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SOUTHWEST INSPIRATION | Winter Sun

To enjoy mild temperatures, to travel through sunny trails & to sit outside a charming coffee bar...people watching is part of a dream shared by everyone living in a cold climate with long winter days. The Southwest offers exactly this reprieve, a journey where history, art and nature deliver new adventures, energy, and a sense of discovery. With the sun shining for over 300 days.

Ideas of Places to Visit

All itineraries are designed to respond to the travelers' desires and interests. The ones that follow give an idea of ways to enjoy the winter away from the cold.

Winter Sun – 10 days

In the southern part of Arizona one can find one of the earth's hottest deserts that only in the winter can be experienced at its best. The Sonoran Desert is home to a variety of cactus that are native to this area and cannot be found anywhere else in the world. This journey takes your client to two very different cities: Phoenix is a modern urban western development with a metropolitan way of life, situated right in the middle of this desert. Here one can find interesting museums, hundreds of art galleries and the works of Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin West and of Paolo Soleri at Arcosanti.

Just a little over 100 miles to the south lies Tucson a world apart: one which contains a strong Mexican influence, surrounded by a forest of Saguaro cactus, the symbol of the state, an interesting and exotic regional cuisine and a variety of day trips that introduce the traveler to the mix of cultures that make up this area: Hispanic churches, cowboy ranches and mining towns and the ruins of ancient Indian civilizations

Both between the two cities and to the west is more desert, more cactus –including the famous Organ Pipe. California is now on the horizon with its gold sand dunes, the weird horny trees of the Joshua Tree National Park, and finally water! Travelers will find themselves California Dreaming at the many natural mineral springs where wonderful and exclusive resorts and spas welcome them.

Next the traveler's journey takes them to Los Angeles for a two day immersion into the city of fabulous dining, shopping, theme parks, movie stars and surfs up!

* In order to fully understand the area, to access the places otherwise not easily discovered and reached, and to meet the most interesting people one must go beyond reading the tourist brochures by calling upon the expertise of Seven Directions.