Tucson Travel Guide

Tucson is a striking amalgamation of old and new, blending historic roots with its contemporary identity as a vibrant college town, winter refuge for cold-weather retirees, and one of the Southwest's fastest-growing cities. The Old Pueblo, as locals affectionately call Tucson, is indeed one of the oldest continually inhabited areas in the United States, surviving for more than 4,000 years as home to Hohokam farmers, 17th century European explorers, Mexican Territorial settlers, and pre-statehood, Old West pioneers. Situated in the heart of the Sonoran Desert, Tucson is surrounded by mountain ranges and canyons, green forests of tall Saguaro cacti, and dry river washes that come alive with rushing water after the first monsoon storm of the summer.

Today, Tucson is home to historic Mexican barrios and well-preserved mid-century neighborhoods, strip malls and heavily-trafficked avenues, funky bars, restaurants, and shops, posh golf resorts, and like many other Sunbelt cities, suburban... more local info