Tourism Guide: Discovering What Amazing Things North Phoenix Has to Offer You

Phoenix is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the fifth most populated city in the United States. The city ultimately became a major transportation hub in North America and a main transportation, financial, industrial, cultural and economic center of the Southwestern United States. Phoenix has a subtropical arid climate, with very hot summers and warm winters.

Phoenix Art Museum is the Southwest's largest destination for visual art from across the world which has proved a great fascination for tourists. The city includes the Arizona Science Center, Hall of Flame Firefighting Museum, Phoenix Museum of History, the Phoenix Zoo, the Pueblo Grande Museum and Cultural Park, and the Children's Museum of Phoenix. Phoenix has long been renowned for authentic Mexican food, thanks to both the large neighboring Mexican population and contiguity to Mexico.

The Phoenix area is surrounded by the McDowell Mountains to the northeast, the White Tank Mountains to the west, the Superstition Mountains far to the east, and the Sierra Estrella to the southwest. The city of Tempe has built two inflatable dams in the Salt River bed to create a year-round recreational lake, called Tempe Town Lake.

Other than the mountains in and around the city, the topography of Phoenix is generally flat, allowing the city's main streets to run on a precise grid with wide, open-spaced roadways. Phoenix is home to a large number of parks and recreation areas. The city fulfills all dreams and necessities of tourists making it an attractive spot to visit.