Insight Guide to Arizona and the Grand Canyon is a pictorial travel guide in a magazine style providing answers to the key questions before or during your trip: deciding when to go to Arizona and the Grand Canyon, choosing what to see, from exploring Grand Canyon National Park to discovering Tucson or creating a travel plan to cover key places like Sedona, Monument Valley, Navajo Nation and the Chiricahua National Monument. This is an ideal travel guide for travellers seeking inspiration, in-depth cultural and historical information about Arizona and the Grand Canyon as well as a great selection of places to see during your trip.
The Insight Guide Arizona and the Grand Canyon covers: Grand Canyon National Park, Flagstaff, Four Corners, Monument Valley, Phoenix, West Coast, Sedona, Mogollon Rim, White Mountains, Tucson
In this travel guide you will find:
IN-DEPTH CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL FEATURES
Created to explore the culture and the history of Arizona and the Grand Canyon to get a greater understanding of its modern-day life, people and politics
BEST OF
The top attractions and Editor's Choice highlighting the most special places to visit around Arizona and the Grand Canyon
CURATED PLACES, HIGH QUALITY MAPS
Geographically organised text cross-referenced against full-colour, high quality travel maps for quick orientation in the Grand Canyon National Park, Flagstaff, Phoenix, Tucson and many more locations in Arizona and the Grand Canyon.
COLOUR-CODED CHAPTERS
Every part of Arizona and the Grand Canyon, from Northern Arizona and Central Arizona to Southern Arizona has its own colour assigned for easy navigation
TIPS AND FACTS
Up-to-date historical timeline and in-depth cultural background to Arizona and the Grand Canyon as well as an introduction to Arizona and the Grand Canyon's Food and Drink and fun destination-specific features.
PRACTICAL TRAVEL INFORMATION
A-Z of useful advice on everything from when to go to Arizona and the Grand Canyon, how to get there and how to get around, as well as Arizona and the Grand Canyon's climate, advice on tipping, etiquette and more.
STRIKING PICTURES
Features inspirational colour photography, including the stunning Monument Valley and the spectacular Canyon de Chelly National Monument.

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Insight Guides Arizona & Grand Canyon
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Table of contents
- How To Use This E-Book
- Arizona’s Top 10 Attractions
- Editor’s Choice
- Introduction: The Grand Canyon State
- The cultural landscape
- Decisive Dates
- Native heritage
- The Spanish era
- A hostile takeover
- Birth and rebirth
- The naked Earth
- Desert life
- Insight: A mountain in reverse
- Outdoor adventure
- Exploring ancient Arizona
- Ghost towns
- The Arizona cowboy
- Introduction: Places
- Introduction: Northern Arizona
- Grand Canyon National Park
- Colorado river rafting
- Flagstaff and environs
- Page and the Arizona Strip
- Navajo and Hopi Reservations
- Introduction: Central Arizona
- Arizona’s west coast
- Phoenix and environs
- Insight: The Heard Museum
- Sedona and the Verde Valley
- Insight: Bird watching
- Mogollon Rim and the Tonto Basin
- White Mountains and East Central
- Introduction: Southern Arizona
- Tucson and environs
- Insight: Wine Country
- Border Country
- Transport
- A-Z: A Handy Summary of Practical Information
- Further Reading
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