Where to go
Places to visit in Arizona
31 towns, cities and natural areas we have written up, with our picks first.
Grand Canyon & Kaibab Plateau
Grand Canyon Village
The South Rim's historic village, open all year, with lodging and water still limited after the 2026 flood
Sedona & Verde Valley
Sedona
Red sandstone buttes, Oak Creek and trailhead parking you need to plan for
Page & Monument Valley
Page
Dam town on Manson Mesa, gateway to Lake Powell, Horseshoe Bend and Antelope Canyon
Phoenix & Superstition Mountains
Phoenix
State capital with Hohokam canals, Indigenous art, a world of instruments and very serious summers
Tucson & Saguaro
Tucson
A desert city between the two halves of Saguaro National Park
Flagstaff & Painted Desert
Flagstaff
A pine-forest city on Route 66 below Arizona's highest peak, with the observatory where Pluto was found
Phoenix & Superstition Mountains
Scottsdale
Old Town galleries, Frank Lloyd Wright's desert camp and a huge protected preserve
Grand Canyon & Kaibab Plateau
Williams
A pine-country Route 66 town on I-40, an hour from the South Rim and the starting point of the Grand Canyon Railway
Page & Monument Valley
Kayenta
Navajo Nation township at the junction for Monument Valley and Navajo National Monument
Tombstone & Bisbee
Tombstone
The 1880s silver town of the Earps, where the best-known sights are private businesses
Tombstone & Bisbee
Bisbee
A copper town stacked up the canyons of the Mule Mountains, with a mine you can ride into
Sedona & Verde Valley
Jerome
Former copper town stacked on Cleopatra Hill, with a mansion museum and long valley views