 Discover Arizona, USA
Monument Valley, Arizona
Author: Bernard Gagnon (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported)
Arizona is a state in southwestern United States. It is the 48th state in the Union, being the last contiguous state that joined the United States of America, which it did, on 14 February, 1912, fifty years after it became a territory of the United States.
Guide to Arizona Hotels
Here's a list of hotels in Arizona that you can book online, listed by city, with full description, star rating, address, location map, evaluation, and prices as offered by different booking sites.
Lower Antelope Canyon, Arizona
Author: Meckimac (Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0)
More on Arizona
Arizona covers an area of 113,998 sq mi (295,254 sq km). Its biggest city as well as state capital is Phoenix. The Phoenix Metropolitan Area includes some of the biggest cities in the state if counted separately.
Arizona shares a border with New Mexico, Utah, Nevada and California, and just touches the border with Colorado. It also has a 389-mile (626-km) international boundary with Baja California in Mexico.
Arizona is a state where you can find part the Grand Canyon as well as many natural parks, forest preserves, national monuments and Native American reservations.
Stout Arch, Mystery Valley, Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, Arizona
Author: Bernard Gagnon (Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.5 Generic)
Budget Travel to Arizona
Most people either fly to Arizona or go there by road. The main airports for the state are the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) and the Tucson International Airport (TUS). Smaller airports include the Flagstaff Pulliam Airport (FLG), Laughlin/Bullhead International Airport (IFP) and Yuma International Airport (YUM).
View from Schnebly Hill Road, Sedona
Author: Doug Dolde (public domain)
Interstate highways I-10, I-8, I-40, I-19, and US Highways 93, 60, 160 and 89 are some of the highways that you can take to enter Arizona. The I-10 goes east-west to Tucson and Phoenix. From I-10, you can take I-8 to Yuma. The I-40 takes you to Flagstaff, Williams and Kingman.
Painted Desert, Arizona
Author: Jon Sullivan (public domain)
Budget Travel within Arizona
You do need a car to properly explore Arizona. You can find a car-rental company at all the airports in the state. Your other option is to take the bus. Greyhound has services to most of the cities in the state.
Business in Arizona
With a larger economy than Ireland or New Zealand, Arizona is largely owned by the US government and the state is the largest employer in the region followed by large retail store chains and financial service providers. Also well represented are health care, aerospace manufacturing and mining companies who have chosen Arizona office space.
Sedona, Arizona
Author: Joseph Plotz (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported)
Stout Arch, Mystery Valley, Arizona
Author: Bernard Gagnon (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported)
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