San Xavier del Bac Mission, Tucson EVENTS IN THE AREA Blessing of the Vineyards Elgin sonoitavineyards.com Cochise Cowboy Poetry & Music Gathering Sierra Vista cowboypoets.org Fourth Avenue Spring and Winter Street Fairs Tucson fourthavenue.org International Day of Peace Ajo isdanet.org/idop SalsaFest Safford grahamchamber.org/events/ salsafest Tubac Anza Day Tubac azstateparks.com/tubac/events/ tubac-anza-day Tucson Festival of Books Tucson tucsonfestivalofbooks.org Tucson Gem and Mineral Show Tucson tgms.org/show Vigilante Days Tombstone tombstonechamber.com/ tombstone-community-events Willcox West Fest Ranch Rodeo & Chuck Wagon Cook-Off Willcox facebook.com/willcoxranchrodeo AREA HIGHLIGHTS Escape to rolling hillsides, picture-perfect rows of grape vines and unpretentious tasting rooms when you visit southeastern Arizona’s two American Viticultural Areas. The Sonoita/Elgin region is Arizona’s longest-established AVA and home to some of the state’s best-known winemakers, while the Willcox wine region grows more than 75 percent of Arizona’s wine grapes. O. K. CORRAL, TOMBSTONE SONOITA/ELGIN AND WILLCOX AVA WINE REGIONS when Southern Arizona was part of New Spain. Today, this National Historic Landmark on Tohono O’odham Tribal Lands is regarded as one of the finest examples of Spanish Colonial architecture in the country. ARIZONA-SONORA DESERT MUSEUM, TUCSON Transport yourself to the rough-and-tumble Wild West when you stand in the very place where the infamous gun fight occurred in 1881. Watch a daily re-enactment, walk through the 1880s stables and blacksmith shop, and see historic photographs of Tombstone life as it was “back then.” SAN XAVIER DEL BAC MISSION, TUCSON ORGAN PIPE CACTUS NATIONAL MONUMENT, AJO Scan here for more events A vision of white against vast blue skies and stark desert, this Catholic church known as the “White Dove of the Desert” was completed in 1797 O.K. Corral, Tombstone Cactuses flourish in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, the only place you can see large stands of organ pipe cactuses in the United States. Visit in the spring when gold poppies, blue lupine, pink owl clover and other annuals flower or in the summer when the park’s 31 species of cactuses bloom, both day and night. Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson 54 VISITARIZONA.COM CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: NICCI RADHE; O.K. CORRAL; VISIT TUCSON This multifaceted museum offers an array of experiences. Stroll the botanical gardens filled with Sonoran Desert plant life, see wildlife up-close at the on-site zoo, marvel at rocks and minerals at the natural history exhibits, spot underwater creatures at the Warden Aquarium and view artwork in the galleries.
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