Lonely Planet Southwest USA's Best Trips
Discover the freedom of the open road with Lonely Planet’s Southwest USA’s Best Trips. This trusted travel companion features 32 amazing road trips, from 2-day escapes to 2-week adventures. Take in the immensity of the Grand Canyon, soak up the beauty of Sedona along Highway 89A, and stop off in Moab for some biking or rafting. Get to Southwest USA], rent a car, and hit the road!

 

Inside Lonely Planet’s Southwest USA’s Best Trips:

Up-to-date information - all businesses were rechecked before publication to ensure they are still open after

2020’s COVID-19 outbreak

Lavish color and gorgeous photography throughout

Itineraries and planning advice to pick the right tailored trips for your needs and interests

Get around easily - easy-to-read, full-color route maps, detailed directions

Insider tips to get around like a local, avoid trouble spots and be safe on the road - local driving rules, parking, toll roads

Essential infoat your fingertips - hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, prices

Honest reviews for all budgets - eating, sleeping, sightseeing, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss

Useful features - including Stretch Your Legs,Detours, Link Your Trip 

Covers Arizona, Route 66, the Grand Canyon, Sedona, New Mexico, Taos, Jemez Mountains, Texas, Hill Country, Utah, Colorado, Nevada, Zion National Park, Bryce National Park and more

 

The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet Southwest USA’s Best Trips is perfect for exploring the region via the road and discovering sights that are more accessible by car.

 

Planning a Southwest USA trip sans a car? Lonely Planet’s Southwest USA, our most comprehensive guide to the region, is perfect for exploring both top sights and lesser-known gems.

 

About Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveler since 1973. Over the past four decades, we've printed over 145 million guidebooks and phrasebooks for 120 languages, and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travelers. You'll also find our content online, and in mobile apps, videos, 14 languages, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more, enabling you to explore every day. 

 

'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' – New York Times

 

'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves; it's in every traveler's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' – Fairfax Media (Australia)

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Lonely Planet Southwest USA's Best Trips
Discover the freedom of the open road with Lonely Planet’s Southwest USA’s Best Trips. This trusted travel companion features 32 amazing road trips, from 2-day escapes to 2-week adventures. Take in the immensity of the Grand Canyon, soak up the beauty of Sedona along Highway 89A, and stop off in Moab for some biking or rafting. Get to Southwest USA], rent a car, and hit the road!

 

Inside Lonely Planet’s Southwest USA’s Best Trips:

Up-to-date information - all businesses were rechecked before publication to ensure they are still open after

2020’s COVID-19 outbreak

Lavish color and gorgeous photography throughout

Itineraries and planning advice to pick the right tailored trips for your needs and interests

Get around easily - easy-to-read, full-color route maps, detailed directions

Insider tips to get around like a local, avoid trouble spots and be safe on the road - local driving rules, parking, toll roads

Essential infoat your fingertips - hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, prices

Honest reviews for all budgets - eating, sleeping, sightseeing, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss

Useful features - including Stretch Your Legs,Detours, Link Your Trip 

Covers Arizona, Route 66, the Grand Canyon, Sedona, New Mexico, Taos, Jemez Mountains, Texas, Hill Country, Utah, Colorado, Nevada, Zion National Park, Bryce National Park and more

 

The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet Southwest USA’s Best Trips is perfect for exploring the region via the road and discovering sights that are more accessible by car.

 

Planning a Southwest USA trip sans a car? Lonely Planet’s Southwest USA, our most comprehensive guide to the region, is perfect for exploring both top sights and lesser-known gems.

 

About Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveler since 1973. Over the past four decades, we've printed over 145 million guidebooks and phrasebooks for 120 languages, and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travelers. You'll also find our content online, and in mobile apps, videos, 14 languages, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more, enabling you to explore every day. 

 

'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' – New York Times

 

'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves; it's in every traveler's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' – Fairfax Media (Australia)

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Lonely Planet Southwest USA's Best Trips

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Discover the freedom of the open road with Lonely Planet’s Southwest USA’s Best Trips. This trusted travel companion features 32 amazing road trips, from 2-day escapes to 2-week adventures. Take in the immensity of the Grand Canyon, soak up the beauty of Sedona along Highway 89A, and stop off in Moab for some biking or rafting. Get to Southwest USA], rent a car, and hit the road!

