This was a lot of fun and an insightful tour! Our guide James Beach was a TON of fun and made the…read moretour worth it. He had a lot of stories and history about the area which was interesting to learn about the area. We stopped at about 5 restaurants and the food from each of the restaurants was really good at each stop. If you are looking for a fun tour to learn more about the Scottsdale area, this is a good one. Be ready for a lot of walking though, and wear comfortable walking shoes!

Our tour was a great introduction to Old Town Scottsdale! Our guide, John (or James as he was known…read morefor our tour!), was such a great host. He shared so much background not only about the food but about Scottsdale itself. The stops were well planned and provided a great variety of items to sample. Our trip included pizza, tacos, a pasty, macarons, gelato, margaritas, beer, tea, popcorn and spice blends. I also thought the price was really fair for what we got. Highly recommend Taste It Tours and our guide John!

The tour was worth the five year wait/lottery! We had a wonderful docent and received a fantastic…read moretour of Tovrea Castle which was superb in every way possible. I have lived in Arizona, specifically the Phoenix area, for most of my life and have driven by Tovrea Castle thousands of times. It was so cool to be able to walk the grounds and get a peek inside. I would highly suggest entering the lottery, it's free and some people have better luck than I did and can get in sooner than 5 years. This was an insightful tour mixed with great storytelling and history. The basement with all the artifacts of the family and learning more about the area makes me proud to be a part of Arizona! Worth the visit!

If you live in the Valley it's highly likely that you have driven by this place. From the 202 fwy…read moreyou can easily see it. I often wondered what is that building? Finally after passing it so many times I was curious enough to look it up. I googled "cake shaped building PHX" and it was the first result. "Tovrea (said tov-ree) Castle aka A jewel in the Sonoran desert" Since 2010 the City of Phoenix purchased, renovated, and opened it for tours. The very abbreviated story with this place is that some homesteaders from the early 1900s owned the land, sold 277 acres to a wealthy Italian man. Alessio Carraro had built a fortune in the sheet metal business in the 1920s from San Fran. He planned to build a hotel resort surrounded by a housing subdivision on 277 acres, Carraro Heights. The castle was built near the timing of when the Great Depression set in. Carraro wanted out, he sold the castle and some amount of acreage (for a fraction of his investment) to Della Tovrea, wife of cattle baron E.A. Tovrea. She lived there until her tragic death in 1969. Nearby is the Stockyard Restaurant, built by E.A.'s son so cattlemen had somewhere to eat near the stockyards. That restaurant still exists today. I plan to check it out. If you want more details and full story, go take the tour :) however tickets are not easy to come by. Tours sell out many months in advance and they started using a lottery system. I bought my tickets months ago. However worth a try to go. I wouldn't say its the most amazing thing I've ever seen and the use of the word "castle" is a stretch. I've been inside some real castles in US and Europe, however it's interesting and a fun thing to do and it satisfied my curiosity! :) Per their website- The Ticket Lottery for Fall 2022 Tickets has ended and all tickets have been distributed - look for last minute cancellation tickets. Ticket Lottery for Spring 2023 Regular Tours closed on October 15, 2022 and Winners will be notified via email starting November 1, 2022. https://tovreacastletours.com

Jason was super responsive to my last minute request for a guided one person climb. So patient and…read morelet me do it in my own unless I asked for help, which is exactly ME. I needed to know I could achieve this. only a couple assists and I was UP! to the top!! Then I had to go down. He was very intuitive to my tendencies to overthink on the descend. He warned me of the challenge. And alerted me to my tendency to overthink. This made it so much more enjoyable.I did it. Up and down. I made it. No helicopter. I didn't get dead. In fact, I even enjoyed it. Thank you!

Jason is amazing! I had a blast hiking with him as my guide. We captured an incredible sunrise by…read morestarting early and easily made it to the top for stunning 360 views! I saw people of all ages and fitness levels making the hike, so it's doable, just know your limits and Jason will keep you safe. Since I am traveling alone for business, I didn't want the risk of hiking solo in unfamiliar areas, so I'm happy I found him. Highly recommend if you're looking for a great way to spend a couple hours!

