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Day Trips

Day 1 – Anza Day

  • Stop by the Tubac Deli for a Café Late
  • Tubac Presidio State Historic Park (http://azstateparks.com)
  • Enjoy a 1.4 mile hike along the Anza Trail to the Tubac Golf Resort
  • Breakfast at Stables or La Cantina
  • Leisurely walk back to the village to your car
  • Tumacacori National Historical Park (and Mission) (http://www.nps.gov/tuma/)
  • Santa Cruz Chili Factory (a chance to start your gift shopping)
  • Lunch at Wisdom’s (a must try is their Special Fried Fruit Burrito)
  • Shop at the Anza Marketplace for dinner supplies – A great evening for a BBQ on the patio of your Luxury Townhome

Day 2 – Head East to the Best of the West

  • Homemade Breakfast in Patagonia at Gathering Grounds
  • Tombstone (www.cityoftombstone.com)– visit Boot hill, see daily re-enactment of the shoot-out staged at the real O.K. Corral
  • Still have a few minutes on the way home – stop by the Grasslands Restaurant in Sonita and sample their homemade bakery goods, local wines and preserves

Day 3 – Astronomy (Seasonal)

  • Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory (http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/about/sao.html)
  • Phone - (520) 670-5707
  • Before you go stop by the Anza Marketplace and pickup a lunch to go and bottled water

Day 4 – Tubac Village Shopping

  • Breakfast at Café Presidio
  • Browse the galleries and stores
  • Choose from one of the many wonderful restaurants for Lunch
  • Shop till you drop! Then enjoy an ice cream at the Tubac Deli or a Margarita at the De Anza Restaurant
  • Dinner at the Artist’s Palate

Day 5 – Day in the Desert

  • Old Tucson Studies
  • Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum (http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/about/sao.html)
  • Lunch at the Museum Restaurant
  • International Wildlife Museum (http://www.thewildlifemuseum.org/)
  • Gates Pass – Exceptional place to Photograph the Desert (http://emol.org/tucson/gatespass/)
  • Dinner at Manuel’s on your way back to Tubac

Day 6 – History of Flight

  • Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
  • Pima Air & Space Museum
  • Titan Missile Museum (http://www.pimaair.org/)

Day 7 – Shopping in Tucson

  • Old Town Artisans
  • Fourth Avenue Shopping District
  • Main Gate Square

 

A Taste of Arizona Wineries Day Trip
Some say the climate and soil conditions in the Southern Arizona community of Elgin are perfect for growing grapes. The local wineries tend to agree. Why not see for yourself? A journey into Arizona wine country makes a pleasant day trip. For exact directions, tour hours and information about community events, call the listings below.

Arizona Vineyards – 3 miles east of Nogales, Az. Free. 10 am - 6 pm daily
520-287-7972

Callaghan Vineyards – Elgin, Az. $3 per person. Fri-Sun, 11 am – 3pm
520-455-5322

Domaines Ellam Winery – Elgin Az. $1 for up to 4 samples 520-455-9309

Dos Cabezas Vineyard, Rte. 186 near Willcox, Az. 520-455-5369

Fort Bowie Vineyards & Orchard Products, I-10 exit 340 east of Willcox, AZ. Free.
888-299-5951

Sonoita Vineyards Elgin, AZ. $3/person. 10 a.m.–4 p.m. daily
520-455-5893

Village of Elgin Winery Elgin, AZ. $1 for tasting. 10 a.m.–5 p.m. daily.
520-455-9309

COLOSSAL CAVES - Day Trip

Colossal Cave Mountain Park
http://www.visittucson.org/listings/index.cfm?action=displaylisting&listingID=6430&menuID=326
The first formal tours of this cave were conducted in 1923 and involved ropes and lanterns. Today’s tours offer a much safer and more comfortable peek at this area’s underground geology. Colossal Cave is called “dry” or “dormant,” meaning that, due to a lack of water, it no longer is “growing” crystal formations. Yet the preserved stalactites, stalagmites, and flowstone are beautiful to behold. And the temperature inside the cave is always a pleasant 70° Fahrenheit.

Kartchner Caverns State Park®
http://www.visittucson.org/listings/index.cfm?action=displaylisting&listingID=6357&menuID=326
One of the great natural wonders of the western United States. It’s believed that no human had ever seen this huge living cave prior to its discovery in the 1970s by two Tucson cave enthusiasts. Care has been taken to preserve the pristine conditions within. Remarkable because it is a “wet” or “living” cave, meaning the calcite formations are still growing. See a stunning variety of multicolored cave formations.