Monday, August 31, 2026

The Top 50 Things to Do in Scottsdale

50 places in the record

The best things to do in Scottsdale, by the professional record: Forbes Travel Guide and Phoenix New Times have both weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. The Phoenician Spa comes out on top.

Trevor’s and Coronado Golf Course and Lighted Driving Range hold the next two places. Phoenix New Times shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with Forbes Travel Guide next.

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  1. Rank 1. The Phoenician Spa

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    6000 E Camelback Rd, Scottsdale, AZ · Scottsdale
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    Mon 9:30 AM–5:30 PM
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  2. Rank 2. Trevor’s

    The cocktail list pulls from the shelves around you, which tells you exactly what kind of place this is: part upscale liquor store, part proper bar, and committed to being both at once. Depending on which Phoenix-area location you land in, the extras might include a golf simulator, pinball, a pizzeria, or a cigar lounge. The drinks run from spritzes to stirred classics, and the bottles for sale are genuinely worth browsing.

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    7340 E McDowell Rd, Scottsdale, AZ · Scottsdale
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    Mon 9 AM–10 PM
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  3. Rank 3. Coronado Golf Course and Lighted Driving Range

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    2829 N Miller Rd, Scottsdale, AZ · Scottsdale
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    Mon 7 AM–9 PM
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  4. Rank 3. House Rules

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    7232 E 1st St, Scottsdale, AZ · Scottsdale
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  5. Rank 3. McDowell Mountain Ranch Park & Aquatic Center

    A rusted steel and glass aquatic center building that people apparently stop and stare at instead of swimming. The complex packs in a lap pool, diving well, tube slide, lazy river, and a splash pad, all framed by McDowell Mountain views and a public art installation that, yes, belongs to the pool. Non-Scottsdale residents pay a modest surcharge for the privilege of wondering why their city's public pools don't look like this.

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    15525 N Thompson Peak Pkwy, Scottsdale, AZ · Scottsdale
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  6. Rank 3. Scottsdale Fashion Square

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    7014 E Camelback Rd, Scottsdale, AZ · Scottsdale
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    Mon 10 AM–8 PM
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  7. Rank 3. Scottsdale Gun Club

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    14860 N Northsight Blvd, Scottsdale, AZ · Scottsdale
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  8. Rank 3. Talking Stick Casino

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    9800 E Talking Stick Wy, Scottsdale, AZ · Scottsdale
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    Mon Midnight–11:59 PM
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  9. Rank 3. The Grapevine Restaurant & Karaoke Bar

    The DJ here plays real saxophone solos during your Motown number and rosins up an actual fiddle when someone calls "The Devil Went Down to Georgia." This folksy Scottsdale bar and grill runs karaoke every night of the week, which already puts it in rare company in the Valley. The live accompaniment means no one has to endure a slide that reads "Instrumental Break, 16 Bars" while the singer reconsiders their choices.

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    4013 N Brown Ave, Scottsdale, AZ · Scottsdale
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  10. Rank 3. The Salt Cellar Restaurant

    The front door looks like it belongs to a golf pro shop, but step through it and you're heading downstairs into a candlelit, white-tablecloth seafood restaurant that has been around forever. The menu pulls from coasts plural, Boston to New Zealand, with lobster, scallops, and a bucket of Blue Hill Bay mussels in drawn butter that earns its own sentence. Subterranean and unapologetically old-school in the best Scottsdale way.

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    550 N Hayden Rd, Scottsdale, AZ · Scottsdale
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    Mon 5 PM–9 PM
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  11. Rank 11. Anticus

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    3922 N Scottsdale Rd, Scottsdale, AZ · Scottsdale
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    Mon 10 AM–5 PM
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  12. Rank 11. Arizona Drum Shop

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    2200 N Scottsdale Rd Suite T, Scottsdale, AZ · Scottsdale
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  13. Rank 11. Arizona Party Bike Scottsdale

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    7034 E Osborn Rd, Scottsdale, AZ · Scottsdale
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  14. Rank 11. Baseballism

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    3961 N Brown Ave, Scottsdale, AZ · Scottsdale
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  15. Rank 11. Bowlero

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    9027 E Vía Linda, Scottsdale, AZ · Scottsdale
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  16. Rank 11. Bronson Guitar Works

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    6830 E 5th Ave, Scottsdale, AZ · Scottsdale
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    Mon 11:30 AM–5 PM
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  17. Rank 11. Classic Cooking Academy

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    10411 E McDowell Mountain Ranch Rd ste 110, Scottsdale, AZ · Scottsdale
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  18. Rank 11. Food & Things

