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Downtown Historic Area

Prescott, AZ
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Ranked #3 of 21 attractions in Prescott
Type: Historic Sites
Activities: City walk sightseeing, Shopping
Description: Many of Prescott's buildings that are listed in the National Register of Historic Places are located downtown.
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Bend, OR
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12 reviews 12 reviews
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed June 14, 2013 NEW

The historic district has lovely houses, tree lined streets, and filled with restaurants and shops. Courthouse park great to sit in and watch the world go by and catch a spot of shade on those hot AZ days.

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Huntington Beach, Ca
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24 reviews 24 reviews
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed June 8, 2013

Always enjoyable to step back in time and walk around an old "Hometown Style" downtown area. Plenty to see with eclectic mix of Antique, ice cream, and clothing stores. Even a "whiskey Row" if you want to wet your whistle. Very nice central courthouse area and park.

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Zuni, New Mexico
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18 reviews 18 reviews
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed June 3, 2013

You can tell that Prescott takes pride in its town. Everything was so well kept up and clean. The courthouse square is just beautiful with its green grass and lovely big shade trees. The antique stores were great. You can spend hours and hours looking in all those stores. Looking forward to visiting again.

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Glendale, Arizona, United States
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21 reviews 21 reviews
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed May 31, 2013

Prescott had a Art show and food booths. The people were all carefree and the weather was nice and breezy. People laughed and enjoyed the many people enjoying the Memorial weekend together. Many people had dogs and the snow cones were top notch. Definitely want to come back to Prescott.

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Prescott, Arizona
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed May 28, 2013

Yesterday, Memorial Day, we went down to the courthouse square for the Phippin Museum Western Art Fair. This is only one of many summertime events there. This show only filled 1/2 the square with paintings, sculptures and carvings. The artists are very approachable and engage easily in discussing their subject, the media, their location, etc. Just one block down Montezuma... More

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Carlsbad, California
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed May 14, 2013

We visited Historic Downtown on Mother's Day. They set up an art fair around the Town Hall building and it was fun to walk around the block visiting the booths and seeing the artist's offerings. This town makes you feel like you are back in time. It's clean, well tended, with statues and fountains. Worth the visit.

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Peoria, Arizona
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7 reviews 7 reviews
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed May 14, 2013

If you enjoy antiques it's a must do on your list, depending on how in-depth you want to get you could take hours going through these stores.

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Oracle, AZ
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed May 12, 2013

A wonderful Courthouse in a delightful square with Whiskey Row along one side! Great saloons, including 'The Palace'

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Sequim, Washington
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed May 8, 2013

A stroll along Whiskey Row is well worth it, lined with abundant art galleries and many taverns/pubs/alehouses. The people in Prescott were so friendly, I was impressed, and I'm talking regular people walking along the street not trying to sell you anything! It's a bit touristy, of course, but not as bad as some places, and there were plenty of... More

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Phoenix
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed May 7, 2013

Lots of stores for shopping; many many restaurants to choose from; some stores sell local artisans items; it is definitely a dog friendly place.

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