Just north of the university, 14 sublimely private and controlled acres deploy a succession of gardens crazed with flowers and trees, separated by little gates and laid out with the whimsy of an English estate. It is a feat to find your room, but on your way you bump into teams of gardeners busily planting pansies and stock, trimming hedges, cuttin... Moreg lawn. The Arizona Inn was built in 1930, in what was then the desert, by the rich and compassionate Mrs. Isabella Greenway. Today, 50 years after Mrs. Greenway’s death, staying there is like being the guest of a vastly wealthy great-aunt with centuries of Yankee tradition behind her, who is very happy that you are there but doesn’t really want to see too much of you. Afternoon tea is served in an immense library with dark oak tables and plenty of tempting books to borrow. Rooms are huge, furnished with mahogany, and where the mini-bars, in the best WASP tradition, are empty. Guests can take breakfast by the large but curiously private pool. The marmalade is made on the premises, thick, sweet, and rugged with peel. Dine on an extravagant dinner in the restaurant and leave feeling like one of the many movie stars that have stayed on this famous property.

Address:
2200 Elm St.
Tucson, Arizona
United States

Phone:
(520) 325-1541Less

Blue Canyon Gallery is the first place you reach driving into Magdalena from Socorro—the gallery, a house, and a kiln. In the shop one finds pottery made by owner Barbara Moore, and jewelry made by Indians on the nearby Alamo Navajo Reservation.

Address:
Old Highway 60
Magdalena, New Mexico
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Phone:
(575) 854-2953Less

Eight miles off Interstate 25, Bosque del Apache is an oasis of dirt roads, meadows, and marshes.

Address:
1001 Hwy. 1 S.
San Antonio, New Mexico
United States

Phone:
(575) 835-1828

The center consists of a gallery, music studios, crafts studios, and a community theater that recently staged the locally written production of Justa Café.

Address:
101 N. Broad St.
Globe, Arizona
United States

Phone:
(928) 425-0884

The diminutive pie shop is one of the prizes of Pie Town.

Address:
Mile 56, U.S. Hwy. 60
Pie Town, New Mexico
United States

Phone:
(575) 772- 2700

The Apache Trail is a 40-mile route that curves east from Phoenix past towering saguaros. At its end lies the Noftsger Hill Inn Bed & Breakfast, a 1907 former schoolhouse overlooking the historic mining town of Globe. Rooms come with Mission-style rockers, fringed Victorian lampshades, locally stitched quilts, and original blackboards—com... Moreplete with chalk for commentary and doodles.

Address:
425 North St.
Globe, Arizona
United States

Phone:
(928) 425-2260Less

This Pie Town establishment sells butterscotch, dutch apple crumb, New Mexico apple, cherry, peach, blueberry, (and on weekends:) banana cream, coconut cream, and chocolate pies. Though pies are the obvious specialty, try the green-chile stew before ordering a hearty dessert.

Address:
U.S. Hwy. 60
Pie Town, Arizona... Morer /> United States

Phone:
(575) 772-2711Less