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Posted in Arizona on Mar 4th, 2010
Dear Arizona Travel:
I will be staying at [name redacted] resort in Scottsdale, AZ from April 18th thorough April 22nd, I would like to tour the Grand Canyon. How far is it from the hotel? How much will it cost? trasportation? how long will the trip be? Give all possible details please.
Thanks.
Natalia
Hi, Natalia!
The South Rim of [...]
Posted in Arizona on Mar 3rd, 2010
Dear Arizona Travel,
My wife and I will be visiting Sedona in April, and then will spend a few days on the South Rim. I want to go ahead of her by a day to do some hiking and would like to find out if there is a bus or shuttle service from Sedona to the [...]
Posted in Arizona on Jan 21st, 2010
Dear Arizona Travel:
I am visiting my son in February who lives in Phoenix, my sister and daughter are coming along and have never been to Arizona. We are only there 4 days and I want to give them a crash course of the area. We will be in Sedona for a night and would like [...]
Posted in Arizona on Jan 21st, 2010
Coincidentally, we had two visitors email us at theCanyon.com this week asking how they could see the Grand Canyon and Monument Valley in one day trip. Hmm, okay, yes you can do that. But both these visitors specified that they’ll be starting their trips from Las Vegas, Nevada and wanted to see the West Rim [...]
Posted in Arizona on Sep 16th, 2009
We got an email from a visitor to theCanyon.com, our Grand Canyon tours and hotels guide, today that totally struck a chord with me. I think Diana’s question is really common and who better to answer than another mom? Check it out and see if it will help you with your Grand Canyon [...]
Posted in Arizona on Aug 11th, 2009
On a recent Diane Rehm Show broadcast on National Public Radio, guest host Susan Page spoke with historian, Douglas Brinkley, and Department of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, about President Theodore Roosevelt’s vision for preserving America’s wilderness and the future of our national parks and monuments.
The national park system will celebrate its centennial in 2016 and [...]
Posted in Arizona on Aug 8th, 2009
Another great reader question came in this week from our guide to Flagstaff and Grand Canyon tours:
Good morning,
We would like to know whether is there any helicopter tour flying directly from Flagstaff to the Grand Canyon. We are not interesting in the tour that picks you from the hotel in flagstaff and drives you by [...]
Posted in Arizona on May 15th, 2009
The North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park opened for the season on May 15, 2009. All National Park Service visitor facilities and services are open. Grand Canyon Lodge North Rim, a Forever Resorts property and Grand Canyon Trail Rides also commenced their season operations on May 15.
At noon on October 16, 2009 Grand Canyon [...]
Posted in Arizona on Jan 22nd, 2009
Tickets are now available for the Grand Canyon Railway’s enormously popular The Polar Express for its ninth season. Based on the classic children’s book by Chris Van Allsburg, this Christmastime attraction will run in 2009 and early 2010 on selected dates from November 13, 2009 through January 9, 2010. Tickets for The Polar Express sell [...]
Posted in Arizona on Jul 8th, 2008
Cheers to Christina for always writing some very helpful, useful and enjoyable information, thus allowing me to chime in with some random and maybe pointless information. Thanks, Christina! With gas prices on the up and up, travel destinations like the Grand Canyon are taking a hit. Maybe a different point of view is in order? [...]
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