RATED AS ONE OF THE TOP 5 HISTORIC HOTELS IN ARIZONA LAPOSADA WAS BUILT IN 1930 AND WAS THE LAST AND MOST ELEGANTOF THE FRED HARVEY HOTELS BUILT BY THE SANTA FE RAILROAD. ITWAS DESIGNED BY MARY COLTER PERHAPS THE GREATEST ARCHITECTOF THE SOUTHWEST AS A FABULOUS SPANISH HACIENDA. IN ITSHEYDAY LA POSADA WAS A FAVORITE RETREAT FOR HOLLYWOODSTARS. EVERYBODY STAYED HERE FROM HOWARD HUGHES TO JOHNWAYNE BOB HOPE TO DORTHY LAMOUR ALBERT EINSTEIN TO THECROWN PRINCE OF JAPAN. IN THE 1930S LA POSADA WAS THE FINESTSMALL HOTEL IN THE SOUTHWEST A ROMANTIC SPANISH CASTLE WITH70 GUEST ROOMS THREE DINING ROOMS AND GRAND PUBLIC SPACES.WITH THE DECLINE IN RAIL TRAVEL LA POSADA CLOSED IN 1957.OVER THE NEXT 40 YEARS THE HOTEL NARROWLY ESCAPEDDEMOLITION. IN 1997 A MASSIVE RESTORATION PROJECT WAS BEGUN AND TODAY GUESTS CAN AGAIN ROAM THE ORIGINAL FLAGSTONEFLOORS PLAY A GAME OF CHESS NEXT TO A ROARING FIRE IN THEBALLROOM STROLL PAST THE PETRIFIED WOOD FOUNTAIN IN THESECLUDED MEDITERAINIAN SUNKEN GARDEN HAVE A DRINK AT THEHORSESHOE BAR IN THE MARTINI LOUNGE AND A FOUR STAR MEAL INTHE NEWLY RENOVATED TURQUOISE ROOM RESTAURANT AND SPEND ANIGHT IN ONE OF LA POSADA 37 FULLY RESTORED GUEST ROOMS MANY OF WHICH OFFER BALCONY VIEWS OF OUR LAWNS AND GROVES SOME WITH WHIRLPOOL TUBS AND PRIVATE FIREPLACES. COME TO LAPOSADA AND STEP BACK IN TIME. STROLL OVER 8 ACRES OF LAWNS GROVES AND GARDENS. WATCH THE CLOUDS THROUGH THECOTTONWOODS. RELAX WITH A GOOD BOOK FROM OUR LIBRARY. FORADVENTURE WE WILL DIRECT YOU TO WONDERFUL DAY TRIPS JUST ASFRED HARVEY PLANNED YEARS AGO TO ALL THE MARVELS OF THEREGION. SEE THE GRAND CANYON THE RED ROCKS OF SEDONA MONUMENT VALLEY THE HOPI MESAS METEROR CRATER THEPETRIFIED FOREST AND PREHISTORIC RUINS AT WUPATKI WALNUTCANYON AND HOMOLOVI. THERE IS SO MUCH TO EXPLORE IN NORTHERNARIZONA AND THERE S NO BETTER BASE THAN LA POSADA. COMESPEND A FEW MEMORABLE DAYS WITH US IN HIGH STYLE ALONGHISTORIC U.S ROUTE 66.
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Amenities / Additional Information - La Posada Hotel
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- In House Bar
- Pets Allowed
- Air Conditioning
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| Check In: |
1500 |
| Check Out: |
1200 |
| Floors: |
2 |
| Rooms: |
37 |
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Area Attactions - La Posada Hotel
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Area Attractions: Direction Is From Attraction To Property Meteor Crater ..............................26m W Homolovi Ruins State Park ..................01m N Petrified Forest ...........................51m E Hopi Mesas .................................65m N Mchood Park/Clear Creek ....................05m S Grand Canyon ..............................120m W Little Painted Desert ......................13m N Burlington Northern Santa Fe ...............Onsite Indian Health Services .....................01m W Northern Arizona University ................57m W Northland Pioneer College .................1/2m E Amtrak .....................................Onsite Winslow Memorial Hospital ..................01m N Walnut Canyon ..............................45m W Greyhound ..................................02b Nw
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Driving Directions - La Posada Hotel
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PHX PHOENIX AIRPORT 202 MI WTAKE I 10 WEST 1 MI TO THE I 17 NORTH 140 MI MERGE ONTO I 40EAST 56 MI EXIT 252 HIPKOE LANE TURN RIGHT AT THE OFFRAMPTURN LEFT AT STOP SIGN ONTO SECOND STREET TAKE SECOND STREET2 MI TO 303 E SECOND STREET
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