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South Mountain Park vs Taliesin West
Taliesin West and South Mountain Park are both recommended by travel writers. On balance, Taliesin West ranks significantly better than South Mountain Park. Taliesin West ranks #5 in Phoenix with approval from 6 reviews including Lonely Planet, Frommer's and Fodor's.
South Mountain Park
Fodor's
Travel + Leisure
Michelin Guide
Afar Magazine
10919 S Central Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85042
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Fodor's
"This desert wonderland, the world's largest city park (almost 17,000 acres), offers a wilderness of mountain-desert trails for hikers, bikers, and horseback riders."
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Travel + Leisure
"This 16,000-acre expanse may be the largest municipal park in the country, but you won’t find any softball fields or grassy concert venues here."
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Michelin Guide
1 Star
"Once a Hohokam hunting ground, later a mining camp and a Depression-era work camp, this municipal park offers impressive city views from Dobbins Lookout and 58 trails for hiking, biking and riding across its 25sq mi."
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Afar Magazine
"South Mountain is one of those natural phenomena... not to be missed in the cooler times of year."
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Taliesin West
Fodor's
Concierge
Frommer's
Lonely Planet
Travel + Leisure
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12621 North Frank Lloyd Wright Blvd., Scottsdale, AZ 85259
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Fodor's
"Wright and apprentices constructed a desert camp here using organic architecture to integrate the buildings with their natural surroundings."
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Concierge
"Even people who are not interested in architecture or Wright's style should walk around the buildings just to see how one of this country's most influential style-makers lived and worked."
Frommer's
"Wright believed in using local materials in his designs, and this is much in evidence at Taliesin West, where local stone was used for building foundations."
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Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"Frank Lloyd Wright was one of the seminal American architects of the 20th century."
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Travel + Leisure
"Known as one of architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s masterpieces, Taliesin West was built in 1937 as Wright's winter home."
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