San Xavier Mission

User Reviews of San Xavier Mission

Yelp.com Review - by Alison R.

5.0 of 5 stars. This place is gorgeous. I'm not particularly religious but I still appreciate this "Dove of the Desert." I've never done the tour here, but I have enjoyed exploring this church a few times on my...
yelp.com - user review - 10/12/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Ferdinand B.

5.0 of 5 stars. Mission San Xavier del Bac is perfect for recounting the early, brutal days of Spain's conquest of the "new world". Using the Church, along with the military & epidemics, as a means of oppression and...
yelp.com - user review - 03/20/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Abu J.

5.0 of 5 stars. This is the only remaining mission church in Arizona--still in daily use as a church and now running as a museum as well. It is an extraordinary experience to come here and sit and look--even if you...
yelp.com - user review - 03/06/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Kim D.

4.0 of 5 stars. The Mission San Xavier is so beautiful, sitting in the Arizona desert practically all by it's self. Though I am not Catholic, and failed to understand a lot of the statues and what they represented, I...
yelp.com - user review - 02/16/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Danielle K.

5.0 of 5 stars. It's taken me many years to finally admit it, but...I'm not a religious person. This is something that's truly disheartening to my nuclear family, having grown up Catholic and going to private...
yelp.com - user review - 10/30/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Danny M.

5.0 of 5 stars. A true gem of colonial architecture, San Xavier Del Bac is not to be missed when visiting Tucson. You'll probably want to go sometime in the non-summer (November-May). I seem to recall it being not...
yelp.com - user review - 04/02/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by nate C.

5.0 of 5 stars. amazing, the closest thing to a mexican catedral i have seen in the U.S. it is just unfortunate that there is no zocalo in front. In fact it is in the middle of nowhere on an indian reservation.
yelp.com - user review - 04/25/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Maria M.

5.0 of 5 stars. It's hard to rate a church, but this one gets five stars for its beauty and for the priest who gave the Easter mass. I've never heard a southwest Mexican accent before. The congregation was mostly...
yelp.com - user review - 04/11/2007
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Good Stop by Gail S. at InsiderPages

This mission called the White Dove of the Desert, is worth a stop. This active mission (there are services still being held here as well as a school) dates back to the 1600's. Beautiful inside and out, there...
citysearch.com - user review - 03/29/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Arissa C.

5.0 of 5 stars. Imagine a Spanish colonial mission church painted in white contrasting with the bright blue sky and sugauro cacti growing around...This still active mission to the Tohono O'odham tribe still carries...
yelp.com - user review - 12/22/2006
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European church

Mission San Xavier del Bac is an old European church. I like how the surrounding environment and the church itself were not renovated. I think this place is interesting to take a look how these missi...
judysbook.com - user review - 08/21/2005
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Sistine Chapel of the New World?

Prior to going to this place, I did my research and found out that this mission has been referred to as the "Sistine Chapel of the New World" because of the way the mission was colorfully constructed ...
judysbook.com - user review - 08/21/2005
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Yelp.com Review - by Arwen O.

5.0 of 5 stars. My breath catches a little just thinking about this place. In the middle of nowhere, if nowhere is 10 miles south of Tucson, it's part of the San Xavier Indian Reservation. I can't think of many...
yelp.com - user review - 05/08/2005
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White Dove of the Desert

The most beautiful Mission I have ever seen. It has been restored on the interior and the walls are covered in marvelous paintings depicting various scenes from the Bible. A must to see when visiting Tucson.
citysearch.com - user review - 12/17/2002
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Your mouth will fall open.

View the provided continuous viedo first before touring the Mission. It is informative and allows for better appreciation.
citysearch.com - user review - 11/21/2002
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