Best Historic Lodges
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, Modern Arizona may be better known for its desert resorts but the Grand Canyon State has some of America's best lodges:
El Tovar, Grand Canyon South Rim, 1905. Grand Canyon Lodge, North Rim, 1937. Molly Butler Lodge, Greer, 1910. Bright Angel Lodge, South Rim, 1935. Greer Lodge, Greer, 1949. Honorable mention: Kaibab Lodge, 1927, and Jacob Lake Inn, 1923, both north of the Grand Canyon North Rim, and the 1926 Hannagan Meadow Lodge near Alpine. |
El Tovar is perched on the South Rim on a mesa just above the Grand Canyon train depot. (Photos by Austin Corbett)
The lobby of El Tovar includes seating areas, gift shops and a large fireplace that warms guests in the winter.
A rustic porch greets visitors to El Tovar on the South Rim.
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A table by a fireplace in El Tovar dining room which has views of the Canyon.
North Rim's Grand Canyon Lodge replaced a 1928 lodge that burned down.
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Grand Canyon Lodge is built into the edge of the North Rim with Kaibab limestone, ponderosa log siding and high ceilings with exposed beams. I
