Cheapest flights to Tucson

After serving as a colonial outpost under the Spanish and Mexicans, and then as territorial capital for both the US and Confederate governments, Tucson (pronounced TOO-sonn ) a mere sixty miles north of Mexico on the cross-country I-10 has grown into a modern mini-metropolis of nearly a million people without entirely sacrificing its historic quarters. It suffers from the same Sunbelt sprawl as Albuquerque and Phoenix, it does have a wanderable center, some enjoyable restaurants and a pretty good nightlife, energized by the 35,000 students at the University of Arizona. It is also redeemed by having so much superb landscape within easy reach, from the forested flanks of Mount Lemmon to the rolling foothills of Saguaro National Park.

Three blocks south, engulfed by the Tucson Convention Center complex, the adobe Sosa-Carrillo-Frémont House, 151 S Granada Ave (Wed-Sat 10am-4pm; free), is the sole survivor of a neighborhood torn down during the 1960s. Built for merchant Leopoldo Carrillo in 1858, it was briefly rented by former explorer John C Frémont when he was Governor of Arizona in 1878. Though much restored, it offers a vivid sense of the more civilized side of frontier life.

Tucson's other main area of interest, around the University of Arizona, spreads between Sixth Street and Speedway Boulevard, a mile east of downtown. Its highlights are the on-campus Arizona State Museum (Mon-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun noon-5pm; free), where an exceptionally comprehensive assembly of Native American artifacts from the very earliest days traces the evolution of the various Southwest tribes, and the Center for Creative Photography (Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat & Sun noon-5pm; $2), featuring work by Ansel Adams, among other modern masters.

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