Arizona Tour by Alexis E. and Frédérik G.

Discover Arizona in 5 days

We propose you a tour of 5 days in the depths of Arizona, starting from the most famous U.S. road, Route 66 also known as "The Main Street of America".

             We will depart by plane from International airport Charles de Gaules in Paris to arrive in Los Angeles. After that we will take another plane to go to the airport of Gallup in Arizona. For the rest of the travel we will take a bus.

Meteor Crater Site

             When we will arrive in Arizona Sunday afternoon by the Route 66, we will go to the Petrified Forest National Park where we can see a lot of deposits of petrified wood dating about 225 million years ago. Then we will go near to the park, in Holbrook to eat in the Mesa Italiana Restaurant and after we will go to sleep in the Wigwam Motel. 
             Monday morning we will go to Standin' on the Corner Park in Winslow where we will stay only 1 hour. Then we will move up the Meteor Crater where first we will eat and after we will visit the meteor impact site. We will reach Flagstaff for the evening and we will dining and sleep in the Little America Hotel. 

Grand Canyon

             Next morning we will take the train in Williams on Grand Canyon Railway for a day in Grand Canyon village. During this day, the most courageous people will get down the Grand Canyon and eat down the canyon. The morning, the other will have the chance to see the canyon by the air in a plane and then the afternoon they will visit the village and the visitor center. The entire group will meet again at the Grand Canyon Cavern campground where we will eat barbecue around a fire and spend the night in peace. 
             The next day we will go for a horse ride in the Arizona desert in which we will eat picnic. We will be back for the evening to spend another night in the tents. 

Hoover Dam

             The next morning we will go for Kingman, here we will visit the Route 66 museum and we will take a walk in the old train park in the city. The afternoon we will visit the Army Airfield Museum of Kingman and some of us can try to play golf on the Cerbat Cliffs Golf Course. The group will spend the night in the Hill Top Motel after having eaten a burger in Mr D'z Route 66 Diner Restaurant. 
             For the last day we will travel up the Hoover Dam on the border between California and Arizona.    

             We will return in France starting from the airport of Las Vegas to New York airport. Then we will take the direction of Paris by plane.

Photos Websites: 

Meteor Crater Site =>  http://www.meteorcrater.com/layout/img/Meteor-Crater-Home.jpg

Grand Canyon =>  http://yabbedoo.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/grand-canyon4-yabbedoo.jpg

Hoover Dam => http://stubs.s.t.pic.centerblog.net/2dc2ac41.gif