The Official Travel Website of Mesa, Arizona

Mesa, Arizona is a vibrant city offering an eclectic mix of museums, culture and heritage set in a Sonoran desert oasis. Located within one of the fastest-growing metropolitan areas in the United States, Mesa offers a unique blend of urban excitement set in a natural surrounding. Whether you come to enjoy our warm weather, delicious food, fabulous shopping, exciting activities, or great golf, Mesa, Arizona is an ideal place to visit.

This family friendly community of 440,000 people is the third largest city in the state of Arizona. It’s conveniently located just 12 miles east of Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. Visitors to Mesa will have easy access to the area’s most popular natural attractions, including Superstition Mountains, Apache Trail, Salt and Verde Rivers, Usery Pass and area lakes.

With 320 days of sunshine a year, Mesa’s favorable climate invites you to enjoy the great outdoors year-round. And the people are every bit as warm as the temperatures. An inherent Southwestern charm makes anyone who visits feel welcome and right at home. And the choices of where to stay, dine, unwind or find fun are limitless, and can comfortably accommodate all tastes, timelines and travel needs.

Whether you are visiting for a vacation or a convention, the Mesa Convention & Visitors Bureau is your official source for destination information on all things Mesa. As you view this dynamic web site, you will quickly discover the many reasons that make Mesa, Arizona one of our nation’s most exciting visitor destinations.

Request a free Mesa Arizona Visitors Guide by clicking here.

posted by luv2travel! at 10:29 AM

Tampa Bay, Florida - there's so much to see and do here!

You want to go to Florida, you want to bea able to do it all, and you only want to unpack once. No problem. You want to visit Tampa Bay! Here in Tampa, a single day's itinerary might include breakfast at a waterside cafe, adventure at Busch Gardens, a tour of The Florida Aquarium, a streetcar ride to Channelside for shopping, and a Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Devil Rays, or Lightning game. Then on to historic Ybor City where the Cuban sandwiches are hot and crisp, the cigars are hand-rolled, and the colorful streets are lined with fun.

What will you do the next day? Discover white, sugar sand beaches, take in a little sport fishing, maybe some jet skiing, parasailing, boating... and, oh yes, the most succulent seafood under the sun! Plan your visit for February and join the party as rowdy swashbucklers invade Tampa for the Annual Gasparilla Pirate Festival. Whether you are visiting for a vacation or a convention, the Tampa Bay Convention & Visitors Bureau is your official source for destination information on Tampa and Hillsborough County.

Tampa Bay... there's no better way to do Florida. Plan your visit today with a free color Vacation Guide.

posted by luv2travel! at 10:12 AM

Macon, Georgia - full of historic southern charm

Welcome to Macon, Georgia! The gateway to Georgia’s picturesque southwest and lying just 84 miles southeast of Atlanta, this beautiful city of Southern charm and cultural riches awaits your visit. Originally designed in 1823 as a "city in a park,” Macon’s Southern heritage has been well preserved. Wide avenues are lined with grand, stately mansions, many built before the Civil War during the cotton boom. Macon offers a wealth of historic sites, delightful places to stay, and the hospitality for which the South is so well known.

Having been spared the ravages of General Sherman's murderous march to the sea, Macon is filled with delightful white-columned antebellum buildings which stand as a testimony to the city’s rich historical past. Through a $36-million revitalization project launched in 1999, much of the original charm of Macon has been restored.

Known as the cherry tree capital of Georgia, Macon has over 275,000 Yoshino cherry trees which bloom in late March and attract visitors from all over during the city’s famous Cherry Blossom Festival. Home of rock legend Little Richard and birthplace of Southern poet Sidney Lanier, Macon is filled with a variety of interesting cultural offerings, educational institutions, sports arenas and entertainment venues. Come visit us and see how much there is to discover in Macon, Georgia.

For a free Visitors Guide to Macon, Georgia, click here.

posted by luv2travel! at 9:54 AM

Welcome to the Cabarrus County, North Carolina CVB!

Cabarrus County, North Carolina Welcomes you!

Cabarrus County is home to legendary Lowe's Motor Speedway and to an exciting racing heritage. Not only was the first official race held here 53 years ago, but this is the greatest concentration of NASCAR teams. In fact, over 90% are in Cabarrus County or nearby, and NASCAR fans come here all year round to tour the race shops and see what goes on behind the scenes in the fastest growing sport in the country.

And the fun never stops in the Racing Side of Charlotte. Visitors shop at Concord Mills (North Carolina's most popular visitor attraction) and pan for gold at Reed Gold Mine (the site of the nation's first gold discovery). They visit landmarks relating to NASCAR icon Dale Earnhardt on The Dale Trail in Kannapolis, his hometown. NASCAR fans of all ages put pedal to metal at NASCAR SpeedPark or ride shotgun in a NASCAR-style stockcar around the track at Lowe's Motor Speedway at speeds up to 165 miles per hour.

Nestled in the gently rolling countryside of the Carolina Piedmont, Cabarrus County is located in south-central North Carolina just a half-hour northeast of the burgeoning City of Charlotte. The region is home to more than 1.8 million people and includes the communities of Concord, Kannapolis, Harrisburg, Mt. Pleasant and Midland.

Cabarrus County is experiencing an explosion of growth in population and development with new hotels, attractions and venues on the horizon. Underway in Kannapolis is construction of the new North Carolina Research Campus -- a Dole/NC State Institute for Advanced Fruit and Vegetable Science. There has never been a better time to check out all there is to do and see in the Racing Side of Charlotte. We invite you to request a free color 2006/2007 Visitor's Guide today!

posted by luv2travel! at 9:36 AM