State ARIZONA
PHOENIX
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A Victory Inn & Suites Phoenix North(formerly Comfort Inn N)
America's Best Value Inn and Suites Phoenix
Americas Best Value Phoenix
Arizona Biltmore Phoenix
Arizona Grand Resort Phoenix
ARIZONA SELECT SUITES AIRPORT CENTER Phoenix
Best Western Airport Inn Phoenix
Best Western InnSuites Phoenix Hotel & Suites
Best Western Metrocenter Inn Phoenix
Budget Inn Phoenix
Budget Lodge of Phoenix
Candlewood Suites Phoenix
Clarion Hotel Phoenix Tech Center
Comfort Inn Phoenix
Comfort Inn - Phoenix
Comfort Inn I 10 West Central Phoenix
Comfort Suites at Metro Center Phoenix
Courtyard by Marriott Camelback Phoenix
Courtyard by Marriott Phoenix Airport
Courtyard by Marriott Phoenix North/Happy Valley
Courtyard by Marriott Phoenix West/Avondale
Courtyard Phoenix North by Marriott
Crossland Phoenix - West
Crowne Plaza Phoenix
Crowne Plaza Phoenix-Airport
Days Inn Phoenix
Days Inn Central & Camelback Phoenix
Days Inn I 17 And Thomas Phoenix
Days Inn Phoenix North
Desert Arroyo Phoenix
Doubletree Guest Suites Phoenix Airport
Econo Lodge Phoenix Airport
Embassy Suites Phoenix - Biltmore
Embassy Suites Phoenix - Scottsdale
Embassy Suites Phoenix Airport at 24th Street
Embassy Suites Phoenix North
Extended Stay America Phoenix - Airport
Extended Stay America Phoenix - Chandler
Extended Stay America Phoenix - Deer Valley
Extended Stay Deluxe Phoenix - Biltmore
Extended Stay Deluxe Phoenix - Midtown
Extended StayAmerica Phoenix- Metro Center
Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott Phoenix
Fairfield Inn by Marriott - Phoenix Airport
Fairfield Inn By Marriott Phoenix North
Four Points by Sheraton Phoenix
Grace Inn Phoenix
Hampton Inn - Phoenix-Midtown (Downtown Area)
Hampton Inn & Suites Phoenix Airport South
Hampton Inn Phoenix Airport North
Hilton Garden Inn Phoenix Airport
Hilton Garden Inn Phoenix Midtown
Hilton Garden Inn Phoenix North Happy Valley
Hilton Phoenix Airport
Hilton Suites Phoenix
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Phoenix Downtown-Ballpark
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Phoenix-Airport
Holiday Inn Express Phoenix/Chandler (Ahwatukee)
Holiday Inn Phoenix Downtown-North
Holiday Inn West - Phoenix
Homestead Phoenix - Metro Center
Homewood Suites by Hilton Phoenix - Metro Center
Homewood Suites Phoenix - Biltmore
Hotel Highland at Biltmore Phoenix
Hotel San Carlos - Downtown Convention Center Phoenix
Howard Johnson Airport Downtown Phoenix
Hyatt Place Phoenix - North
Hyatt Regency Phoenix
I-10 West Hotel Phoenix
JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa Phoenix
Knights Inn Phoenix
Knights Inn Phoenix I-17
La Quinta Inn & Suites Phoenix Chandler
La Quinta Inn & Suites Phoenix I-10 West
La Quinta Inn Phoenix - Arcadia
La Quinta Inn Phoenix North
La Quinta Inn Phoenix Thomas Road
LEGACY GOLF RESORT Phoenix
LES JARDINS HOTEL Phoenix
Lexington Hotel Central Phoenix
MainStay Suites Phoenix
MARICOPA MANOR B&B INN Phoenix
Marriott Phoenix Airport
OAKWOOD BILTMORE Phoenix
Pointe Hilton Squaw Peak Resort Phoenix
Pointe Hilton Tapatio Cliffs Resort Phoenix
Quality Inn & Suites Downtown Phoenix
Radisson Hotel Phoenix City Center
Radisson Phoenix Airport
Radisson Phoenix Airport North
Ramada Plaza Hotel & Suites-Phoenix Metrocenter
Red Roof Inn Phoenix - Bell Road
Red Roof Inn Phoenix West
Residence Inn by Marriott Phoenix Airport
Residence Inn by Marriott Phoenix North/Happy Valley
Residence Inn Phoenix Metrocenter
