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treatment (mostly $115-$145), you can use the spa's facilities for the day. However,
unlike other spas in town, the Red Door is more about relaxation than staying fit, so you
won't find aerobics classes or a pool here. Spa packages range in price from $215 to
$575.
For a variety of services and a gorgeous location, you just can't beat the Lakeside Spa
at Loews Ventana Canyon Resort, 7000 N. Resort Dr. ( & 520/529-7830; www.loews
lakesidespa.com), which is wedged between the rugged Santa Catalinas and the mani-
cured fairways of one of the most fabled golf courses in the state. Soothed by the scent
of aromatherapy, you can treat yourself to herbal wraps, mud treatments, massage, facials,
complete salon services, and much more. Fifty-minute treatments run $110 to $140.
With any 50-minute body treatment, you get use of the spa's facilities and pool and can
attend any fitness classes being held that day.
With six locations around the Tucson area, Gadabout Salon Spas (www.gadabout.
com) offers the opportunity to slip a relaxing visit to a spa into a busy schedule. Mud
baths, facials, and massages as well as hair and nail services are available, and body treat-
ments and massages range from about $60 for a 50-minute massage to $400 for a full
day at the spa. You'll find Gadabout at the following locations: St. Philip's Plaza, 1990 E.
River Rd. ( & 520/577-2000); 6393 E. Grant Rd. ( & 520/885-0000); 3207 E. Speed-
way Blvd. ( & 520/325-0000); 6960 E. Sunrise Dr. ( & 520/615-9700); and 8303 N.
Oracle Rd. ( & 520/742-0000). There's also Gadabout Man, 2951 N. Swan Rd. ( & 520/
325-3300).

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10 SHOPPING

Although the Tucson shopping scene is overshadowed by that of Scottsdale and Phoenix,
Tucson does provide a respectable diversity of merchants. Tucsonans have a strong sense
of their place in the Southwest, and this is reflected in the city's shopping opportunities.
Southwestern clothing, food, crafts, furniture, and art abound (and often at reasonable
prices), as do shopping centers built in a Southwestern architectural style.
The city's population center continues to move steadily northward, so it is in the
northern foothills that you'll find most of the city's large enclosed shopping malls as well
as the more tasteful small shopping plazas full of boutiques and galleries.
In downtown Tucson, on Fourth Avenue, between Congress Street and Speedway
Boulevard, more than 50 shops, galleries, and restaurants make up the Fourth Avenue
historic shopping and entertainment district. The buildings here were constructed in
the early 1900s, and the proximity to the University of Arizona helps keep this district
bustling. Many of the shops cater primarily to student needs and interests. Through the
underpass at the south end of Fourth Avenue is Congress Street, the heart of the Down-
town Arts District, where there are still a few art galleries (most, however, have moved
to the foothills). Both areas are primarily hangouts for college students.
El Presidio Historic District around the Tucson Museum of Art is the city's center
for crafts shops. This area is home to Old Town Artisans and the Tucson Museum of Art
shop. The city's “Lost Barrio” district, on the corner of Southwest Park Avenue and 12th
Street (a block off Broadway), is a good place to look for Mexican imports and South-
western-style home furnishings at good prices.