Where a car takes you from Phoenix
These are the day trips from Phoenix on our own pages where a car earns its keep. Trains reach some of them; a car reaches all of them, on your own clock.
- Tucson (Mexican food capital) Tucson is the first US UNESCO City of Gastronomy, a two-hour drive south for Sonoran hot dogs, El Charro's century-old carne seca and deep Mexican coo
- Old Town Cottonwood and Verde Valley Wine Trail Old Town Cottonwood anchors the Verde Valley Wine Trail, a 90-minute drive north for tasting rooms and Main Street kitchens you can walk between on fo
- Sedona (red-rock dining) Sedona is a two-hour drive north for red-rock patio dining and nearby Verde Valley wine, with Uptown restaurants and tasting rooms out in Cornville
- Cave Creek (Old West dining) Cave Creek is a 40-minute drive north into the high desert, an Old West town of retro diners, saloons and patio kitchens just past the edge of north P
- Chandler (Wild Horse Pass) Chandler's Wild Horse Pass is a 30-minute drive south to Kai, Arizona's only AAA Five Diamond restaurant, on Gila River Indian Community land in the d
Booking a car in Phoenix
We compare through one partner rather than listing every broker. Desks sit at the airport and in town, and the headline rate below is theirs, not ours.
- From
- USD 33.6 a day
- Desks on site
- Alamo, Dollar, Europcar, Hertz, National, Sixt, Thrifty
- Pick up at
- Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport · Phoenix Airport · Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport
Rates are the partner's headline price at our last check (2026-10-25) and move with dates, car class and insurance. We earn a commission if you book, at no cost to you.