Downtown Tucson Partnership

Chamber Music fest
runs through March 14

Hotel first agenda item
for new Rio Nuevo board

Julian-Drew, carriage
house work set for April

Barrio Food & Drink
closed; future unclear

Trio of shows gives TMA
largest opening crowd

Gadsden eyes senior housing on West Side

Economic ’thaw’ brings work to Mercado District

Cox gift gives MOCA plaza plans a lift

New restaurants grow Downtown’s food scene

Visiting Downtown

• Getting Here & Parking
• Lodging
• Conveniences and Services

Getting Here and Parking

Getting Here

Downtown has easy access from Interstate 10. Just exit at the Congress St./Broadway Blvd. interchange, Exit 258. From Tucson International Airport, (15 minutes from Downtown) take Tucson Boulevard north 1/2 mile to Valencia Road, then west on Valencia to Interstate 19. Follow I-19 north to Interstate 10 West. From Phoenix’s Sky Harbor Airport, drive southeast on Interstate 10 East for 105 miles to Exit 258.

Downtown Tucson is just 65 miles from the International Border at Nogales, Arizona. From Nogales, take Interstate 19 north to Tucson, then follow Interstate 10 to the Congress/Broadway exit. Downtown is just one mile from the main campus of the University of Arizona, and just 10 miles from Old Tucson Studios and the world-famous Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum.

Amtrak service is available at the Historic Depot on Toole, with 4 arrivals and 4 departures weekly on the Sunset Limited line.

Inter-city bus service is served by Greyhound, with its Tucson terminal located at 471 W. Congress St., while the Ronstadt Transit Center at 6th Avenue and Congress Street is the hub for intra-city bus service in Tucson via Sun Tran.

Downtown Destinations

"Downtown Destinations" is a systematic signage system that will make visiting Downtown Tucson easy and enjoyable. “Downtown Destinations" divides Downtown into six sections based on each area’s history and primary function. The Presidio, Sentinel, Congress Street, Convention, Fourth Avenue and Main Gate Districts offer visitors an experience that is exciting and uniquely Tucson.

Directional signs pointing visitors toward Downtown have been installed throughout Tucson. Once visitors arrive Downtown, more signs will point them toward the individual districts and their key attractions. (download a district map)

Parking

On-street metered parking ($0.50 per hour during weekday business hours only. Free evening and weekends) is available throughout downtown. There are also several public parking garages convenient to your destination. Once you’ve arrived in Downtown Tucson, you will find that it is highly compact and walkable.

For more information about parking downtown, visit ParkWise or call their office at (520) 791-5071.

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