Tours in Peoria

The two British buddies who dreamt up Real London Bus Company imported authentic London-style double-decker buses to shuttle guests around the city. With a fleet of four busses that can ferry up to 65 passengers each, they operate assorted tours throughout the area—including pub crawls to local dives and treasure hunts that explore downtown Phoenix, Mill Avenue, and Old Town Scottsdale—with the help of knowledgeable though decidedly nonandroid guides. They also make their busses available for special events such as proms, weddings, girls' nights out, or charters for corporate occasions, including past clients Go Daddy and Coors Light.

Over the sands the desert, the sunset paints the landscape with a thrilling palette of rose, orange, and vivid gold. Desert Sky Tours West gives its passengers a bird's-eye view of the natural artwork with panoramic vistas from 7,000 feet in the air. In the company's three-passenger plane, passengers soak in the sights as a pilot with 11 years of experience guides them into the air.

Romantic tour packages enhance the views with sparkling wine and strawberries and possible add-ons such as dinner and transportation from the airport. The flights soar over shadowy sand dunes and the city of Phoenix as night falls and its glittering lights and sandy godzillas emerge. Desert Sky Tours West also leads aerial jaunts above the winding shores of Lake Havasu and the red sandstone of Sedona reaching out to meet the blue horizon.

The experienced tour guides at Segway of Scottsdale lead fleets of two-wheelers through one of two scenic Arizona cities during an extensive schedule of rides. Guests gear up for either of the 90-minute tours by hopping aboard a segway, whose self-balancing technology allows riders to tilt handlebars gently for turns or quickly for back flips. Each session begins with a 30-minute orientation, followed by a narrated jaunt past the towering opulence of the JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort in Scottsdale or around the city-flanked oasis of Tempe Town Lake. During the summer months, groups traverse the town’s bridges and boulevards at dusk, stopping by landmarks such as Arizona State University and Sun Devil Stadium, whose eponymous student-athletes practice under solar-powered stadium lights to escape the chill of night.

For all their ubiquity, chain restaurants seldom embody the same character and culture as their independently owned counterparts. That’s where Arizona Food Tours comes in. With their signature A Taste of Old Town Scottsdale tour, the company introduces visitors to the idiosyncrasies and food of the desert burg, from classic western grub to the local wine bars that pour cabernet and red zinfandel for diners and thirsty cacti.