The oldest continuously inhabited community in the United States, Tucson is now home to over a million residents. Surrounded by spectacular Sonoran Desert mountain ranges and vast saguaro forests, it inspires an active outdoor lifestyle while keeping true to its old west heritage.
Tucson golf real estate by The Residences at The Ritz-Carlton, Dove Mountain offers all the big city amenities, such as museums, a university and the arts, yet retains that small town feel. Readers of Conde Nast Traveler magazine rated Tucson as the “friendliest city” and one of the Top Ten U.S. cities to visit. The Wall Street Journal describes Tucson as a “mini-mecca for the arts.” Zagat has rated it as the number one city in the United States for resorts and spas.
With a long and rich history, Tucson was first home to the Hohokam Indians who irrigated fields and farmed the land over a thousand years ago. Then the Spanish explorers and missionaries established the town, followed by cowboys, ranchers and farmers.
Today, area residents who enjoy Tucson golf real estate can experience every conceivable art form, including visual arts and performing arts, such as opera, symphony, ballet and theatre. The Pima Air and Space Museum is the largest aviation museum west of the Rockies. Sports fans find year-round golf, an historic annual rodeo and a winter horse show circuit, as well as three Major League baseball teams during spring training.
At the heart of desert living is the wonderful climate, with more than 300 days of sunshine every year. Spring, fall and winter are unmatched. At an elevation of 2,700 to 4,000 feet, Tucson summers remain cooler than many other desert cities
