Tubac, AZ

The Juan Bautista de Anza Historic Trail (also known as the Anza Trail) is a trail that starts in Southern Arizona and stretches over 1000 miles. Anza Trail commemorates the route taken by Juan Bautista de Anza II, a Spanish commander who led an expedition from Mexico through the area from 1775 to 1776.

The trail includes a visitor center where guests should begin their expedition, and includes many different hiking and biking opportunities, the Casa Grande Ruins, an interpretive exhibit, and the towns of Tubac and Yuba, Arizona. Anza Trail ends close to the San Francisco Bay.

Located right off the main intersection in the village of Tubac, Arizona, the Tubac Center of the Arts is known for its art exhibits (nationally juried and changing seasonally) and allowing local artists to display their art prominently.

They also provide a selection of art workshops, lectures by artists (both touring and local), a performing arts series, and a summer arts program for children. The center has multiple main galleries, a master gallery, and a studio. There are also frequent special events, like local bands, wine tastings, holiday themed events, and home and studio tours.

9 Plaza Rd, Tubac, AZ, 85646, Phone: 520-398-2371

TheK Newby Gallery & Sculpture Garden was founded in 1988. The goal of the facility is to exhibit art by using a diverse range of genres, mediums, and artists.

The K Newby Gallery also seeks to be as charitable as possible while displaying art not only from well-known artists but also from local and emerging ones.

Guests can spend an entire day on the grounds, enjoying the art found both inside the gallery and outside in the garden.

The gallery has features works from artists like Esther Benedict, Mike Elsass, and Doris King.

15 Tubac Road, Tubac, AZ, 85646-4217, Phone: 520-398-9662

The Cobalt Fine Arts Gallery focuses almost completely on Contemporary Southwestern artwork.

The gallery is located in the well-known Arizona arts community, the village of Tubac, and regularly displays around 35 different artists, from the award winning to the local and emerging.

Cobalt is run by a mother and daughter team and is perhaps most well-known for the Tubac Fall Arts and Crafts Festival, held annually in November. The gallery exhibits artwork from Fred Collins, Tom Philabaum, Barbara Meikle, and Cynthia Duff, and uses mediums like sculpture, painting, ceramics, and fine art glass.

5 Camino Otero, Tubac, AZ, 85646, Phone: 520-398-1200

Located in one of the most historic villages in Arizona, the Flying Leap Tasting Room and Art Gallery in Tubac combines two exciting activities in one fun building.

The tasting room at Flying Leap is located in a territorial blacksmith shop that is art itself, with adobe walls that were fired onsite over a century ago.

Flying Leap offers a complex portfolio of their wines served alongside a light meal. The tasting rooms collaborates with the local TRUST Art and Fine Design gallery to pair their wines with fine art that can not only be viewed but also purchased.

10 Camino Otero, Tubac, AZ, 85646, Phone: 520-954-2935

Tubac Art and Gifts is a fine arts gallery as well as a gift shop located in the heart of Tubac, Arizona.

Featuring both original and archival artwork that is meant to be enjoyed in the gallery as well as taken home and hung on the wall, the gallery and store focuses on fun and colorful pieces that are pleasing even to people with no art background. The art in the gallery is produced mostly by local artists, with some regional and international artists thrown in. The gift shop also features other artistic mediums, from jewelry to functional wood art.

31 Tubac Road, Tubac, AZ, 85646, Phone: 575-640-6569

The Rogoway Turquoise Tortoise Gallery has been around for decades, mainly due to the way that it combines fine art with an environment of fun and congeniality.

The gallery prides itself on presenting art made in a variety of original media - paintings done in both acrylic and oil, bronze sculptures, Native American jewelry, art glass, handmade art clocks, gourd art, and more. They also host regular events, like Tubac Bonanza Days, which offers discounts on hundreds of pieces of fine art. Rogoway is constantly seeking out and accepting applications from exciting new artists as well.

5 Cll Baca, Tumacacori, AZ, 85640, Phone: 520-398-2041

Located at the Tubac Golf Resort and Spa, Stables Ranch Grille serves up regional American fare for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

The dining rooms offers hungry guests stunning views of the Island Green and the Santa Rita Mountains, and the patio is the perfect place for watching the sunset while enjoying their happy hour specials. Live entertainment is offered Friday and Saturday nights. They also operate the Stables Bar, a full bar with a cowboy theme with sombreros and saddles. Stables Ranch Grille is open seven days a week and has attracted Western film stars like John Wayne for decades.

1 Ave De Otero Road, Tubac, AZ, 85646, Phone: 520-398-2211

The Big Horn Galleries has galleries in both Tubac, Arizona and Cody, Wyoming.

Both galleries were designed to highlight the finest in Wildlife and Western artwork, as well as artwork focusing on the Landscapes of the West. The gallery in Tubac opened in 2002, in a town known as the place “where art and history meet.” It especially focuses in on Southwestern artists. Guests to The Big Horn Galleries can enjoy the artwork and also take-home original prints, jewelry, books, posters, and other artistic gifts. The gallery also offers high quality art and custom framing.

1167 Sheridan Galleries, La Entrada de Tubac, Building K, Tubac, AZ, 85646, Phone: 520-398-9209

Focusing only on female artists, the Feminine Mystique Art Gallery displays more than 85 of them on a rotating basis.

The gallery has a variety of media like pottery, watercolor, acrylic, cards, oils, jewelry, wood, and glass in their small shop. The majority of the artwork featured is contemporary in nature, and all of it is original. The gallery also offers art workshops and new artist introductions. The Feminine Mystique Art Gallery is located in the beautiful park-like La Estrada and is wheelchair accessible. The area is full of art galleries, restaurants, and other shops.

La Entrada de Tubac, Tubac, AZ, 85646, Phone: 520-398-0473