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BestBets PHOENIX & CENTRAL ARIZONA COURTESY OF THE BOULDERS RESORT GOLDEN DOOR SPA Desert Gardens At Phoenix’s Desert Botanical Garden, you won’t only be gazing at thousands of varieties of prickly plants. You’ll also learn how the early settlers of the Sonoran Desert turned them into everything from food to shoes. Boyce Thompson Arboretum, near Superior, displays rare desert specimens from around the world, including the boojum tree immortalized in Lewis Carroll’s The Hunting of the Snark. Both parks offer special events throughout the year, from guided nature walks (such as the Learn Your Lizards walk at Boyce Thompson) to evenings of music and wine (Desert Botanical Garden’s fall concert series, for example). k See exotic flora at Phoenix’s Desert Botanical Garden. MT S Aguila SPAS m The Boulders Resort Golden Door Spa, Scottsdale The huge pamper palaces of metropolitan Phoenix are always top contenders for World’s Best Spa awards. Some resorts have signature spas— for example, Willow Stream Spa at the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess has counterparts at other Fairmont hotels—while others import national brands with cachet, like The Boulders Resort and its Golden Door Spa. Expect a wide range of treatments, some unusual spins on the traditional—sports massage with heated golf balls, say—some desert-inspired like the jojoba and prickly-pear scrub, and others Eastern-oriented, such as Reiki. Most Arizona resort spas offer packages or individual treatments to nonguests, but abundant day spas are also available, especially in upscale shopping centers like Biltmore Fashion Park, where you’ll find an Elizabeth Arden Red Door Spa. AVONDALE BUCKEYE POPULATION ELEVATION (IN FEET) CAREFREE 71 60 Wickenburg 74 BEN AVERY SHOOTING FACILITY COURTESY OF DESERT BOTANICAL GARDEN/©ADAM RODRIGUEZ Horseshoe Reservoir New River Cave Creek Carefree HA 60 WH ITE MT TA S. NK Surprise Sun City 101 Peoria 101 17 101 FT. MCDOWELL Ft. McDowell 87 LEGEND 10 Tonopah Litchfield Park Glendale PHOENIX SI ER R A Fountain Hills Scottsdale SALT RIVER 88 88 Tortilla Flat SUPERSTITION MTS. 10 60 10 INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS Goodyear Tolleson Buckeye Avondale GIL A B E Tempe Mesa 101 GILA RIVER Gilbert 60 Apache Jct. Queen Creek LOST DUTCHMAN Miami Claypool Globe PINAL M TS FEDERAL HIGHWAYS Superior BOYCE THOMPSON ARBORETUM 83 STATE HIGHWAYS . ND MT 85 S. Chandler 12 INDIAN ROADS ES TR EL LA 10 347 87 Sacaton 187 387 TOHONO O’ODHAM SONORAN DESERT 177 SCENIC ROADS Maricopa MARICOPA AK-CHIN MCFARLAND Gila Bend 8 S 84 D TA Casa Grande 387 CASA GRANDE RUINS 287 Florence Coolidge Kearny Dudleyville 287 SAN CARLOS INDIAN RESERVATIONS NATIONAL PARKS & MONUMENTS STATE PARKS POINTS OF INTEREST 87 Eloy TOHONO O'ODHAM N 77 79 Mammoth San Manuel ? INFORMATION CENTERS M A 85 81,299 47,261 3,862 41,152 5,428 247,140 10,261 24,751 974 869 2,382 1,398 2,126 1,214 1,427 1,145 ELOY FLORENCE FOUNTAIN HILLS GILA BEND GILBERT GLENDALE GOODYEAR GUADALUPE NK 15 PICACHO PEAK MT S. 10 Oracle ORACLE IRONWOOD FOREST Sa 12,750 20,781 25,227 1,831 216,449 251,522 59,508 5,948 1,555 1,489 1,604 735 1,237 1,152 968 1,234 KEARNY LITCHFIELD PARK MAMMOTH MARICOPA MESA ORACLE PARADISE VALLEY PEORIA 3,297 5,126 2,573 45,571 463,552 3,563 14,990 157,960 1,860 1,030 2,359 1,175 1,240 4,524 1,342 1,142 CASA GRANDE CAVE CREEK CHANDLER COOLIDGE EL MIRAGE CITY AGUILA APACHE JUNCTION ARIZONA CITY 30 200 32,776 4,385 2,162 1,722 1,509 Arizona 2011 Official State Visitor’s Guide

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