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Absolute Bikes
Absolute Bikes has the scoop on the biking scene. The shop offers mountain-, road- and children’s-bike rentals (from $15 per day), as well as trail maps and info. It also sells equipment and does repairs.
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Castles N' Coasters
Older kids will enjoy Castles n’ Coasters, a big amusement park by the Metrocenter Mall about 20 miles northwest of downtown, near exit 207 off I-17. From chickens to brave-hearts, there’s a coaster for everyone, plus a watery log ride, a magic carpet ride, and other thrills and attractions, including miniature golf courses and video arcades.
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Open Road Tours
Most people arrive at the canyon in private vehicles or on a tour. Be advised that finding parking can be a chore in Grand Canyon Village. Open Road Tours runs shuttles from Flagstaff ($27, two daily) and Williams ($22, two daily). It can also arrange helicopter tours (from $145) over the canyon.
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Peace Surplus
Get the rundown on nearby hiking, bike rental, rock climbing and cross-country skiing at Peace Surplus. It's one of the best places for outdoor and travel gear in the city, and the friendly, helpful staff is more than willing to share their knowledge.
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Cox Splash Playground
For a quick few hours of slippery fun, visit Tempe Beach Park's Cox Splash Playground, where kids can frolic in their bathing suits in all sorts of oversized sprinkler fun.
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Big Surf
If the kiddies are wilting in the heat, visit Tempe's Big Surf, with two wave pools, many a twisty waterslide and a mellow cove for toddlers.
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Gray Line Phoenix
Offers four-hour city tours (adult/child $52/27.50), as well as a 10-hour Sedona tour (adult/child $95/50.50).
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Flagstaff
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Oatman
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Sabino Canyon Trail
- Tucson, USA
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Mule Desk
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Mt Lemmon Ski Area
- Tucson, USA
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Grasshopper Point
- Sedona, USA
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Fat Tire Bike Shop
- Sedona, USA
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Chairlift
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Verde Canyon Railroad
About 4 miles northwest of Cottonwood on SR 260 (Main St, then Broadway), Clarkdale was a company town built in 1914 to process ore from the mines in nearby Jerome. Today it’s best known as the terminus of the Verde Canyon Railroad. Vintage FP7 engines pull climate-controlled passenger cars on leisurely four-hour narrated round-trips into the splendid canyon north of Cottonwood Pass, traveling through roadless wilderness with views of red-tinged rock cliffs, riparian areas, Native American sites, wildlife and, from December to April, bald eagles. The midpoint is Perkinsville, a remote ranch where scenes from How the West Was Won were filmed; the train returns the…
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Xanterra
Park tours are run by Xanterra, which has information desks at Bright Angel, Maswik and Yavapai Lodges. Various daily bus tours (tickets from $20) are offered.
Due to erosion concerns, the NPS has limited inner-canyon mule rides to those traveling all the way to Phantom Ranch. Rather than going below the rim, three-hour day trips ($119) now take riders along the rim, through the ponderosa, piñon and juniper forest to the Abyss overlook. Overnight trips (one/two people $482/850) and two-night trips (one/two people $701/1170) follow the Bright Angel Trail to the river, travel east on the River Trail and cross the river on the Kaibab Suspension Bridge. Riders spend the night…
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Wet 'n' Wild Phoenix
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Tempe Town Lake Boat Rentals
Rents watercraft at Tempe Town Lake.
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Pillsbury Wine Company
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Page Springs Cellars
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Oak Creek Vineyards
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Jerome Winery
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Javelina Leap Vineyard
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Insights Tour
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