greetings from Scottsdale Arizona we're spending one full day in beautiful Scottsdale Arizona I'll
be sharing our complete one-day travel guide to some of the best things to do eat and see
in one full day in Scottdale if you're new here my name is Jeanie I live in Arizona and I invite
you to subscribe and follow along for all our adventures in Arizona and Beyond so it is about
7:00 in the morning we're starting the day out early we need to get some coffee have you ever
had a coffee flight no me either so I saw they had one here in Scottdale so we're going to go
get a coffee flight this morning this famous coffee cfee flight is located at JoJo's Coffee
House breakfast and brunch in downtown Scottdale so here's our coffee flight how cute is this so
there's a latte a mocha a white mocha cold brew and a caramel mariato the perfect little cups I'm
going to try the latte first that's good that's really good oh I can't to try they're all really
really good like really really good every single one of them got the cinnamon roll pancakes they
look so good and Vince got the strawberry and cream pancakes oh my gosh okay these cinnamon
roll pancakes are legit they tastes like you're eating a cinnamon roll witho oh they're really
really good and Vince is loving his pancakes too tasty yeah well I can't recommend JoJo enough the
food and the coffee was 10 out of 10 like really really good we are stuffed from breakfast so we're
going to go walk it off so lots of great hiking here in Scottdale um if you don't want to get
too crazy on a hike which we don't really want to get too crazy today we just want to have a nice
little morning walk we are at the McDowell Sonoran Preserve at the Gateway Trail head and there's a
nice little Loop here brings you through the swarrow cactus the desert you got the mountains
right behind to get specific we did the Sara Loop Trail here at the park which is an easy
Trail just under 1 mile round trip there's a lot of trails here that are longer if you prefer such
as the Gateway loop trail but also two other big popular hikes here in Scottsdale is the
Camelback Mountain and pasua Peak Trail so check those out if you're staying longer than one day
and looking for more of a challenging hike so when we pulled in here on a Sunday morning the
parking lot was pretty full so we were kind of expecting the trails to be really packed
it's been really really nice and quiet like we've pass maybe I don't know five people there so many
trails yeah there's just so many trails here in this area I think it disperses people out
you know so many different directions that the trails just don't feel crowded so we have one
more little hiking area we wanted to check out down here in Scottdale and it's right behind me
see that hole up there we're at hole in a rock short little climb up to the hole in the Rock
and we're going to check out the view from the top hole in a Rock Trail is located at popical
Park it's only A3 mile out and back trail from the parking lot so very doable for many that was
short and sweet as you saw it was very busy there very busy but we figured we would stop here quick
and check it out because it's such a short hike and it's right next to the area we are going to
next and we have to share something they have self-driving cars here in Phoenix I think they're
Ubers we have legit never seen that before but we've seen them driving around town everywhere
that's crazy there's nobody driving that white vehicle right there they just all get in look at
that thing we've never seen those in Tucson and where we live you like good luck do you sit in
the drivey wow that's so wild it just knows what to do look at all the sensors on it yeah look at
nobody in the driver's seat next on our day here in scottsvale is the beautiful Desert Botanical
Gardens the Desert Botanical Garden is one of the biggest attractions near Scottsdale and actually
all of Phoenix fun fact these are Organ Pipe Cactus and these are only native in Oregon pipe
National Monument which is down by like the Mexico border you don't really see these anywhere else
unless they were landscaped into the landscape it's a 55 acre Botanical Garden filled with over
50,000 desert plants that thrive in some of the hottest and driest parts of the world including
a variety of cactus succulents desert flowers and trees and one thing not to miss here is the
crusted Saro these are extremely rare to find but they have one here at the Garden so it's pretty
cool to check out and a little surprise for us was the butterfly exhibit going here we didn't know
they had this but come to find out this butterfly exhibit is on display in the fall between the end
of September and beginning of November so we just got very lucky to see this since we were
visiting at the beginning of November however if this is something you want to see and you're
not traveling in the fall you can go to the Butterfly Wonderland close to Scottdale and
see all the butterflies there tickets to visit the botanical gardens are $25 per person during
the weekdays and $30 per person on the weekends and it's definitely worth it these Gardens are
stunning our next Stop is at Cosanti Originals is a mix of an art gallery and
unique architecture it's considered an Earth formed or organic structure that emerges out
of the Arizona landscape I've never seen a building like this before and now you see
why I wanted to see it it's amazing plus all the handcrafted pieces they have for
sale are really one-of-a kind pieces I'm glad we made the quick stop it was a really unique
experience so we are now in Oldtown Scottsdale which is probably one of the most popular areas
you always hear about when you hear about Scottsdale welcome to Oldtown this area of
Scottsdale is nestled within nine walkable neighborhoods the first area we spent time
in was near Main Street this is considered the historic area that has old western charm you'll
find a unique collection of shops restaurants art galleries museums and historic sites from
the late 1800s if you love to shop this is the place for you the options are endless
here Oldtown is so charming and there's so much to see so much shopping it's really a
cute little area but we're tired we've been running around all day and it is that time
for happy hour we're going to outrider Rooftop Lounge just one block from Main Street you'll
head to canopy hotel by Hilton enter through the lobby head to the elevators and go right
to seventh floor here you'll find the outrider rooftop lounge with some stunning views of the
city and Camelback Mountain this would also make for a great Sunset spot if you're here at that
time we loved the vibe here drinks with a view is always a good idea okay so I got the outrider
sunset drink which is like Peach pineapple all the good fruity flavors and Vin's got a
beer we had a nice little chill area at the rooftop bar and now we are down by
the Waterfront area here in Scottsdale the Scottsdale Waterfront is still considered
Oldtown but this is the northern part of Oldtown and definitely has a different vibe
it's more hip and modern here and you might be wondering why it's called the Waterfront
it's because of these canals that run through Scottdale they Supply water and
energy for the city so this is where we're having dinner we are going to the barrio
queen okay so we started our morning with a coffee flight and we're ending
our day with a margarita flight so we have pineapple blueberry and cucumber
I've never had any of these flavors in margaritas I always get like strawberry
or something so I'm really excited to try these so let's try the pineapple
first ooh that's oo you like that o I like pineapple margaritas okay okay
this looks good my hykin tast the Hy yeah next is
blueberry ooh I like that one too o ooh blueberry does it
taste like blueberry kind that yeah o a spicy
blueberry you care any now the
Cucumber o that's very like earthy Vegeta very very very yeah that's different the other there
would a little more sweeter more that's your least favorite this would be my least favorite but it's
still really good so oh this is fun so we are going to be sharing plates we like to share plates
nowadays more so we got to mix things up so we got three tacos we got chicken pork and shrimp and
then the enela trio so this is considered a higher rated Mexican restaurant here in Scottdale pretty
high 4.7 right but I wanted to say something our bar has been sit really high because we live in
Tucson so if we had to rate this place yeah like a three from me two two and a half we feel bad
giving a bad review but we're going to be honest we've had some much better Mexican where we live
that was okay it wasn't that great like store churchy shells yeah no but it is what it is
we're just being honest with you guys um because I do know it's a higher rated Mexican restaurant
so that's expensive kind they really yeah it's not worth it so that's what the B is being real
yep but it's all good because we're going to make it all up with some gelato the gelato is amazing
I got mud pie and Hazelnut and Vince got mud pie and salted caramel salt power it's good and that's
a wrap thanks so much for following Along on this one-day travel guide to beautiful Scottdale
Arizona I hope you find this travel guide helpful as you plan your trip to Scottdale as I share some
of the best things to do eat and see in one full day if you have any questions be sure to
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