What are good hotels to stay around Grand Canyon?|169517

I am planning a road trip from Moab, Utah, to Canyonlands, Glen Canyon, Grand Canyon, then Lake Mead, AZ.
I_m looking for good hotels (and your experience) for:
- between GlenC and GrandC (maybe in Tuba City, Cameron, or elsewhere)
- between GrandC and Lake Mead (maybe in Tusayan, Flagstaff, or elsewhere)
Thank you!

Between Glen Canyon Dam (Page, AZ) and Grand Canyon, probably the best place to stay is the hotel at the Cameron Trading Post. This is located beside the Little Colorado River gorge where highway 64 to Grand Canyon Village branches off of 89A between Page and Flagstaff. Cameron is a real authentic trading post with an interesting selection of Native American blankets and jewelry (plus the usual touristy stuff). The rooms in the lodge section are modern, clean and reasonably priced and the cafe has good food (they are famous for their huge Navajo Tacos).

Tusayan is the little tourist settlement just outside of the park gate for the Grand Canyon that has a number of chain hotels. It is a place to stay while you are visiting the park, but not really _in between_ if you are looking for a mid-way point between GC and Lake Mead. Although the hotels at Tusayan are fine, I prefer the lodges inside the park itself because they are much more convenient (don_t have to go through the lines at the park gate each time you want to go to your room). All the lodges inside the park are ran by Xanterra and reservations can be made online.

As far as a good place to stop between Grand Canyon and Lake Mead...

Flagstaff is the largest town along the way (about 1.5 hours from Grand Canyon and 3.5 from Hoover Dam). Flagstaff has a wide range of hotels and cafes including all the major chains. If you are looking for something a little different, the historic Monte Vista Hotel in the historic downtown is a neat place and within walking distance of cafes, shops and art galleries. The Monte Vista was once a show place hotel in the 1930s and 40s and used by movie stars filming in the area (scenes from Casablanca were filmed here).

A half-hour west of Flagstaff, is the smaller town of Williams which has a few hotels and cafes (and a small historic district). This is also where the Grand Canyon railway starts from. Further west are the small towns of Ash Fork and Seligman whose lodging options are limited.

The next best option is the town of Kingman where US93 to Lake Mead branches off of I-40 (about 1.5 hours from Lake Mead and 3.5 hours from the canyon). Kingman has a fairly large assortment of chain hotels as well the historic Brunswick hotel in the old historic downtown area near the railroad tracks. Nearby is the El Palacio Cafe - an excellent family run Mexican food restuarant.

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I_m live in flagstaff and need to come here to see the beauty of this town.

There aren_t a lot of hotels in your routes, except Flagstaff.

Most are motels around $50 to $100 per night.

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