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| Phoenix's Sky Harbor International Airport
is by far the largest airport in the Southwest, served by many national
and international flights. After the US, travelers from Canada, Mexico
and the UK have the best air access to Phoenix. There's a fairly extensive
network of Amtrak trains and Greyhound buses serving the Southwest. The
Amtrak station is just south of downtown; the main Greyhound terminal
is just southeast of downtown, near the airport. Getting around Three miles (5km) southeast of downtown, Sky Harbor International Airport is connected with downtown by two Valley Metro bus lines, shuttle services and taxis. All the main car rental companies have airport offices, and many have offices in other parts of the valley or will deliver a car to your door. Valley Metro operates weekday buses all over the valley as well as a few routes on Saturday. Most stop operating in the early evening. Riders can use credit cards to pay their fare. The DASH bus system runs weekdays from downtown to the capitol, leaving every few minutes from dawn to dusk. Three to four hour narrated bus tours are a popular way of taking in the city's major sights. Several companies also do longer tours, such as a grueling 14 hour tour to the Grand Canyon. Truer to the Western spirit are the horse-drawn carriage tours of Old Town Scottsdale. Many companies offer 4WD tours into the surrounding desert, lasting anywhere from four hours to all day and stressing themes from ghost towns to natural history to Indian petroglyphs and ruins. Phoenix was hemmed in by a host of other towns before WWII, but massive growth in the years since has linked these into one huge, still-growing metropolitan area of over 2.3 million people. The major towns adjoining Phoenix - Mesa, Scottsdale and Tempe are the most interesting - combine to cover well over 1000 sq miles (2600 sq km) in an area locally referred to as 'The Valley of the Sun.' The valley is ringed by mountains that range from 2500ft (750m) in elevation to over 7000ft (2100m) and sits in the southcentral portion of Arizona, about 120 miles (190km) north of the Mexican border. Downtown Phoenix is primarily a government and financial center, with little to tempt the adventurous traveler apart from the state capitol, a few museums and a score of galleries. The copper-domed old state capitol, now housing a museum of early Arizona artifacts, sits just in front of the new capitol in the heart of downtown. Most of the must-see museums are along Central Ave, 1.5 miles (2.5km) east of the capitol. Southeast of downtown Phoenix, Tempe is home to Arizona State University. East of Tempe, Mesa is the second largest town in the valley and is home to several museums and Arizona's main Mormon Temple. Scottsdale, northeast of Phoenix and Tempe, is known for both its Old West downtown area and its swanky resorts. Phoenix's Sky Harbor International Airport It's easy to get to Greater Phoenix from just about everywhere. Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport is located just five minutes from downtown Phoenix. And while you're waiting for your flight back home, take time to enjoy the public art collections located throughout the terminals. The main streets dissecting Phoenix are Central Ave, running north-south, and Washington St, running east-west. Phoenix's major freeways include the northbound I-17 (Black Canyon Hwy), westbound I-10 (Papago Fwy), southbound I-10 (Maricopa Fwy) and eastbound Hwy 60 (Superstition Fwy). Phoenix's Sky Harbor International Airport is three miles (5km) southeast of downtown. Amtrak trains converge at Union Station, on the south side of downtown. Greyhound has its main bus terminal in Tempe and others in Buckeye, Chandler, Glendale, Mesa, Tolleson and Youngstown. |
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