This is a really unique little town. Definately alot of history.Worth the trip. Check out the Queen's Mine tours while your there. Reservations recommended.

Spent a weekend in Bisbee in December. Fun little town, do the Queen mine tour, hit the restaurants, try the bar at the Copper Queen hotel. We stayed at the San Jose Lodge just outside of town as we were worried about the noise at night and getting some sleep based on other reviews. The San Jose Lodge was not walking distance to town as advertised, it was several miles away and very close to the border. I will try the Copper Queen the next time we go, we looked at the rooms and while small, they seemed clean & nicely decorated. They had a small scale motorcycle rally/bbenefit going while we were there, toys for tots I think. We flew into the local airport, they let us use a courtesy car just for the gas we used. Nice folks at the airport!

Bisbee is 90 miles Southeast of Tucson. Combining it with a trip to Tombstone works, because Tombstone is 22 miles away and if you are driving from Tucson, you get to Tombstone first.

You must have your own car to get to Bisbee. There is limited public transit and the Lavender Tours inside Bisbee. Some mountain driving as you approach Bisbee and go through the Mule Pass Tunnel. On Arizona Route 80, when you come out the other side of the tunnel, if you can look to your left and you see the town and the houses scattered on the hillsides. Make sure you plot your course before you go because of the crazy quilt streets, some of which are really alleys. Try not to use your own car once in Bisbee. If you are not in good shape, think twice everything is on hills.

My favorite shop in town is the funky honey shop. The woman who runs it is a character. She will remember faces, she remembered me after a thirteen month absence. If you don't stay there, at least eat in the famous Copper Queen hotel. If you want good Mexican food, there is Santiago's next door on Howell Avenue.

We visited Tombstone and then Bisbee, AZ last January, 2007, while visiting relatives in Arizona. We enjoyed both towns very much. If you stay overnight in Tombstone - do get up early and walk down the main street - you get an entirely different feeling - almost like you are walking down the street in the 1800's.

But, when we arrived in Bisbee, AZ early in the morning, there were a lot of homeless guys sitting around in front of the museum and, generally, around town. We ate lunch at the Bisbee Grand Hotel and I recommend it highly. Also, the mine tour was unique and fun. We then looked around town a bit.

My brother and husband waited for my sister in law and I while we looked around an antique shop. When we came out of the shop, they were standing across the street next to the library. While waiting, my husband sat our camera case (with $500 worth of digital equipment inside) on top of a newspaper dispensing box. HARD LESSON LEARNED: DON'T SIT VALUABLES DOWN ANYWHERE!!! AND WATCH, WATCH, WATCH the vagrants.

To make a long story short, my husband and brother crossed the street and no sooner had they gotten to the other side when we realized the camera bag was left on the other side of the street. I looked across the street just as a grungy homeless young guy walked by - and POOF, in just an instant - no camera!
The homelss guy ducked ithrough the door to the library and ran up the stairs - I ran across the street and dashed up the stairs after him only to find his backpack parked on a bench next to a PIT BULL.!

Tell me now, WHO ALLOWS PIT BULLS IN THE HALLWAY OF A LIBRARY IN A TOURIST TOWN? Bisbee, AZ does. I was not about to deal with a Pit Bull - he could have been friendly or he could have taken my arm off. I ran up two more flights of stairs, but the guy was nowhere to be seen. Plus, he was much bigger than me.

I was so angry to think that a beautiful town like Bisbee would allow this kind of element to frequent tourist areas without any kind of police presence. There was nothing we could do. The worst part was the loss of family photos of our brand new niece and all of our vacations photos of our trip. . We were leaving the next day - so had no time for another trip to Flagstaff for more family photos.

Bottom line - be careful, no matter how NICE the area is. Don't let your guard down in Bisbee, Arizona

Sorry, I would share my Bisbee photos, but the homeless creep got them all!!
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