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Scottsdale, Arizona Spa Resorts
Scottsdale was famous as a vacation spot long before it became
a city. Not many years ago, it was a crossroads where cowboys
rode in on Saturday nights along the unpaved trails to celebrate
the end of the week. Now it is considered the shopping and
art center of the Valley of the Sun.
Geographically, Scottsdale covers about 185 square miles.
It has some of the country’s most exclusive and expensive
resorts within its boundaries, but there are also middle class
neighborhoods. At the Little Red Schoolhouse visitors begin
a self-guided walking tour to fourteen destinations. The site
of the first general store; Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic
Church, which is home to the Scottsdale Symphony; and a vintage
blacksmith who still keeps local horses shod in the present
day, are points of interest. Olive trees planted by town founder
General Winfield Scott; Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary
Art; the tastefully rendered Fashion Square mega mall; and
The Borgata are among other places featured on the tour.
Many Scottsdale events center upon its three cultures: Native
American, Spanish, and western pioneer. More than 90 art galleries
offer paintings, sculpture, and crafts.
Scottsdale has a thriving downtown, outstanding art galleries,
and many restaurants that offer the finest cuisine from the
cultural traditions represented.
Indian Bend Wash has been developed into the city’s most
popular park and accompanying lake. The park runs the length
of Scottsdale along Hayden Boulevard. Roller skating, fishing,
soccer, volleyball, baseball and jogging are among the activities
provided there year round.
There are also equestrian activities of all types - everything
from English and Western performances to roping, jumping,
and halter events, as well as those that feature the Arabian,
the Quarter Horse, and the world's longest horse-drawn parade.
If your interests run to golf, tennis, fine cuisine, classic
cars, art, music, or hot air ballooning, Scottsdale has these
too, and more.
North Scottsdale is the home of Rawhide, an authentic 1880’s
western town. It has shops, a museum, an ice cream parlor,
a stagecoach ride and a Canestoga wagon. More than twenty
shops sell handmade jewelry and crafts.
For many years, Scottsdale has been known as "The West's
Most Western Town." Scottsdale was voted the Most Livable
City by the U.S. Conference of Mayors in 1993, and is consistently
named among the top cities in the country in which to raise
children, to retire, and is rated the number one resort community
in America.
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