An old copper-mining boomtown a mile high in the Mule Mountains, ten minutes from the Mexico border — Victorian-era buildings stacked up the side of a canyon, a 1902 grand hotel where John Wayne kept a regular suite. Saturday opens with a queen-mine tour (donning the yellow slicker and headlamp) followed by a long browse through the Killer Bee Honey shop and the artist-run galleries on Main Street. Lunch at Cafe Roka, one of the most editorial dinners in the Southwest. Saturday night drinks at the Copper Queen Saloon (the bar is allegedly haunted — the Copper Queen ghost tour is a real thing). Decompression on Sunday with a drive across the border for breakfast in Naco, Sonora before the flight out of Tucson.
Five quick questions, then we build the full itinerary — lodging, daily schedule, dining, bars, the group-chat message — and drop you into a Trip Room you can share with the bridesmaids.