General Arizona, Tucson, and the University of Arizona (an alphabetized
listing of all sorts of useful information about Tucson, scroll down past
the Arizona stuff to get to the Tucson links):

Tucson Weekly Magazine
http://www.tucsonweekly.com

Local attractions:

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attractions-g60950-Activities-Tucson_Arizona.html

http://www.tucsonguidemagazine.com

http://www.visittucson.org

http://www.tucsonattractions.com

http://www.southernarizonaguide.com

Downtown Tucson
http://www.downtowntucson.org/

Saguaro National Park
http://www.nps.gov/sagu/index.htm
http://www.nps.gov/sagu/planyourvisit/brochures.htm

Kartchner Caverns
http://azstateparks.com/Parks/KACA/index.html

Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
http://www.desertmuseum.org/

Pima Air & Space Museum and Titan Missile Museum
http://www.pimaair.org/

Kitt Peak National Observatory
http://www.noao.edu/kpno/

Mt. Lemmon Sky Center
http://skycenter.arizona.edu/index.html

Mt. Lemmon, Sabino Canyon and other Coronado National Forest Recreation
Areas
http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/coronado

AZ State Parks
http://www.pr.state.az.us/

Weather
http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?site=twc&smap=1&textField1=32.236&textField2=-110.952&mp=1

Hiking
http://arizona.sierraclub.org/trail_guide/
http://www.localhikes.com/MSA/MSA_8520.asp

Mountainbiking/road biking:
http://www.cherba.com/atmb.htm
Sonoran Desert Mountain Bike Club - www.sdmb.org
Greater Arizona Bicycle Association - www.bikegaba.org

The bike rental places that we recommend are:
Cycle Tucson is a new business that rents bikes on a delivery/pick-up only
basis, delivery/pick-up hours are sunrise to sunset. Their web site is
www.cycletucson.com and their phone number is (520) 245-6011.

Broadway Bicycles 520-296-7819 http://www.broadwaybicycles.com (about 10
minutes from us)
Fair Wheel Bikes 520-884-9018 ( near the university about 40 minutes
away but everyone who has rented there has been very pleased)

Purple Mountain Pack Goats
http://www.azpackgoat.com/

Arizona birding:
Southeastern Arizona Bird Observatory http://sabo.org
Tucson Chapter of the Audubon Society http://www.tucsonaudubon.org
Arizona Field Ornithologists http://azfo.org

Bird Check list for Saguaro Nat'l Park
http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/othrdata/chekbird/r2/saguaro.htm

Most recent postings from the Audubon Arizona-New Mexico birding list:
http://www.virtualbirder.com/vbirder/realbirds/rbas/AZ.html#AZTU

Arizona Daily Star/Tucson Citizen (newspapers web site)
http://www.tucson.com

 

Restaurants:
http://www.dotucson.com/home_d.htm
http://www.azmetro.com/tucmetro.html
http://www.tucsonrestaurantguide.com/

Tucson Music Organizations and Events
http://tucsonblues.org/
http://www.tucsonsymphony.org/
http://www.tucsonjazz.org/

Golf courses:
http://www.tucsongolfer.com/
http://www.tucsoncitygolf.com/courses.html
http://www.thegolfcourses.net/golfcourses/AZ/Tucson.htm

For reservations at all municipal golf courses: 520-791-4336 (option 4)
For course and rate information and to contact the municipal courses
520-791-GOLF

Yellow pages listings of the courses:
http://www.uswestdex.com/

The following numbers are for reservation services:
Stand-by golf (discount and advance tee times) 520-882-2665
Golf time (unrestricted tee times at reduced rates for most courses)
520-882-7675

Baseball spring training
http://www.tucsonbaseball.com/

Horseback riding:

Bobbi Houston, our neighbor, gives riding lessons on her property and trail
rides in Saguaro National Park directly across the road from us. Her web
site is http://www.tucsonhorsebackriding.com and her phone number is (520)
298-7450.

Colossal Cave Mountain Park Stables is about 20 minutes away but the trails
and scenery are worth it. They also do sunset rides, all-day trail rides,
you name it. (520) 647-3450

Fitness club with exercise and spa facilities, heated pool, tennis and
raquetball courts with daily and weekly rates (about 5 minutes away):

La Mariposa Tennis Club, http://www.lamariposaresort.com
(520) 749-1099
1501 N. Houghton Rd

Massage
A Touch of Distinction
(520) 751-8911
8230 E Broadway, Ste E9A
www.atouchofdistinction.com

Academy Village is an active retirement community in the Rincon Valley
which, in conjunction with the the Arizona Senior Academy, offers a wide
variety of programs ranging from the arts, travel, and life-long learning,
to community involvement and public service.
http://theacademyvillage.com/

http://www.asa-tucson.org/