This is a great way to see the Area...We had Bill for our guide, five of five for the service, the…read moretour, our guide and the equipment. Reservations -easy, communication - great, value - outstanding. If you read my reviews you know I don't give five stars, that must be earned. We met at their shop and discovered we will be riding RAD Powerbikes. They were in great shape and we just did a couple adjustments. We ride bikes almost everyday day so we just took a couple laps of the parking lot to get comfortable and then we were off. On our 27 mile journey we went all over town, parks, golf courses, art installations and more. Bill was very good to explain what to expect and how to navigate each segment. We stopped a number of times for photos and Bill shared interesting tidbits about things we were seeing. Just the right balance of riding, talking, photos, etc. We even got a short hike in when we stopped at hole in the rock. On our ride, Bill led the way and we safely navigated trails and bike paths all over town, perhaps multiple towns. So glad we took a tour with a guide, lots of trails and lots to see and we never got lost. The sights are the sights and the trails are the trails. What made this a five star experience was the service and especially our guide. If you are looking for a great ride, give them a call and even ask for Bill...you won't be disappointed...

I started the tour feeling very anxious as I had never really been on an e-bike before. Chris was…read moreamazing at explaining what to expect and the ins and outs of the bike. We had a blast on our 3 hr. ride. Lots of stops and sites to see. It was just a wonderful experience! Thank you Chris!

Our 1st visit to Scottsdale and we needed to get around as we did not have a rental car. The…read moreMarriott Courtyard suggested Quick Silver golf cart service . A $5 charge per person was very reasonable so we opted to try it. Our driver , Herb, was an interesting gentleman. Stone worker , artist, and mason by trade. He picked us up at our hotel and off we went to our destination for dinner. His friendly demeanor and interesting conversation made our short ride enjoyable. We called him when our dining experience was complete and he was promptly there to wish us back to our hotel. I highly recommend this mode of transportation when visiting downtown Scottsdale. Quick Silver Golf Cart Transportation 602-505-4955 Ask for Herb .

James was an amazing tour guide through Scottsdale for our Bachelorette wine tour!! Highly…read morerecommend if you're looking for a good time with great memories!

Loved Jared's guide style! He is so fun, funny, and entertaining, so knowledgeable, and so…read moreaccommodating! We learned a lot about history and had a ton of fun, meeting new people along the way. Looking forward to the holiday light tour

My friends and I went on the Murder & Mystery True Crime Tour with Jarod, and it was phenomenal. If…read moreyou have locals or visitors on your tour, you will learn some Phoenix history and be entertained. The Winnie Ruth Judd murder house was my highlight of the tour. I've read multiple books on the case, and I still learned so much! Highly recommended for the authenticity, research, and storytelling. This is the tour you want to go on in Phoenix. Accept no substitutes.

A friend of mine wanted to do this and I wasn't sure if it would be fun or dumb, but I'm a good…read moresport... We booked the food tour and it was an absolute blast! It's pretty much impossible not to laugh riding around downtown Mesa on these critter-mobiles and it was fun to see the reactions on people's faces as we rode by. We received detailed instructions including parking info and arrived to get situated and select our rides. The rydables are well outfitted and very easy to maneuver. Each had a speaker on it as well as a walkie talkie, so our guide up front could keep instructing us and we could hear that as well as a cheery playlist. Another staff member rides at the back for safety. We ate at several places and definitely had enough food! There was time to relax a bit at each stop. We also stopped for photos a few times and to do something called "the wiggle" which was a highlight. I'd like to try the history tour as well. Definitely recommend this and will do it again!

What an awesome surprise this was from my wife!!! She took us by the shop and I saw all these…read morecrazy fun critter scooter thang-a-ma-bobs and went, "OMG"!!! Then I found out that we were going to get to ride these all around Scottsdale. Man was this a blast. Highly recommend for couples, families and groups. Steve was a great host and guide. Loved this tour from start to finish!

GETTING HERE: Navigate here on your favorite GPS of choice. Yelp has the address correctly listed…read moreand I would park on the surface area streets. Don't let the residential area confuse you (as it did for us). :) The Temple is here! REVIEW: Not to be confused with a church building or a Temple, this is the Mesa Temple Visitors Center. This center shows, teaches, educates, and informs the public community ^about the Temple. A few other Latter-day Saint Temples have a Visitors Center, including the Los Angeles LDS Temple in Santa Monica, CA. The Mesa Temple Visitors Center has performances (usually held at Christmas or Easter time) on the grassy area across the street from the Center and next to the Temple. Sadly there weren't any performances on this visit as we were there before Easter. I can't wait to see the Christmas performance here one day! There are missionaries inside the Visitors Center who will share with you about the Mesa Temple and its history. There are videos and short films you can watch as well to learn about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the purposes of Temples on the earth. I definitely recommend a stop here. Education and history in one spot.

Beautifully displayed. I enjoy walking through all the lights. The displays are beautiful and…read moreeducational. I recommend going at least once.