LA POSADA HOTEL

-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.