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They say never go to the grocery store hungry or you could walk out buying everything in Aisle 3. This Grocery Store Guide will be in both Miscellaneous Guides and Dining Guides. I've created an online map so our Guests can easily find their way to these stores from either Garcia House VR or
Yummy Mexican Food no more than Fifteen Minutes Drive. Tucson has got the distinction of having the "Best 23 Miles of Mexican Food In America". Look it up :-) It's so true. With that in mind and the countless Mexican restaurants this town offers, I'm pointing you to some that
Mama Mia! That's a Good Pizza! Who doesn't love pizza -- not anybody I know that's for sure and our Guests do too. Tucson has way too many fantastic pizza joints so I decided to put together some of the very top pizza places and other good ones that are all within fifteen minutes drive.
Your Mother Always Told You Breakfast is the Most Important Meal of the Day. Going out to breakfast shouldn't have to be a chore driving for ages. Here's some very local, exceptionally good, and locally-owned and operated breakfast restaurants that will get you wanting to get up and out of
Beauty is in the eye of the the beer holder. There's no way I can include ALL the breweries/taprooms here as this is quite a thriving industry. Many breweries here do have their product available outside of their taprooms so even if you don't visit their establishments, you can still partake
I wonder if there is a bottle of Chard somewhere out there thinking about me too --Spirited Events and places around Tucson and Southern Arizona . . . We've got numerous events, a distillery right here in Tucson and some terrific wineries not far at all. Of course, be sure to refer to our Breweries
In Arizona, we salt margaritas not sidewalks . Watering Holes within Fifteen Minutes. I hope you're comfortable in either Garcia House or Glenn House but if you want to go out and bend an elbow, let me lead the way! I'll arrange the Guide Posts from closest to the VRs to the most distant
Keep Calm and Carry on To Tucson to see or participate in these Annual Sporting Events--We've only got but a handful of annual sporting events but they sure are good ones and include a PGA Golf Tournament, a major Bicycle Race, a youth soccer tournament and one terrific Rodeo!
Teamwork Makes the Dream Work! Just like any other city, we're proud of our sports teams and rightfully too! We've certainly got some winners here as we're lucky enough that the University of Arizona is located in our city with a top-notch Athletics department. We've got more
If you're a tennis buff, you'll already know that there's plenty of tennis available around Tucson and in some very upscale locations too but trying to keep to that close to our VRs theme, I am supplying info for just a handful:
May the Course be with you. A library could be filled with all the golf and courses Tucson has to offer so just keeping close to "home" or I should say our two VRs :-)
Walking, hiking and jogging around Tucson and Southern Arizona is so extensive there's no way to confine all the info to a quick guide but I'll try to put a sampling of places and thoughts here:
Life is like riding a bicycle - To keep your balance you must keep moving. The accolades Tucson gets for its cycling are well deserved and include our Mt. Lemmon at the top of the "Seven Best Rides in the World"; It's consistently rated as one of the top cycling cities in the U.S. : Tucson
We're lucky enough to have multiple Guides to Tucson and Southern Arizona. There's just so much to do and so many places to visit, I certainly can't provide it all in my small samplings of Guides for our Guests but others make a living out of doing that and provide enormous amounts of
To drive or not to drive -- That is the question! Many vacation rentals across this fair land couldn't put a single attraction less than fifteen minutes away and I've had to stop myself from including any more of them! Seriously I could go on and on! That is the true upside to either Garcia
The greatest part of a destination trip isn't actually getting there -- It's all the great stuff you enjoy along the way! There's so many attractions that are a part of Tucson but further than a quick fifteen minutes from either Garcia House or Glenn House. Add to that there's loads
What is life if not a gamble? We find a lot of our Guests enjoy a little time at our casinos and there have even been some lucky winners too! Tucson has four casinos and none are in the city proper but located on tribal land and operated by Native American tribes of this area. Some have accommodations
Tucson is loaded with wonderful shopping and this guide is for shopping that on a bad driving day in Tucson, won't take you more than twenty minutes. Probably an average of just ten minutes to reach any place here from either Glenn House or Garcia House. Shop Til You Drop!
We don't have to look far to find treasures. They can be discovered every time one visits a bookstore --I. find it amazing how many of our Guests have been avid readers. So much so that we created a "Little Free Library" in both Garcia House VR and Glenn House VR. I've never had
In LIfe it's not where you go but who you travel with. I touch on most questions our Guests have and some others that might not be thought of by our Guests. If you're bringing your dog with you, please give this guide a few moments of your time to acquaint yourself with a few things you might
Time spent playing with a child is never wasted. Things to do with children in Tucson--We don't get a lot of children staying with us but it does happen occasionally and in both of our VRs too. For the most part, we get grandparents who come to Tucson and see their grandchildren! Either way and
Annual events in Tucson and/or Southern Arizona in the month of January. Not in any particular order and no specific dates as they change from year to year. Click on the links for more info about each event.
Annual events in Tucson and/or Southern Arizona in the month of February. Not in any particular order and no specific dates as they change from year to year. Click on the links for more info about each event.
Annual events in Tucson and/or Southern Arizona in the month of March. Not in any particular order and no specific dates as they change from year to year. Click on the links for more info about each event.
Annual events in Tucson and/or Southern Arizona in the months of April through October. Not in any particular order and no specific dates as they change from year to year. Click on the links for more info about each event.
Annual events in Tucson and/or Southern Arizona in the month of November. Not in any particular order and no specific dates as they change from year to year. Click on the links for more info about each event.
Annual events in Tucson and/or Southern Arizona in the month of December. Not in any particular order and no specific dates as they change from year to year. Click on the links for more info about each event.