AMERICAN FOOTBALL

Q: I plan to attend, along with my son, to match our favorite team in the NFL, the Green Bay Packers, will deliver in Glendale, Arizona, on 3 January. We booked the Renaissance Glendale, situated close to the stage and we expect to remain five to six days in the region. What suggestions of visits we would you turn this trip into an exciting trip exceptional? 

Jean-Pierre Mallette Montreal 

A: Glendale is one of the municipalities that make up the Greater Phoenix is one of the most interesting of the American Southwest. As you stay for a fifteen minute drive from the center of this city, it's easy to visit its main attractions, as well as another very interesting city of its suburbs: Scottsdale. 

Among other points of interest in Phoenix, I will mention Arizona Science Center, a museum with interactive installations designed for both children and adults, the historic center (Historic Heritage Center), the Midtown District (not confused with the city center), with the Heard Museum (Native American art) and the Phoenix Art Museum, and the sector of Papago Park, a huge park to learn about the fauna and flora of Arizona in the heart of a big city. 

The historic center of Scottsdale, with its specialty shops, numerous art galleries and park pedestrian (the Scottsdale Mall, which is not a mall!) Is another must. If you are interested in architecture, you could make a jump at the foot of the McDowell Mountains, home to Taliesin West, owned by the great architect Frank Lloyd Wright who finished his days in Scottsdale, where he resided during the winter. 

You do not mention if you have booked the hotel for the duration of your stay in Arizona. If this is not the case, you might consider a two-day incursion in the Grand Canyon, South Rim, which is the access point of the most visited national park, is located four hours drive from Glendale. 

If you have booked the hotel for the duration of your stay, I recommend two trips a day. The first - and this is a must! - Is the Apache Trail, a tourist loop route that begins in the town of Apache Junction is located about fifty miles east of Phoenix. It is a winding road that winds through canyons, mountains and forests. It provides access to several attractions, including the Goldfield Ghost Town, reconstruction of a mining town in the late nineteenth century and its mine, the town of Tortilla Flat (the smallest of the United States, with six people) and his saloon, and housing complexes built in the cliffs by Salados, an indigenous people who occupied the links between the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries. 

This road was built in the early twentieth century to allow the construction of Roosevelt Dam, which remains the largest dam in the world bricks. The second trip takes you in the beautiful Sedona area (two hours drive from Glendale) and its two National Parks: Red Rock State Park and Slide Rock State Park.