Where would you like to be right now? Lazing in the sunshine, soaking warm desert heat into your bones? Dipping into an aquamarine oasis of cool water? Window-shopping among world-class shops and boutiques or lingering over dinner in an upscale restaurant? How about hot-air ballooning above great stretches of desert or choosing from more than 200 golf courses to spend your day on?

We’re where you want to be. This is Arizona’s Valley of the Sun, including the cities of Phoenix, Tempe, Scottsdale, Mesa and Glendale, where warm winters and more than 300 days of sunshine lure visitors year round.

This is the home of the online version of The Insiders’ Guide^® to Phoenix, a comprehensive guidebook written by two local authors who know the Valley inside and out. It will give you a glimpse of what the book has to offer.

Our writers will lead you to the best restaurants, accommodations, shops, nightspots and attractions so you won’t have to waste your precious vacation time searching them out. In the print version of The Insiders’ Guide^® to Phoenix, you’ll find information on the Valley’s extra-special annual events and spectacular big-league sporting scene. There’s even a whole chapter devoted to entertaining kids. Newcomers and retirees, whether staying for a season or a lifetime, will find invaluable information on real estate, retirement, healthcare and education.