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Taliesin West: Traveller Reviews


TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #2 of 107 attractions in Scottsdale
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Activities: group tours/walking tour, city walk sightseeing
Attraction type: Architectural building, Art gallery, Educational site, Historic home, Historic site, Museum, Other
Address: 12621 North Frank Lloyd Wright Blvd., Scottsdale, AZ 85259
Phone: 480-860-8810

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Worth it..once.

Taliesin West

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5 of 5 stars
Franklin
4 Jun 2009
1
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The price of the 90 minute tour is way too much,but..since it's a non-profit org. I just
paid it and shook my head.

Our tour guide was named Michael and he was very,very good. Knew his Frank Lloyd
Wright and was able to handle almost any crazy question our group threw at him. There
was something (can't recall what) that he did not know,but he just admitted it instead of
making something up. He also knew who would know the information and steered the
questioner over to them after the tour.

Since this was an ever evolving home and work space past FLW's death,you don't get a fix on any one era and I think that the board might want to think about that some more.
I don't have a solution or real opinion,just that it's all too "unformed" at the moment. They
need more photos or artifacts from their archives in the house and offices.

Terribly hot and I wished I had taken an unbrella when it was offered to me in the
gift shop. Make sure to take and drink water,the tour is in and out of doors and you
will need it.

The staff at the gift shop was nice and ready to assist us with items behind locked
case doors. But,we were 2 of maybe a dozen people there,so it might be a different
story at another time of the year.

Gift store prices were astronomical,but that didn't seem to stop anyone from buying
FLW trinkets to take home.

It's worth going to once. But once you've seen the place,you've seen it. There isn't
enough there to make me want to go back. The stories were the most interesting part.

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FLW fan? Don't miss it!

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5 of 5 stars
Augusta, Georgia
7 May 2009
2
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My husband and I are both fans of the legendary Frank Lloyd Wright so we were very excited to have the opportunity to visit Taliesin West since we were going to be in the area on business. We have several books on him, his architecture, etc., and we have visited some of the structures he designed, but actually visiting somewhere he himself lived was fantastic and not to be missed! We learned even more about him from our knowledgable guide, and it really did take our appreciation of him to a new level. We are now talking about planning a visit to Fallingwater next, and we also hope to get back to the Wisconsin/Chicago area in the future to see even more of his buildings and to visit Taliesin.

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Ok but not fabulous

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3 of 5 stars
Atlanta, GA
26 Apr 2009
1
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I am glad I went, but would not recommend to anyone not an architecture fan . I was interested to learn about FLW as the icon he is, but felt the tour was 10 minutes squeed into 90 minutes. But I am not a student of architecture.

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Amazing and Inspiring for all ages

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5 of 5 stars
Montana
5 Feb 2009
3
people found this review helpful

This fabulous attraction is a school, a home and a museum. Well worth the drive to get there and the cost to tour the facility. We lucked out and had great weather, an excellent guide and an art display on the grounds to enjoy.

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Good Tour

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4 of 5 stars
Lancaster, PA
12 Nov 2008
1
person found this review helpful

We took the 90 minute Insights tour for $32 of Frank Lloyd Wright's Desert Home. We had a very knowledgeable guide and the tour was very interesting.

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12621 North Frank Lloyd Wright Blvd., Scottsdale, AZ 85259 Tel: 480-860-8810