AZ Airfare and Affordable Travel

The state of Arizona has so much to offer and with AZ airfares being so cheap in the shoulder and off-peak seasons you really should come and discover the state.  You certainly want to tour the Grand Canyon with the beauty of nature showing you just how patience and time can erode something into a true thing of beauty.  Or you could want to see 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.

The Heard Museum in Phoenix is a must “visit” for everyone interested in the heritage of the region. Here you will be exposed to some of the best in traditional and contemporary American Indian art.  You will find ten exhibition galleries that include 5 long-term and 5 rotating exhibitions with two different locations for you to visit. 

While you are staying the Phoenix area you may want to tour Pueblo Grande Museum which is an archaeological site museum and repository. The focus of the museum is supporting the understanding of prehistory, history, and ethnology of inhabitants of the Southwest.  The museum is situated at a 1,500 year-old Hohokam village ruins.  You can observe reproductions of the prehistoric Hohokam homes when walking along the ruin trail.  At the site is also some of the last remaining intact Hohokam irrigation canals. This is a remarkable piece of Hohokam history.

Travel on down to Tombstone where you can relive the Old West.  Tombstone was known as “The Town Too Tough To Die,” and is the most infamous of Arizona’s old mining camps.  This area produced millions of dollars of gold and silver throughout a seven year period.  While you are touring Tombstone you will discover the opportunity to visit Boothill Graveyard, the old Tombstone Courthouse and watch many of the residents dressed in period clothing. 

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 at 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 look at the Titan II missile.  It’s an awesome tour, be sure to make time to visit.

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