Things to do in Bisbee

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Baseball History in Bisbee Arizona; Warren Ballpark

Bisbee, Arizona boasts an exciting piece of baseball history. It is home to the Warren Ballpark, considered the oldest continuously used professional baseball venue in the country. The field was built in 1909, five years before Wrigley Field in Chicago!

Copper Queen Hotel – Bisbee, AZ

The Copper Queen Hotel still stands majestic after more than 100 years.
Worth a look around the lobby and saloon. Relax with a drink on the front patio. Take a Ghost Tour.
11 Howell Ave.; Bisbee, AZ 85603

Hotel San Ramón In Bisbee Arizona: A Review.

For reasons I cannot explain, Bisbee has some of the very best restaurants in Southern Arizona. Fortuitously, Bisbee also has a couple of fine old

Bisbee Grand Hotel Bed & Breakfast: A Review

I have had the pleasure of staying in many historical hotels & inns, including European castles. Considering their antiquity, travelers have to decide if the experience of living temporarily in a relic is worth doing without certain modern amenities and putting up with a few quirks & inconveniences.

Scenes from Bisbee, Arizona

In this pictorial slideshow you will find colorful scenics in and around Bisbee, Arizona describing what is so unique about this old copper mining town.

A Slideshow of Unique and Historic Homes in Bisbee

A self-guided tour of some of the unique historic and colorful homes, around the old downtown area of Bisbee.

Upstairs at the Grand Hotel in Bisbee Historic District

Ghosts and Ghost Tours of Bisbee

Ghosts like Bisbee or perhaps Bisbee likes their Ghosts. I have stayed overnight at the Eldorado Suites Hotel in Bisbee, but did not encounter any ghosts. Nor was I promised any such encounters. Lots of places in Bisbee are “said” to be haunted. The historic old Grand Hotel on Main Street, for example. Lindsey, the bartender there described to me several otherworldly “events” she had personally experienced. Spooky.

Eldorado Suites Hotel, Bisbee Az: A Review.

This is a very fine historic hotel. It features a private courtyard with patio seating & BBQ in back and panoramic views of the city from its long balconies in front.

Inn At Castle Rock, Bisbee: A Lodging & Dining Review.

I was given a tour of the Inn At Castle Rock recently. What a delightful old hotel. Built for local miners in 1895 by the first mayor of Bisbee, the Inn has 14 comfortably furnished rooms, all with their own theme: Asian, Geronimo, Sultan’s Harem … you get the idea. “Eclectic” would be a gross understatement. Somewhere between quaint and quirky. But none so outlandish that I would describe it as “kinky”.

Bisbee Breakfast Club

We have had breakfast and lunch at the Bisbee Breakfast Club. Every local I talked to recommended the place, so I felt compelled to test

Jimmy’s Hot Dog Company

A five star hot dog restaurant in Bisbee, Arizona as featured in Gourmet Magazine.

Bisbee Queen Mine Tour

Take a tour of the Queen Mine with Pete, one of the original Phelps Dodge employees at this mine. After close to 100 years of production the Bisbee mines closed in 1975.

Bisbee Mining & Historical Museum

Copper, lots of copper, once made Bisbee the biggest, most prosperous city between St. Louis and San Francisco. The Director of the Bisbee Mining and Historical Museum, a long-time resident, shares her sense of this grand city of the Old West. Visiting Bisbee is like going back in time more than a hundred years.