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DISCOVERING THE Two Weeks in the Southwest
SOUTHWEST • Taste the high life in mushroom-shaped through the Cliff Palace

Las Vegas, then make a hoodoos in Goblin Ancestral Puebloan cliff
The following itineraries have been designed Arizona leads through the cactus-studded hills bee-line for the “Beehive Valley State Park. dwelling in Mesa Verde.
to include as many highlights of the American to the south of Phoenix, before doubling back State” of Utah. • Get adventurous in • Channel your inner
Southwest as possible. All, apart from the two- to reach Sedona and Grand Canyon. The two- • Take a riverside stroll in Moab, and head up cowboy beneath the
day tour of Las Vegas, are road trips involving week tour follows a huge loop around Grand ravishing Zion Canyon, to the rocky spans of mighty buttes of
plenty of driving. The first week-long tour sets Canyon, taking in spectacular national parks, and get lost among the Arches National Park Monument Valley.
off from Albuquerque for art-infused Santa Fe the Rocky Mountains, and Monument Valley. spiked rock formations and the hundred-mile • Abandon yourself to
and Taos, and then heads west to explore Follow your favorite tours, or dip in and out, Green RiverGreen River ArchesArches of Bryce Canyon. vistas of Canyonlands. the abyss at Grand
des erts and Indian reservations. The tour of picking those experiences that most inspire. NationalNational • Hike to the hidden oasis • Thread through the Canyon’s South Rim.
ParkPark of Calf Creek Falls and Rockies on the San Juan • Motor back to Las Vegas
Goblin ValleyGoblin Valley
Green
Green
State ParkState Park Dead HorseDead Horse wander among the Skyway, then clamber on legendary Route 66.
PointPoint MoabMoab
Capitol ReefCapitol Reef State ParkState Park
National ParkNational Park Key
CanyonlandsCanyonlands OurayOuray
La SalLa Sal
UTAHUTAH National ParkNational Park JunctionJunction TellurideTelluride One Week Tour from
Red Mountain PassRed Mountain Pass Albuquerque
Calf CreekCalf Creek
Colorado River
NavajoNavajo FallsFalls SilvertonSilverton One Week in Arizona
LoopLoop
ZionZion Colorado River HovenweepHovenweep Two Weeks in the Southwest
National ParkNational Park Bryce CanyonBryce Canyon NationalNational COLORADOCOLORADO
National ParkNational Park Monument Monument
DurangoDurango
LakeLake
Virgin River MonumentMonument National ParkNational Park NavajoNavajo
Virgin River
PowellPowell
Mesa VerdeMesa Verde
ReservoirReservoir
Las Vegas NavajoNavajo ValleyValley TaosTaos
PuebloPueblo
The dazzling lights of the casinos National MonumentNational Monument
and mega-resorts illuminate this LakeLake TaosTaos
Colorado River
MeadMead
24-hour city. LasLas Colorado River GrandGrand Canyon de ChellyCanyon de Chelly
VegasVegas Hoover DamHoover Dam Hopi PointHopi Point CanyonCanyon GrandviewGrandview NationalNational
Grand CanyonGrand Canyon PointPoint MonumentMonument Chaco CultureChaco Culture ChimayóChimayó
VillageVillage Desert ViewDesert View NationalNational
Historic ParkHistoric Park Santa FeSanta Fe
TurquoiseTurquoise
Museum ofMuseum of TrailTrail
One Week in Arizona SeligmanSeligman Northern ArizonaNorthern Arizona
FlagstaffFlagstaff
AlbuquerqueAlbuquerque
Walnut CanyonWalnut Canyon
• Learn about Arizona’s past in SedonaSedona NationalNational AcomaAcoma
MonumentMonument
Phoenix’s Heard Museum PuebloPueblo
and visit Frank Lloyd Wright’s Montezuma CastleMontezuma Castle
studio in Scottsdale. National MonumentNational Monument ARIZONAARIZONA NEW MEXICONEW MEXICO 0 miles 100
• Head up the Apache Trail 0 kilometers 100
into the Superstition
Mountains and breathe the TontoTonto
rarefied air inside Biosphere 2. NationalNational
TaliesinTaliesin Monument Monument One Week Tour from Albuquerque
• Hike among the giant cacti WestWest
Salt t
Sal
in Saguaro National Park. PhoenixPhoenix ApacheApache
• Visit the Spanish Colonial TrailTrail GlobeGlobe • Cruise down Route 66 • Explore the ancient
in Albuquerque, New
ruins of remote
mission church, San Xavier Mexico’s largest city. Chaco Canyon,
del Bac, then imagine dodg- • Stroll around the deep in the desert.
ing bullets in Tombstone.
BiosphereBiosphere historic plaza of Santa • Tour the magnificent
• Experience the New Age 2 2 Fe, admire its adobe rock-splendor of the
Saguaro
amid the red rocks and Saguaro architecture, and visit Canyon de Chelly,
National Park
flowing streams of Sedona. National Park
Tucson
Arizona-SonoraArizona-Sonora Tucson its stunning museums. in the heart of the
• Gaze into the depths of Desert MuseumDesert Museum • Spend a night in tiny Navajo reservation.
The Mission Trail
The Mission Trail
the Grand Canyon from San XavierSan Xavier Taos, home to a thriving • Admire the impregnable
the overlooks along Desert Grand Canyon del Bacdel Bac arts colony, and visit mesa-top fortress of
The South Rim offers unforgettable views
View Drive. TombstoneTombstone
across the canyon’s gorges and orange- TubacTubac Taos Pueblo. Acoma Pueblo.
hued hilltops, especially at sunset.
NogalesNogales
The Southwest (oil on canvas) by Walter Ufer (1876–1936)
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Date 26th November 2012
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