Extend Your Business Stay With A Few Fun-Filled Days In Chandler, Arizona
Extend your stay in the Phoenix area with a few fun-and-sun–filled days in Chandler.
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Turn your Arizona work trip into a sun-filled mini vacation in Chandler.
If you’ve ever been lucky enough to visit the Phoenix area on business, you may have enviously eyed the gorgeous desert landscape around you and wished you had a few extra sun-filled days to explore it. And why shouldn’t you? Nearby Chandler, in particular, is known as a tech hub, but beckons bleisure travelers with expansive desert beauty, an exciting restaurant scene, enviable golf courses, and other attractions. With so much to do, staying a few extra days seems well worth it, and sunshine is almost guaranteed.
Work On Your Swing
With 300 sunny days per year, it’s easy to see why Arizona always ranks as one of America’s top golf destinations. Easily book your tee time and hit the green for a round of golf at Arizona’s first grass course, the San Marcos Golf Course, or opt for a challenging game filled with rolling fairways and scenic waterfalls at Ocotillo Golf Club. No matter where you take your game, Chandler offers an enjoyable challenge for all skill levels.
Discover Desert Enchantment
With its vast army of towering, sentinel-like cacti, some weighing several tons, the Sonoran Desert is an alien-like landscape like no other. Come sunset, the desert skies add to the dreamscape with spectacular orange and purple hues illuminating high clouds. Take in all that beauty and more while exploring 327 miles of hiking or biking trails in and around Chandler. Start in the city’s Veterans Oasis Park, perfect for all levels of ability, and explore its accessible desert trails, or opt for the paved lake path for an up-close look at Arizona cacti. You could also explore the desert landscape just like they did in the Old West, on horseback. Just visit the Koli Equestrian Center to get saddled up.
Taste Your Way Around Town
Chandler is home to a diverse food scene brimming with globally influenced restaurants and trend-setting tastes just waiting to be discovered. Explore Chandler Ranch, a dining destination offering a diverse mix of ethnic restaurants including Kura Revolving Sushi Bar, which features robotic server, Kur-B. Or opt for a night of barhopping and live music in Downtown Chandler with its 40-plus restaurants, bars, and breweries that dot the historic square. Here you’ll find Arizona’s largest craft brewery, SanTan Brewing Company, as well as The Hidden House, an intimate 1939 cottage that has been reinvented as a fancy-but-friendly indoor/outdoor restaurant with a seasonal, chef-driven menu and handcrafted cocktails.
Ramp Up The Family Fun
Bring the family along to Chandler, and you’ll discover all kinds of kid-friendly things to do. “Pool season” runs year-round here, so your kids may be tempted to spend the entire vacation cannon-balling back at the hotel (especially at properties like Crown Plaza Phoenix Chandler Golf Resort with its poolside cabanas). But venture out a bit and Chandler delivers plenty of other rollicking family fun – no bathing suit required – for ages toddler to tween. Engage in some competitive, indoor family fun at Chandler’s boutique bowling alley, 810 Billiards & Bowling or test your wits at the #1 escape room in the Western United States, Escape: Chandler. You could also explore world-class traveling exhibits at the Chandler Museum, which offers a wide range of programming and activities with children in mind. The Crayola Experience at Chandler Fashion Center mall is another option, where families can spend the day hopping around dozens of hands-on activities, creating colorful keepsakes.
Chandler is a melting pot of industry, culture, outdoor recreation, family-friendly activities, and a lively dining scene, making it an ideal place to unwind. So, pack your bags, bring your loved ones, and stay a while.
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