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If American cities are humans of different ages and styles, then New York, Boston and Chicago are the older, established types, while Phoenix is the up-and-coming 20-something just out of school and growing fast.

Spread over close to 2,000km2 of desert - and hot enough to show it in the summer (commonly surpassing 40 °C) - Phoenix basks in a seemingly endless summer sunshine that will have the sun-starved running for cover. Learn to deal with the heat (or come at winter), though, and Phoenix has plenty of desert-tinged and artistic attractions to get stuck into.

Head out of town, in fact, and you’ll find a whole host of the kind of attractions that come about when artistic types meet with large areas of empty desert. There’s a colossal desert-influenced botanical garden, a Mystery Castle (made from car parts and goat milk amongst other more normal building materials) and an entire replica of an 1890’s mining community reconstructed near Superstition Mountain. The oddities are fantastic, but Phoenix has plenty in the way of cutting edge culture, too, including Phoenix Art Museum (one of the largest of its kind).

If you’re a real outdoor type (and can cope with the heat), Papago Park and it’s famous ‘Hole in the Rock’ crumbling stone formations make for the perfect spot for desert hiking, or you can hunt down one of Phoenix’s impressive golf courses, somehow kept a lush green amongst the sands of the rugged desert. Back in town you’ll find plenty in the way of top-notch professional sport, boutique shopping, supreme restaurants and thumping, heady nightlife.

Of course, for many Phoenix is something of a gateway, too: the route into Arizona’s national parks that offers a last glimpse of city life before the wilderness beckons. Those heading for something epic will enjoy the all-consuming luxury that can easily be tracked down amongst this vast city, while the rest of us can also make the most of the city’s most attractive side: the stunning surrounding countryside, and the countless amusing oddities it attracts.

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Phoenix Travel Blogs

I need to get away...
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Oct 15, 2007 – Jan 22, 2008
Over the last week, I was amazed when my friend Brenda (who is from Australia but just moved to England) announced that she's purchased a ticket to come to New York to celebrate my birthday with me!!!  Also, my great friend Lorenzo, who I met in Florence and then again saw in London earlier th…
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My Daily Drive to Work and Back...
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May 09, 2007 – May 15, 2007
  I debated whether or not to include this... but if we are discussing how bizarre life can be in Phoenix, I don't see how I can leave it out.  It's time to discuss our very special version of the criminal justice system. We have a very well known (infamous, if you will) Sherriff in Pho…
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On My Way... = )
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Sep 12, 2008 – Sep 14, 2008
I was eager to start my day today, I felt like it was going to be a good day!... I have no reason to back it up other than finding a quarter in the back seat of my car this morning. I was trying to get all the crap that was not needed for this trip out of my car. In other words make more room in th…
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