Welcome to Gilbert
and the Valley of the Sun. With over 330 days of
sunshine a year, this area of greater Phoenix offers a wide
variety of recreational activities for the entire family
that range from petting zoos and museums to professional
sports, desert tours, and Broadway shows.
Among the main
attractions in the area are:
San Tan Village:
The San Tan Village Mall is an attractive
new regional, open-air shopping destination in the Greater
Phoenix, Arizona's East Valley area. San Tan Village
features a wide variety of shopping, dining and entertainment
options for the entire family.
Gilbert Town Square:
Gilbert Town Square offers an
exciting blend of dining, shopping, and entertainment
choices. The architectural stylings are contemporary
highlighted by a warm earth tone palette, extensive
stonework and fountains throughout the center. Pedestrian-friendly
crossings, roundabouts, and gathering places further
enhance the friendly downtown appeal.
Gilbert Historical Museum:
Explore the Past, Experience
the Present, Imagine the Future. The Gilbert Historical
Museum in located in the heart of Gilbert's Heritage
District. The Gilbert Historical Society was organized
in early 1960 with the goal of "Preserving the
Past for the Future." Collections of pictures,
documents and artifacts relating to the history of
the community were preserved with the hope that a
history of the area would be written and a historical
center would be developed.
Riparian Preserve:
Dedicated to water conservation
and wetland habitats. The Preserve has as a mission
to promote awareness and appreciation of Arizona’s
ecology and natural history, particularly desert and
riparian environments through education and recreation
programs for a diversity of visitors and research
and development of strategies to preserve and protect
these unique environments.
Western Skies Golf Course:
Western Skies is about the pure
enjoyment of the game. A day of camaraderie. Green,
well-manicured fairways stretching to the horizon
and good friends challenging the course and each other.
Mesa Arts Center:
The Mesa Arts Center opened in
2005 in downtown Mesa, Arizona. It incorporates four
theaters: the Tom and Janet Ikeda Theater (1,588 seats),
the Virginia G. Piper Repertory Theater (550 seats),
the Nesbitt/Elliott Playhouse (200 seats), and the
Anita Cox Farnsworth Studio Theater (98 seats). There
are also 5 galleries and 14 art studios. The focus
of the Mesa Arts center is to hosts professional performing
arts, visual arts, and arts education programming.
Lone Butte Casino:
Lone Butte has exciting casino
action to suit everyone. With slots, table games,
and bingo, you're sure to find your favorite game
and make it your lucky day. The casino also features
restaurants offering delicious, convenient dining
options to satisfy every appetite.
Rawhide Western Town:
Rawhide depicts what a western
town was like and offers its visitors quality 1880's
style family entertainment. This authentic frontier
town is Arizona's largest western-themed attraction
and has moved from Scottsdale to Wild Horse Pass on
the Gila River Indian Community. Rawhide has a chuck
wagon full of fun in store for you -- gunfights, stunt
shows, shootin' gallery, gold panning, stagecoach
rides, desert train, burro rides, live country music,
Sundown Cookouts, a real blacksmith, and much more.
Browse more than 10 specialty shops with everything
from authentic western wear to Native American art
to handmade jewelry to cowboy toys.