Tucson: UNESCO Food Heritage, Cold War Missiles and Sky Island Summits
Browse Fourth Avenue vintage shops and see where Dillinger was caught at Hotel Congress, eat the James Beard bread and Sonoran tamales of the only US UNESCO gastronomy city, go underground in a Cold War Titan missile silo, hike Sabino Canyon CCC stone bridges, browse the world largest gem show, and drive through five ecological zones to ski at the southernmost US slope.
Tucson: Giant Cactus Wilderness, Desert Science and Sonoran Heritage
Hike among 150-year-old saguaro giants in the national park, meet mountain lions at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, look through telescopes on Kitt Peak, visit the White Dove of the Desert mission church, explore the Biosphere 2 sealed ecosystem experiment, and learn the Tohono O odham saguaro wine ceremony that marks the desert new year.
Tucson: Adobe Neighborhoods, Mission Ruins and 3,400 Stored Aircraft
Walk Barrio Historico adobe row houses and find the shrine to a sinner, follow UA Wildcats baseball legacy, visit the Tucson Botanic Garden desert rooms, explore the 18th century Tumacacori mission ruin, tour Colossal Cave outlaw hideout, and take a bus through the Air Force Boneyard storing 35 billion dollars of retired aircraft.