Arriving at Yuma International Airport in Yuma means nearby cities such as El Centro, Los Algodones, and San Luis Rio Colorado are all an easy drive away. Yuma sits on the Colorado River where Arizona, California, and Mexico meet, in what is often called the sunniest city in the country. It is a farm town at heart, growing most of the nation's winter lettuce, with a restored Old Town, a river that sees paddlers and tubers, and dunes and desert mountains on every horizon.

Standout experiences around Yuma: - Walk the cell blocks of the Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park - Tour the Yuma Quartermaster Depot, where supplies once arrived by steamboat - Sip a Medjool date shake at Martha's Gardens or another local date farm - Float or paddle the Colorado River from Gateway Park - Ride or watch the dune buggies at Imperial Sand Dunes near Glamis - Join a Field to Feast farm tour during the winter harvest - Visit the Castle Dome Mines Museum ghost town north of town - Browse Main Street shops and taquerias in Old Town

Yuma is a crossroads town, and the borderland shapes its flavor. Los Algodones, Mexico, is about 15 minutes west, San Luis Rio Colorado is a half hour south, and El Centro and the Imperial Valley are about an hour west. Kofa National Wildlife Refuge and its bighorn sheep are about an hour north. Lettuce Days each winter celebrates the harvest, and tacos and carne asada are as common as burgers. Come between November and March, when the days are warm and the fields are green.