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    4995 N Granite Reef Rd, Scottsdale, AZ · Scottsdale
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  19. Rank 11. Harkins Theatres Camelview at Fashion Square

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    7014 E Camelback Rd, Scottsdale, AZ · Scottsdale
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  20. Rank 11. Indian Bend Wash Greenbelt

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    Indian Bend Wash Greenbelt, Scottsdale, AZ · Scottsdale
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  21. Rank 11. MacMedia

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    6928 E 5th Ave #1, Scottsdale, AZ · Scottsdale
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    Mon 9 AM–6 PM
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  22. Rank 11. McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park

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    7301 E Indian Bend Rd, Scottsdale, AZ · Scottsdale
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  23. Rank 11. McDowell Mountain Regional Park

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    16300 McDowell Mountain Park Dr, Fort McDowell, AZ · Scottsdale
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  24. Rank 11. Mega Cleaners & Alterations

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    6929 Hayden Rd, Scottsdale, AZ · Scottsdale
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  25. Rank 11. OdySea Aquarium

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    9500 East Vía de Ventura Suite A-100, Scottsdale, AZ · Scottsdale
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    Mon 9 AM–7 PM
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  26. Rank 11. Phoenix Spy Shop

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    9393 N 90th St #121, Scottsdale, AZ · Scottsdale
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    Mon 8 AM–5 PM
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  27. Rank 11. Primp and Blow

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    20567 Hayden Rd Ste110, Scottsdale, AZ · Scottsdale
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  28. Rank 11. ROCK STAR gallery

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    15211 N Kierland Blvd Suite 160, Scottsdale, AZ · Scottsdale
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  29. Rank 11. Rooster Bus

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    7083 E 5th Ave, Scottsdale, AZ · Scottsdale
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  30. Rank 11. Scottsdale Ranch Park & Tennis Center

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    10400 E Vía Linda, Scottsdale, AZ · Scottsdale
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  31. Rank 11. Spice Scottsdale

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    3217 Hayden Rd, Scottsdale, AZ · Scottsdale
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  32. Rank 11. Valleywide Sports Cards

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    9015 E Vía Linda # 102, Scottsdale, AZ · Scottsdale
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    Mon 10 AM–6 PM
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  33. Rank 11. Western Sky Helicopters

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    7305 E Greenway Rd, Scottsdale, AZ · Scottsdale
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  34. Rank 11. Wilson Camera

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    4320 N Miller Rd #101, Scottsdale, AZ · Scottsdale
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  35. Rank 35. Native Art Market

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    7215 E Main St, Scottsdale, AZ · Scottsdale
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  36. Rank 36. Cake Nightclub

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    4405 N Saddlebag Trail, Scottsdale, AZ · Scottsdale
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    Mon Closed
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  37. Rank 36. Ice Den Scottsdale

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    9375 E Bell Rd, Scottsdale, AZ · Scottsdale
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  38. Rank 36. Landmark Scottsdale Quarter Theatre

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    15257 N Scottsdale Rd, Scottsdale, AZ · Scottsdale
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  39. Rank 36. McDowell Sonoran Preserve

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    Saguaro Loop Trail, Scottsdale, AZ · Scottsdale
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  40. Rank 36. Putting World

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    16259 N Scottsdale Rd, Scottsdale, AZ · Scottsdale
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  41. Rank 36. Redemption Market

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    3965 N Brown Ave, Scottsdale, AZ · Scottsdale
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  42. Rank 36. Salt River Fields at Talking Stick

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    7555 N Pima Rd, Scottsdale, AZ · Scottsdale
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  43. Rank 36. The Hot Chick

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    4363 N 75th St, Scottsdale, AZ · Scottsdale
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  44. Rank 36. Velocity VR

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    9119 E Talking Stick Wy, Scottsdale, AZ · Scottsdale
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  45. Rank 45. Civic Center Library

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    3839 N Drinkwater Blvd, Scottsdale, AZ · Scottsdale
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  46. Rank 45. Museum of Illusions

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    9500 East Vía de Ventura, Scottsdale, AZ · Scottsdale
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    Mon 10 AM–7 PM
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  47. Rank 45. Puttshack

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    15059 N Scottsdale Rd, Scottsdale, AZ · Scottsdale
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    Mon 11 AM–11 PM
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  48. Rank 45. Salt River

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    Salt River, Arizona · Scottsdale
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  49. Rank 45. Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art

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    7374 E 2nd St, Scottsdale, AZ · Scottsdale
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  50. Rank 45. Taliesin West

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    12621 N Frank Lloyd Wright Blvd, Scottsdale, AZ · Scottsdale
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