few hours to the southeast, you will find wonderful Tucson vacations. Head on down to Tombstone where you can see the Old West. Tombstone is known as “The Town Too Tough To Die,” and is the most famous of Arizona’s old mining camps. This region produced millions of dollars of gold and silver over a seven year run. While you are touring Tombstone you will have the opportunity to tour Boothill Graveyard, the old Tombstone Courthouse and see many of the residents dressed in period style.

Outside of Tucson you can visit the Titan Missile Museum which was home to one of the Titan II Inter-Continental Ballistic Missiles. There were 18 Titan II missile sites located near the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson. The Titan Missile Museum is the only Titan Missile site that remains intact; all the others were destroyed. You can go on a guided tour that includes the launch control room with a simulated launch and then go on through the 200 ft tunnel for an in person inspection at the Titan II missile. It’s an awesome tour, be sure to make time to stop here.

Travel on over to Yuma and visit the Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park. Here you will be able to tour the prison that incarcerated 3,069 prisoners, 29 of whom were female. The prison was last opeartional in 1909 when the prisoners were moved to a new prison. Now you can tour the prison and look at the front gate that is so familiar to anyone that has watched western movies.