-RATED AS ONE OF THE TOP 5 HISTORIC HOTELS IN ARIZONA- LA
POSADA WAS BUILT IN 1930 AND WAS THE LAST AND MOST ELEGANT
OF THE FRED HARVEY HOTELS BUILT BY THE SANTA FE RAILROAD. IT
WAS DESIGNED BY MARY COLTER- PERHAPS THE GREATEST ARCHITECT
OF THE SOUTHWEST- AS A FABULOUS SPANISH HACIENDA. IN ITS
HEYDAY- LA POSADA WAS A FAVORITE RETREAT FOR HOLLYWOOD
STARS. EVERYBODY STAYED HERE- FROM HOWARD HUGHES TO JOHN
WAYNE- BOB HOPE TO DORTHY LAMOUR- ALBERT EINSTEIN TO THE
CROWN PRINCE OF JAPAN. IN THE 1930S LA POSADA WAS THE FINEST
SMALL HOTEL IN THE SOUTHWEST- A ROMANTIC SPANISH CASTLE WITH
70 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 ESCAPED
DEMOLITION. IN 1997 A MASSIVE RESTORATION PROJECT WAS BEGUN-
AND TODAY GUESTS CAN AGAIN ROAM THE ORIGINAL FLAGSTONE
FLOORS- PLAY A GAME OF CHESS NEXT TO A ROARING FIRE IN THE
BALLROOM- STROLL PAST THE PETRIFIED WOOD FOUNTAIN IN THE
SECLUDED MEDITERAINIAN SUNKEN GARDEN- HAVE A DRINK AT THE
HORSESHOE BAR IN THE MARTINI LOUNGE AND A FOUR STAR MEAL IN
THE NEWLY RENOVATED TURQUOISE ROOM RESTAURANT- AND SPEND A
NIGHT 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 LA
POSADA AND STEP BACK IN TIME. STROLL OVER 8 ACRES OF LAWNS-
GROVES AND GARDENS. WATCH THE CLOUDS THROUGH THE
COTTONWOODS. RELAX WITH A GOOD BOOK FROM OUR LIBRARY. FOR
ADVENTURE WE WILL DIRECT YOU TO WONDERFUL DAY TRIPS- JUST AS
FRED HARVEY PLANNED YEARS AGO- TO ALL THE MARVELS OF THE
REGION. SEE THE GRAND CANYON- THE RED ROCKS OF SEDONA-
MONUMENT VALLEY- THE HOPI MESAS- METEROR CRATER- THE
PETRIFIED FOREST AND PREHISTORIC RUINS AT WUPATKI- WALNUT
CANYON AND HOMOLOVI. THERE IS SO MUCH TO EXPLORE IN NORTHERN
ARIZONA- AND THERE S NO BETTER BASE THAN LA POSADA. COME
SPEND A FEW MEMORABLE DAYS WITH US IN HIGH STYLE ALONG
HISTORIC U.S- ROUTE 66.
Room Types:
Driving Directions: -PHX - PHOENIX AIRPORT- 202 MI W TAKE I-10 WEST 1 MI TO THE I-17 NORTH 140 MI MERGE ONTO I-40 EAST 56 MI EXIT 252 HIPKOE LANE TURN RIGHT AT THE OFFRAMP TURN LEFT AT STOP SIGN ONTO SECOND STREET TAKE SECOND STREET 2 MI TO 303 E SECOND STREET
Room Types:
Driving Directions: -PHX - PHOENIX AIRPORT- 202 MI W TAKE I-10 WEST 1 MI TO THE I-17 NORTH 140 MI MERGE ONTO I-40 EAST 56 MI EXIT 252 HIPKOE LANE TURN RIGHT AT THE OFFRAMP TURN LEFT AT STOP SIGN ONTO SECOND STREET TAKE SECOND STREET 2 MI TO 303 E SECOND STREET
Air Conditioning
- ABQ- ALBUQUERQUE . . . . . . . . . .256.0 MI /412.0 KM
- ABQ- ALBUQUERQUE AIRPORT . . . . . .265.0 MI /426.5 KM
- CANYON DE CHELLEY . . . . . . . . . 156.0 MI /251.1 KM
- CLEAR CREEK MC HOOD PARK . . . . . .6.0 MI /9.7 KM
- FLAGSTAFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.0 MI /83.7 KM
- GUP- GALLUP . . . . . . . . . . . . 90.0 MI /144.8 KM
- GRAND CANYON . . . . . . . . . . . .143.0 MI /230.1 KM
- HOLBROOK . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30.0 MI /48.3 KM
- HOMOLIVI RUINS STATE PARK . . . . . 8.0 MI /12.9 KM
- HOPI LAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.0 MI /96.6 KM
- INW- WINSLOW . . . . . . . . . . . .0.0 MI /0.0 KM
- METEOR CRATER . . . . . . . . . . . 20.0 MI /32.2 KM
- PHX- PHOENIX . . . . . . . . . . . .182.0 MI /292.9 KM
- PHX- SKY HARBOR AIRPORT . . . . . . 202.0 MI /325.1 KM
- PETRIFIED FOREST NATIONAL PARK . . .59.0 MI /95.0 KM
- ROCK ART RANCH- 25 MI SE . . . . . .25.0 MI /40.2 KM
- SDX- SEDONA . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.0 MI /128.7 KM
- SLIDE ROCK STATE PARK . . . . . . . 88.0 MI /141.6 KM
Property Address:303 EAST SECOND STREET
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