15 Best Hotels in Northeast Arizona, Arizona

This two-story motel about 3 miles from Canyon de Chelly but close to the junction with U.S. 191 has cheerful rooms with modern, no-frills oak furnishings. All rooms have coffeemakers. The on-site Junction restaurant is one of the few spots in town to serve three meals a day, year-round. There's also a very good gift shop off the lobby.

On a bluff at the northern end of Page, this ordinary though reliable motel has large rooms with beige and burnt-orange walls, queen-size beds, and simple furnishings, not to mention some of the best views of Lake Powell, just 2 miles away, in the area. Rimview Terrace serves lunch and dinner next door.

At the turnoff for the eastern entrance to the Grand Canyon's South Rim, this trading post dates back to 1916 and contains recently renovated Southwestern-style rooms with carved-oak furniture, tile baths, and balconies overlooking the Colorado River. Native-stone landscaping—including fossilized dinosaur tracks—and a small, well-kept garden are pleasant. Make your reservations far in advance for high season.

It may be part of a budget chain, but this particular Days Inn—an attractive Southwest-style building atop a plateau with expansive views—is the best among value-oriented accommodations in the region. Rooms are furnished with sleek, contemporary lamps, bedding, and flat-screen TVs, and they have large windows or doors opening to small balconies.

This nicely maintained motel with a handsome timber-frame facade and panoramic views of the surrounding red rocks is in Bluff, 25 miles northeast of Mexican Hat; it's an excellent base for exploring Goosenecks State Park, the northern end of Monument Valley, and even Canyonlands National Park, to the north. Rooms are spacious with log-frame beds and large bathrooms, and there are also seven upscale cabins with wood-paneled walls, high ceilings, and private porches. The on-site restaurant, Duke's, serves breakfast, dinner, and nonalcoholic beverages daily.

Nestled beneath a massive red rock monolith, this two-level property affords spectacular views of Monument Valley from each room's private balcony. Before the View Hotel opened nearby with even more impressive views, this was the only lodging in the region offering truly knockout scenery. It has more history than its competitor, but it's not as plush, although rooms do have DVD players, free Wi-Fi, and flat-screen TVs; there are also several family suites, each with two bedrooms and full kitchens. The on-site Stagecoach restaurant serves American and Southwestern fare amid Western movie memorabilia. Goulding's also conducts custom guided tours and provides Navajo guides into the backcountry.

This warm and inviting hotel is the best accommodation in Kayenta, although it's much like any other hotel in the chain except for its unusually good restaurant and Navajo-inspired design. The contemporary, comfortable rooms and lobby are tastefully decorated with Southwest textures, and the restaurant is staffed by Native Americans wearing traditional Navajo garb. There's a free continental breakfast bar, a patio with a beehive fireplace, an attractive enclosed pool and sundeck, and a notably impressive gift shop with top-quality Native American art and unique gifts. Staff can help arrange guided tours of Monument Valley.

Once called Garcia's Trading Post, this well-kept hotel near Canyon de Chelly is less generic than you might expect: the exterior is "territorial fort" in style and the rooms have been updated with jewel tones and minimalist artwork. Off the lobby there's a gift shop stocked with local Native American arts and crafts, plus a decent restaurant.

This small Hopi-run motel, the only place to eat or sleep in the immediate area, occupies an attractive adobe building with a reddish-brown exterior. The rooms are nothing special, but they are clean, quiet, and moderately priced. Because of its remote location the motel usually has some vacancies.

Operated by the Hopi tribe and situated across from the Tuuvi Travel Center, this striking, contemporary hotel contains light-filled, boldly colored rooms with flat-screen TVs, work desks, and coffeemakers. Rooms on the third floor and a large common lounge have impressive views of the San Francisco Peaks in the distance. Suites have granite counters and more legroom. Off the lobby are an attractively landscaped saltwater pool, hot tub, and garden. A basic Continental breakfast is served in the high-ceilinged lobby, which also contains a gallery of high-quality Hopi art and crafts.

Tuba City's longest-running hotel has upgraded its rooms in an effort to better compete with the snazzy Moenkopi Legacy Inn down the street, but it's still a pretty run-of-the-mill property. This hotel is adjacent to the historic Tuba City Trading Post and the excellent Explore Navajo Museum, and there's a decent restaurant on-site.

Rooms in this two-story beam-and-stucco hotel near the Navajo Museum are decorated with an earthy Navajo-inspired palette that complements the dark wood furnishings. The decor, bedding, and amenities exceed typical Quality Inn standards and are nicer than you might guess given the hotel's drab exterior. The Diné Restaurant serves tasty Navajo and Southwestern fare (roasted corn chowder, Navajo tacos, veggie burritos) plus a handful of American standards, and the gift shop sells authentic Navajo jewelry.

Ideally located within the national monument's borders, this pleasant, if basic, establishment owned by the Navajo Nation hosts Native American dance performances weekends August through October. The cafeteria-style restaurant, in the site's original 1896 trading post, serves reasonably priced soups, salads, sandwiches, and entrées, including charbroiled steaks. The lodge can also help to arrange jeep tours of Canyon de Chelly and Canyon del Muerto.

The Navajo tribe operates this sleek pink-stucco hotel, the only lodging inside Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park and one of the most spectacularly situated hotels in the Southwest, with astounding vistas that lend the hotel its name. Nearly all the rooms face east toward the iconic Mittens and Totem Pole formations, and all have private balconies, flat-screen TVs, tile floors, and brightly hued Navajo bedspreads. You can read or relax in a cavernous lobby with tall windows, leather chairs, and hand-carved furnishings, or work out in a small gym looking toward Mitchell Butte. Continental breakfast in the adjacent restaurant is complimentary mid-January through March, and available for a reasonable fee the rest of the year.

This clean but very basic two-story, red-tile-roofed motel, located in an area with few lodging options, has Southwestern decor and plain but new furnishings. Amenities include flat-screen TVs, hair dryers, irons, and ironing boards. Rooms open to a parking lot bordered by attractive shrubbery and trees, and the lobby houses a nice little curio shop.