Sights for Walkers

Any sights in Phoenix that a walker without a car can see? Other than museums %26amp; such, of course. How reliable is the public transport? Intrested in some light hiking...

Sights for Walkers

Tell us more. Where will you be staying? The public transport is buses, and is very reliable, but the distances are large across the valley. Light rail will be opening in December. It%26#39;s best to have a car in Phoenix or Scottsdale.

Sights for Walkers

I%26#39;m not sure where to stay, have heard that Scottsdale is better?

I%26#39;ll be arriving by bus %26amp; leaving by plane.

Central Avenue between downtown up to Dunlap (bus 0) is the best. Might be a bit for a walk. Downtown and by the Central Library and Phx Art Museum is a park and Japanese garden. If you are in Phx for a first Friday of the month, Art galleries from downtown 7th Street to Central to 7th Avenue are open.

there is a canal system that cuts right through town. If you could get a bike rental (check cityofphx online) and ride along the banks. That brings you from Tempe all the way past the Biltmore to Central Phx. Water stations along the way and few spots where you actually have to cross the streets.

It depends on what you want to see when you walk and how much you want to spend.

The Arizona Grand Resort is on the Phoenix city bus lines and is also right next to a large mountain preserve where you can walk for dozens of miles in the desert. (It%26#39;s very safe, and you%26#39;re never far from help - take a cell phone.) There are trails for all levels of difficulty.

It%26#39;s the same story in a different part of town where either the Pointe Hilton Squaw Peak or Pointe Hilton Tapatio Cliffs are on major streets with bus service and adjacent to another large mountain preserve with many trails. Of the two, Tapatio may offer more in that regard.

If you like urban walking, Old Town Scottsdale may be your best bet. You can spend a lot of money at places like the Hotel Valley Ho (retro chic), Mondrian, or, soon, the ';W';. Or, you could stay at the Courtyard by Marriott or Hampton Inn downtown Scottsdale. There%26#39;s even a Motel 6 on Camelback Rd next to one of the nicest malls in the state.

Downtown Tempe is a college town with lots to do, and it%26#39;s a reasonable walking distance from papago Park, with its many trials and the Phoenix Zoo. The best hotel there is the Mission Palms. Since Tempe is where AZ State University is located, they may have Greyhound service there.

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