 

Inside Lonely Planet’s Southwest USA’s Best Trips:

Up-to-date information - all businesses were rechecked before publication to ensure they are still open after

2020’s COVID-19 outbreak

Lavish color and gorgeous photography throughout

Itineraries and planning advice to pick the right tailored trips for your needs and interests

Get around easily - easy-to-read, full-color route maps, detailed directions

Insider tips to get around like a local, avoid trouble spots and be safe on the road - local driving rules, parking, toll roads

Essential infoat your fingertips - hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, prices

Honest reviews for all budgets - eating, sleeping, sightseeing, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss

Useful features - including Stretch Your Legs,Detours, Link Your Trip 

Covers Arizona, Route 66, the Grand Canyon, Sedona, New Mexico, Taos, Jemez Mountains, Texas, Hill Country, Utah, Colorado, Nevada, Zion National Park, Bryce National Park and more

 

The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet Southwest USA’s Best Trips is perfect for exploring the region via the road and discovering sights that are more accessible by car.

 

Planning a Southwest USA trip sans a car? Lonely Planet’s Southwest USA, our most comprehensive guide to the region, is perfect for exploring both top sights and lesser-known gems.

 

About Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveler since 1973. Over the past four decades, we've printed over 145 million guidebooks and phrasebooks for 120 languages, and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travelers. You'll also find our content online, and in mobile apps, videos, 14 languages, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more, enabling you to explore every day. 

 

'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' – New York Times

 

'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves; it's in every traveler's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' – Fairfax Media (Australia)


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781787016569
Publisher: Lonely Planet
Publication date: 09/06/2022
Series: Road Trips Guide Series
Edition description: 4th ed.
Pages: 368
Sales rank: 620,248
Product dimensions: 5.00(w) x 7.70(h) x 0.90(d)

Table of Contents

Plan Your Trip

Welcome to Southwest USA 7

Southwest USA Highlights 9

If You Like 20

Need to Know 22

City Guide 24

Southwest USA by Region 30

Southwest USA Classic Trips 32

On the Road

1 Four Corners Cruise 10 Days 35

2 Route 66: The Southwest 5-7 Days 47

Arizona 59

3 A Taste of the Old West 3 days 63

4 Grand Canyon North Rim & Lake Powell 3 days 71

5 Fantastic Canyon Voyage 4-5 days 79

6 Mogollon Rim Country 3-5 days 91

7 Southern Desert Wanderings 3-4 days 99

8 Highway 89A: Red Rock Country 2 days 107

9 Highway 95: Yuma to Lake Mead 3 days 115

10 Southwest Indian Nations Sojourn 3-4 days 123

New Mexico 137

11 High & Low Roads to Taos 1-4 days 141

12 Camino Real & Turquoise Trail 3-4 days 151

13 Georgia O'Keeffe Country 2-3 days 159

14 Highway 4: Jemez Mountains 2 clays 167

15 Enchanted Circle & Eastern Sangres 2 days 175

16 Las Cruces to Carlsbad Caverns 2-3 days 183

17 Geronimo Trail 2-3 days 191

18 Into the Gila 2 days 199

19 Highway 53 to Acoma 2 days 207

20 Billy the Kid Trail 2 days 215

Texas 227

21 Hill Country 2-5 days 231

22 Big Bend Scenic Loop 5-7 days 241

23 Texas Gulf Coast 4 days 249

24 Heart of Texas 4 days 257

Utah, Colorado & Nevada 269

25 Zion & Bryce National Parks 6 days 273

26 Scenic Byway 12 5 days 283

27 Moab & Southeastern National Parks 4 days 291

28 Monument Valley & Trail of the Ancients 5 days 299

29 Dinosaur Diamond Prehistoric Byway 6 days 307

30 San Juan Skyway & Million Dollar Highway 6-8 days 315

31 Colorado's High Country Byways 5-7 days 325

32 Highway 50: The Loneliest Road 3 days 333

Road Trip Essentials

Southwest USA Driving Guide 345

Southwest USA Travel Guide 350

Index 360

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