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El Tovar Hotel

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 and room service and is a Registered National Historic Landmark.

El Tovar Hotel has 78 rooms and suites, two of which are accessible rooms.  These accessible rooms cannot currently be reserved online.  Please call Central Reservations for additional details, availability and to reserve an accessible room. 
All accommodations include cable television, telephone, full bath and air conditioning. Standard rooms have one double, one queen, or two queen beds. Deluxe rooms have either two queens or one king bed. Suites have a bedroom with either two queens or one king bed, and a sitting room, and some of the suites have a porch or balcony.  All of our rooms at El Tovar feature triple sheeting on the beds.

All rooms are non-smoking. Some rooms and suites 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.

Lodging at El Tovar may be booked well in advance but cancellations do occur. Visit during the winter months for best availability.

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