http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-24T12:28:29Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Grand%20Canyon%20Hotels http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/8/7/13307/67706 <![CDATA[<p><embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/1321361467" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashVars="videoId=32679358001&playerId=1321361467&viewerSecureGatewayURL=https://console.brightcove.com/services/amfgateway&servicesURL=http://services.brightcove.com/services&cdnURL=http://admin.brightcove.com&domain=embed&autoStart=false&" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="486" height="412" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" swLiveConnect="true" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed><p>After our trip to Vegas this week, we decided to go see the <b>Grand Canyon</b>, and stopped off at <b>Williams</b> on <b>Route 66</b>. Lucky for Williams that it is &#150; as its two streets would definitely not be crawling with tourists if it wasn&#146;t. Not that it&#146;s not cute &#150; we like Route 66 t-shirts and peanut brittle as much as the next person - but boy it was small. Still, it&#146;s the nearest town to the South Rim of the Canyon, and it&#146;s cuter than Flagstaff, so it&#146;s a good place to spend the night, <p>We shacked up for the night at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Grand+Canyon+Hotel/ian/246760"><b>Grand Canyon Hotel</b></a>, which londontown 2009-08-07T15:49:31-05:00 35.2507206 -112.18775 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/6/4/115833/2944 <![CDATA[<p> <i>We are suckers for a room with a killer view. &nbsp;We find that we are even more likely to forgive some minor hotel inconveniences if we can stare out the window at something pretty--yeah we are that shallow. Let's help out our fellow hotel mavens by uploading rooms with killer views to the <a href="http://flickr.com/groups/hotelchatter/">HotelChatter/Flickr photo pool</a>, or by <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">sending the photo along to us</a>. We will feature our favorites in this space from time to time. Remember to tell us the name of the hotel and the room number of the hot view.</i> <p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/grandcanyonkachina.jpg" class="top"> <p>Oh man. We don't really talk much about the Grand Canyon 'round these parts. Especially during the summer. It's hot over Jenna 2009-06-04T12:00:53-05:00 36.0613300 -112.18346 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/5/26/141759/240 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/quailparklodge.jpg" class="top"> <p> Take a classic early 1960&#146;s roadside motel, give it a spiffy makeover and a swift kick into the 21st century and you&#146;ve got the kitschy <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Quail+Park+Lodge/local/1513">Quail Park Lodge</a></b> in Kanab, UT. <p>Although Kanab is a great overnight escape from Las Vegas, outdoor enthusiasts from all over the world dig this destination as a centrally-located home base for exploring Zion National Park, Grand Canyon, Bryce Canyon, Coral Pink Sand Dunes, and Grand Staircase Escalante. <p> And at Quail Park Lodge, there&#146;s a whole lotta "new" goin' on, including a new swimming pool, LCD TV&#146;s, free Wi-Fi, microwaves, mini-fridges, and comfy beds &#151; and the Internet-savvy property is also wheeling and dealing reduced room rates on its globetrotting gourmet 2009-05-26T16:39:09-05:00 37.0533419 -112.53499 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/3/20/21739/7051 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/eltovarhotel.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>It's been around 1905 and hosted Theodore Roosevelt and Albert Einstein, yet standard room rates at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/El+Tovar/local/1156"><b>El Tovar</b></a> clock in at a shockingly bargain $166 for being perched about 100 feet from the South Rim of the Grand Canyon.<p>The El Tovar and its scattered lodges along the edge of the Grand Canyon were built for the classic National Parks family road trip. They offer hearty breakfast buffets, unbeatable views, free parking, and immediate access to the head of the popular Bright Angel Trail (an 8 mile, 4000+' descent to the Colorado River).<p>If you opt for the hike down, be forewarned that it is very strenuous and splurging on some Nalgene bottles and a souvenir walking stick JetSetCD 2008-03-24T12:00:01-05:00 36.054362 -112.13771 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/