There are many different places to shop in the Phoenix/Scottsdale areas. Phoenix high-end shopping is best at The Biltmore Fashion Park, located at 24th st and Camelback rd. It is an outdoor shopping area with all the boutiques as well as Macys and Saks Fifth Avenue. There are many places to eat in the beautifully landscaped shopping area as well. Down the street from there at Colenade Mall area there is Last Chance. This is an outlet for Nordstroms last chance items. It is a well kept secret that you really have to sort through the items and sometimes mess to find your treasure. It is well worth it on a good day. The Scottsdale great shopping besides Scottsdale mall is the Kierland Commons outdoor high-end shopping. This too is a great ,beautiful area to stroll around while window-shopping at all the great stores. No department stores are found here.  There are also many little strip malls that have great boutiques all up and down Scottsdale Rd. Enjoy! If you are staying further south, Chandler Fashion Center is a great mall too. It is located at Chandler Blvd and loop 101, very easy to find. They have everything and it's surrounded by really good restaurants.

    If you are really looking for values and the opportunity to shop in a "cool" environment- Arizona Mills is the place to go! Over 180 retailers to choose from with some favorites including Neiman Marcus Last Call, Saks fifth Avenue Off 5th and Kenneth Cole Outlet. The kids have a ball playing at Gameworks and seeing an IMAX film about the Grand Canyon and the men enjoyed stocking up at the only Perry Ellis store in AZ for the office. Lunch at Rainforest Cafe was a delight and honestly the entire day was FUN!