-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.

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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