Phoenix Real Estate AZ

Great Life in Phoenix

Phoenix offers a unique Southwest culture and a pleasing climate and is located at the banks of the Salt River. Phoenix is the state capital of Arizona and is saddled between mountain ranges. It is located 1,117 feet above sea level and the weather is usually dry. Phoenix regions and districts include Downtown, Midtown, West Phoenix, North Phoenix, South Phoenix, Biltmore Area, Arcadia, Sunnyslope and Ahwatukee.

Phoenix has a variety of museums, which offer native history and art. The Heard Museum in located in downtown and is known for its Native American art.

The Phoenix Art Museum is the venue of the Cowboy Artists Show and has collection of 16,000 paintings, sculptures and costumes from the 15th to the 20th centuries. There is many other attractive museums like the Arizona Science Center, the Phoenix Museum of History, , Scottsdale Center for the Arts, the Hall of Flame Fire Fighting Museum and the Champlin Fighter Aircraft Museum.

There are 20 theater groups in Phoenix that offers everything from Broadway plays to lyric opera. The Herberger Theater Center is the venue of many performances like Ballet Arizona, the Arizona Opera Company and the Arizona Theatre Company.

The Phoenix Symphony Orchestra is one of the oldest and most visited orchestras in the United States and is more than 35 years old. The Orchestra runs every year from fall through spring.

Phoenix is known for its authentic Mexican food because of the large Hispanic population and its closeness to Mexico.