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primer Kartchner Caverns primer
The Kartchner Caverns, rated one of the world's 10 most beautiful caves, is an eerie wonderland of stalactites and stalagmites still growing beneath the Whetstone Mountains 40 miles southeast of Tucson.
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Inside the caverns

tour Kartchner Caverns: Virtual tour
Kartchner Caverns is a wet living cave into which water still percolates from the surface above and calcium carbonate features are still growing. It has an unusually wide variety of brilliantly colored cave formations, including the longest known Soda Straw stalactite formation in the world.

wonders More natural wonders
If you liked Kartchner Caverns, you'll love what else Arizona has to offer. Here are more places to explore:
• Monument Valley
• Saguaro National Park
• Chiricahua National Monument
• Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
• Petrified Forest National Park

More regional attractions
Southeastern Arizona is a place where visitors can get a look back at the Old West — an area once dominated by cowboys and Indians, and the cavalry. It's also the legendary home of the Apache leader Geronimo.
• Itinerary ideas for Southeastern Arizona

Chiricahuas Side trip: Chiricahua National Monument
There are two things you should bring on a weekend trip to Chiricahua National Monument: a camera and a disposable camera, as a back-up.
• Story: Trail traces Apache wars of late 1800s

directions Driving to the caverns
From Phoenix: Take I-10 east through Tucson to Arizona 90 and drive south for nine miles. The caverns are about 165 miles or 2-1/2 hours from Phoenix.

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Whoville minus the Grinch

Prescott is the kind of town you'd expect Santa to hit up first on Christmas Eve. • Boasting the world's largest gingerbread village, a 70-foot-plus Christmas tree in the town square, and a slew of long-held Christmas traditions, how could St. Nick not bestow a little extra attention on Arizona's self-proclaimed Christmas City? • Prescott (pronounced "Pres-kitt") is nestled in the pine-filled Bradshaw Mountains of Northern Arizona about 215 miles from Tucson. It begs visitors to abandon their cars, pull on a sweater and partake in the holiday cheer that fills the streets of the historic, Old West downtown. • "It's everybody's hometown, and it's a very friendly town," said Mayor Jack Wilson. "I think that's what our distinction is." • So if you'd rather see some pine trees instead of cacti for a change, and if you want an excuse to trade in your flip-flops and T-shirts for winter boots and chunky sweaters, then a getaway to Prescott is just a few hours away. • And if you're lucky, it just might snow. ...

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TRAIL: BIKE OLD SPANISH TRAIL

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