Tucson Journals

Relaxing in Tucson

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A travel journal to Tucson by Peregrine

Secluded Patio at the Arizona Inn Photo - Arizona Inn, Tucson, Arizona

Quote: Every summer, my husband and I escape to the Arizona Inn in Tucson. Secluded behind its pink adobe walls, its a world unto itself.

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Relaxing in Tucson

Overview

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We come here to do absolutely nothing, but do it in luxury and style. The Arizona Inn is the perfect place to escape the everyday world and pretend, at least of a few days, that we can live like the 'other half' lives.

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Winters, when the snowbirds head south, the Inn is pretty well booked and quite expensive. We always go in summer when the rates and the crowds go down.

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Arizona Inn

Hotel

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Every summer we go to Tucson and bask in the luxury of the Arizona Inn. We usually plan three days of doing nothing surrounded by impeccable gardens, manicured lawns, fabulous food, and quiet. The Inn consists of several buildings set amid gardens and trees behind a high adobe wall. The rooms are all generous and the closets speak of days when guests arrived with steamer trunks. The furniture ranges from antiques to the heavy, carved furniture made in the 30’s in the inn’s own furniture factory. Most rooms have a private balcony or an enclosed patio and the focus is on privacy. A lot of rich and famous come here and they have a policy to never, ever tell who is staying there. ...Read More

Member Rating 4 out of 5 on September 13, 2000

Arizona Inn
2200 EAST ELM STREET
Tucson, Arizona 85719
520-325-1541

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Arizona Inn Dining Room

Restaurant | "Arizona Inn"

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There are enough places to eat within the Inn that you never need to leave the compound. There’s the elegant dining room with its high ceiling, antiques and guitarist in the evening. Until a few years ago, you needed a coat and tie to eat here. It’s become more casual, but they still provide you with a finger bowl filled with warm lemon water to dabble your fingers in after eating – even at breakfast! At the Audubon Bar you can sip an afternoon cocktail surrounded by a collection of Audubon’s original prints. There’s the wicker and plant filled Catlin room where you can get sandwiches and salads. During happy hour, there is a pianist here to play your favorite tunes – as long as yo...Read More

Member Rating 4 out of 5 on September 14, 2000

Arizona Inn Dining Room
2200 East Elm St
Tucson, Arizona 85719
+1-520-325-1541

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Fourth Avenue

Attraction

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Fourth Avenue is six blocks of shops and restaurants, galleries and nightspots. If you can't find it here, it might not exist. There's everything from furniture to cappuccino, deli to Greek. We spent the better part of an afternoon just wandering and poking into shops. I'd forgotten to bring a hat (something this desert dweller should know not to do) so I found a great, floppy replacement. I dawdled in the vintage clothing stores (and found some great pieces) while my husband wandered further down the street looking for something more interesting, like ice cream. I dragged him into an assortment of gift shops, jewelry shops, dress shops, art shops – in fact, by the time we got back to the Inn an...Read More

Member Rating 4 out of 5 on September 18, 2000

Fourth Avenue
Fourth Ave
Tucson, Arizona 85705
+1 520 624 5004

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Clues Unlimited

Attraction

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Murder is always relaxing, don't you think? We've always thought so, which is why one of our few ritual excursions the Arizona Inn is to Clues Unlimited. Here, we can revel in death and mayhem. We've been coming here for years, back in the days when it was called the Footsteps of a Gigantic Hound, which had little to do with the Baskervilles and more to do with said hound who loved to sleep in the doorway. Now, we no longer have to step over the pony-sized pooch, and can head straight for the bookshelves. Row upon row of neatly alphabetized mysteries, backed up with informed staff who can always find that mystery your best friend mentioned, even if all you know about the book is the color of the ...Read More

Member Rating 4 out of 5 on September 18, 2000

Clues Unlimited
123 South Eastbourne Ave
Tucson, Arizona 85716
+1 520 326 8533