El Tovar Hotel, the premier lodging facility at the Grand Canyon, opened its doors in 1905 and was most recently renovated in 2005. In th... more »
El Tovar Hotel, the premier lodging facility at the Grand Canyon, opened its doors in 1905 and was most recently renovated in 2005. In the past, the Hotel has hosted such luminaries as Theodore Roosevelt, Albert Einstein, Western author Zane Grey, and many others. Today, El Tovar retains its elegant charm. Located on the Canyon rim, it features a fine dining room (open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner), lounge and curio shop with newsstand. El Tovar offers its guests Concierge, turn-down and room service and is a Registered National Historic Landmark. El Tovar Hotel has 78 rooms and suites, all with cable television, telephone, full bath and air conditioning. Standard rooms have one double, one queen, or two queen beds. All rooms are non-smoking. Some rooms will accommodate a rollaway bed, which would be subject to availability and cannot be reserved. ***El Tovar has free, self-parking. Room service is available during limited hours.***
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56 year old with a luxury budget, traveling for leisure
You just can't beat the magnificent view from the El Tovar location. As far as the experience at the hotel, the lobby is constantly crowded with spectators from everywhere who come off the train from Williams. The view of the Grand Canyon from this location more than makes up for this inconvenience. At night, Elk come to visit and are there in the morning. They are very people friendly and don't seem at all to mind the cameras.