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Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix & Scottsdale Private City Highlights Tour

A private guide builds your own custom loop through Phoenix and Scottsdale.

Private tour — just your group 3-6 hours Up to 56 guests Free itinerary changes Local expert guide
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  • Private — your group only
  • Free itinerary changes
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Overview

Work with your own private guide to build a 3-to-6-hour itinerary through downtown Phoenix, Scottsdale, Glendale, or other pockets of the Valley of the Sun, from Arizona State University to the Arizona Biltmore.

This tour is genuinely custom: you consult with your private guide ahead of time and build the itinerary together, choosing from real Valley of the Sun highlights like Arizona State University's campus, the historic Arizona Biltmore, the State Capitol area, downtown Phoenix, Glendale, or Scottsdale, for a small group of up to five.

Highlights

  • Arizona Biltmore Pass by the historic 1929 resort, one of the Valley's best-known landmarks.
  • Arizona State University See the real Tempe campus of one of the country's largest public universities.
  • Your Choice of Neighborhoods Add downtown Phoenix, Glendale, or Scottsdale based on what interests your group most.

What Stops Does This Tour Make?

A popular starting point — every Voyzo itinerary is fully customizable, so we'll shape the order and stops around your group.

P

Pickup

Private pickup from your hotel or residence in the Phoenix-Scottsdale area.

1

Arizona Biltmore

Pass by the historic 1929 resort, one of the Valley's best-known landmarks.

2

Arizona State University

See the real Tempe campus of one of the country's largest public universities.

3

Your Choice of Neighborhoods

Add downtown Phoenix, Glendale, or Scottsdale based on what interests your group most.

D

Drop-off

Back to your hotel, home, or the airport — whenever your day wraps up.

What's Included

A private vehicle and driver, just for your group
A professional, knowledgeable local guide
Door-to-door pickup and drop-off
A fully customizable itinerary built around you
All tolls, parking, and fuel

What's Not Included

Attraction admission tickets, unless noted as included
Meals and snacks
Gratuities for your guide or driver
Personal expenses

Why Book a Private Tour With Voyzo?

Your group only — never combined with strangers
Crowded 50+ seat group buses
Fully custom stops, built around you
A fixed script with no flexibility
Door-to-door pickup, wherever you're staying
Meeting at a fixed public meeting point
Direct, transparent pricing — no marketplace markup
Third-party booking fees

Choose Your Vehicle

Every group size is covered — from an intimate private ride to large multi-coach groups.

Black Chevrolet Suburban executive SUV Up to 6

Executive SUV

Cadillac Escalade or Chevrolet Suburban

A fast, private ride for couples, small families, or business travelers — plenty of luggage room and a smooth, quiet cabin.

Black Mercedes-Benz Sprinter passenger van Up to 14

Mercedes-Benz Sprinter Van

Sprinter, high-roof passenger configuration

Comfortable, air-conditioned seating for small and mid-size groups — our most popular option for families and friend groups traveling together.

White Prevost luxury motorcoach Up to 56

Prevost Coach Bus

Prevost motorcoach

Our largest single vehicle — a full-size luxury motorcoach for large groups, conventions, and corporate events that still want one private tour, one vehicle.

Important Information

Know Before You Book

  • Group size can range from 1 to 56 guests — we match the vehicle to your party.
  • Pricing depends on group size, vehicle, and tour length, and is confirmed after your quote request.
  • Tour duration is flexible — the times shown are a typical starting point.

Know Before You Go

  • We'll confirm your exact pickup time and vehicle details after booking.
  • Bring a camera, comfortable shoes, and weather-appropriate layers.
  • Your pickup address is required to finalize the itinerary.

Special Requests

  • Mobility needs, dietary notes, or accessibility requirements? Let us know when requesting your quote and we'll arrange accordingly.
  • Traveling with young children or larger groups — just tell us, and we'll recommend the right vehicle.

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes, you work with your guide in advance to build a real itinerary suited to your group, within the 3-to-6-hour window.
This private tour is built for groups of up to five.
Early settler Darrell Duppa suggested the name in the 1860s because the new town was being built atop the ruins of the ancient Hohokam civilization's canal system — rising from the past the way the mythical phoenix was said to rise reborn from its own ashes.
No — the architect of record is Albert Chase McArthur, a former Wright draftsman. Wright consulted on-site for about four months in 1928 on the hotel's distinctive textile-block construction system, which is why his name is still often (incorrectly) attached to the building.
Once your quote is accepted, we'll confirm your exact pickup time, vehicle, and driver details by email ahead of your tour date.
Yes — reach out to our team any time before your tour and we'll do our best to accommodate itinerary or schedule changes.

About This Tour

Work with your own private guide to build a 3-to-6-hour itinerary through downtown Phoenix, Scottsdale, Glendale, or other pockets of the Valley of the Sun, from Arizona State University to the Arizona Biltmore. This tour is genuinely custom: you consult with your private guide ahead of time and build the itinerary together, choosing from real Valley of the Sun highlights like Arizona State University's campus, the historic Arizona Biltmore, the State Capitol area, downtown Phoenix, Glendale, or Scottsdale, for a small group of up to five.

Phoenix's own name has a real origin story worth knowing before you set out. In 1867, Jack Swilling organized an irrigation canal company at the foot of the White Tank Mountains to divert water from the Salt River, and by March 1868 that canal was carrying water to the first crops planted in the valley. It was Swilling's business partner, Darrell Duppa, who suggested naming the new settlement Phoenix — since it was rising, quite literally, from the ruins of an earlier civilization, the Hohokam, whose abandoned canal system the settlers were reusing — the same way the mythical Egyptian phoenix was said to rise reborn from its own ashes. The town was officially recognized on May 4, 1868, with Swilling serving as its first postmaster a month later.

If your itinerary includes the Arizona Biltmore, you're seeing one of the Valley's most storied resorts. It opened on February 23, 1929, with Albert Chase McArthur — a former draftsman under Frank Lloyd Wright — as its architect of record. Wright himself spent about four months on-site in 1928 consulting on the hotel's distinctive "Textile Block" construction system, pre-cast concrete blocks with a pattern said to represent a cut palm tree, which is why the Biltmore's design is still often mistakenly credited to Wright rather than McArthur. The resort was built by McArthur's brothers Warren and Charles, with chewing-gum magnate and Chicago Cubs owner William Wrigley Jr. among its early investors.

A stop at Arizona State University's Tempe campus puts you at the root of what's grown into one of the country's largest public universities by total enrollment, founded in 1885 as the Territorial Normal School decades before Arizona became a state.

And if your route swings through Scottsdale, you're in a town that's spent decades actively cultivating its Old West identity. Founded in 1888 by Army chaplain Winfield Scott, Scottsdale leaned into cattle-ranching history and, starting with a Chamber of Commerce campaign in 1947, built its whole downtown around a Western design theme and the slogan "The West's Most Western Town." The town formally adopted that motto when it incorporated in 1951, and the phrase was still distinctive enough to trademark in 2007.

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