Royal Palms Resort and Spa - Destination Hotels & Resorts Phoenix
Sheraton Crescent Hotel Phoenix
Sleep Inn Phoenix Airport
Sleep Inn Phoenix North
Springhill Suites By Marriott Phoenix Downtown
SpringHill Suites by Marriott Phoenix North
STUDIO 6 PHOENIX DEER VALLEY
SUPER 8 MOTEL - PHOENIX
Super 8 Motel - Phoenix West I-10
Super 8 Phoenix North
The Bell Hotel & Suites Phoenix
The Clarendon Hotel - Phoenix's Urban Retreat
The Ritz-Carlton, Phoenix
TownePlace Suites By Marriott Phoenix North
Travel Inn Phoenix
Traveler's Inn Phoenix
Travelodge Phoenix
Wyndham Phoenix - Downtown
The state capital and largest city in Arizona, PHOENIX holds only minimal appeal for tourists. When it
began life in the 1860s, it must have seemed like a good idea. The sweltering little farming town stood
in the heart of the large Salt River Valley, with a ready-made irrigation system left by ancient Indians (the
name Phoenix honors the fact that the city rose from the ashes of a long-vanished Hohokam community).
Within a century, however, Phoenix had turned into what writer Edward Abbey called "the blob that is eating
Arizona," acquiring as it did so the money and political clout to defy the self-evident absurdity of building a
huge city in a virtually waterless desert. Now the sixth largest city in the US, it has filled the entire valley,
engulfing the neighboring towns of Scottsdale, Mesa and Tempe in the process, with over a million people
within the city boundaries and more than two million in the metropolitan area. Arizona's financial and industrial
epicenter may just be getting into its stride; boosters claim the megalopolis will one day stretch 150 miles,
from Wickenburg to Tucson.
The city's phenomenal rise was originally fueled by its image as a healthy oasis, where the desert had
been tamed and transformed into a suburban idyll. While retirees still flock to enclaves such as Sun City ,
Phoenix now has a deserved reputation as the most unpleasant city in the Southwest - Las Vegas with
no casinos, or LA with no beach. Above all, it's hot ; between June and August daytime highs average
over 100°F, making it the hottest city outside the Middle East.
In winter, when temperatures rarely drop below 65°F, tourists from colder climes arrive in large numbers.
They pay vast sums to warm their bones in the luxury resorts and spas, concentrated especially in Scottsdale,
that are the modern equivalent of the 1930s dude ranches. Unlike golf, tennis and shopping, sightseeing rarely
ranks high on the agenda - which is just as well, since there's a good deal of truth in the charge laid by
Phoenix's older arch-rival, Tucson, that the city is sorely lacking in culture and history. Apart from the Heard
Museum 's excellent Native American displays, and Frank Lloyd Wright's architecture studio at Taliesin West ,
Phoenix is short of must-see attractions. In fact, if you're on a touring vacation, you'd miss little if you bypassed
it altogether; a day at one of the city's plentiful upscale malls is probably as authentic and enjoyable an experience
as Phoenix has to offer.
OTHER POPULAR DESTINATIONS IN ARIZONA
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Holbrook
Kingman
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Mesa
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Page
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Peoria
Phoenix
Prescott
Safford
Scottsdale
Sedona
Sierra Vista
Surprise
Tempe
Tucson
Williams
Winslow
Yuma
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