Scottsdale

Scottsdale needs 1 day: touring the Museum of Illusions, with over 60 optical illusion and hologram installations, and strolling through Old Town Scottsdale, the historic center with Southwestern art galleries and luxury spas, the same afternoon. November-April avoids the extreme Sonoran Desert heat, which tops 40°C in summer. It's expensive, with Arizona's highest concentration of golf and spa resorts. It calls itself 'The West's Most Western Town,' and its mild winter desert climate made it a favorite retreat and golf destination for Hollywood stars since the 1940s.