The View Hotel
$$$$Pick no. 1 · The standoutBoutiqueMonument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, next to the visitor center
Navajo-owned hotel inside Monument Valley Tribal Park, 95 rooms
Photos: The View Hotel, official website. Shown courtesy of the property.
The only hotel inside Monument Valley Tribal Park, with balconies facing the Mittens.
- Valley views
- StarView rooms
- The View Restaurant
- Breakfast
See prices (official website)Opens the hotel’s official website.
Why we picked it
We would book it for the moment the hotel is named after: the sun rising behind the Mittens, seen from your own balcony. It is the only hotel inside the Tribal Park, owned by a Navajo family, so the Valley Drive, the Navajo guides at the visitor center and the Wildcat Trail are all on the doorstep, and the evening light on the buttes needs no drive at all.
Best for
- Photographers
- Sunrise over the Mittens
- Couples
- The only hotel inside the Tribal Park, facing the Mittens and Merrick Butte
- Most rooms have a private balcony; third-floor StarView rooms add the best stargazing
- Navajo-owned, with locally woven rugs in the rooms, a trading post and the Wildcat Trail starting at the hotel
What the hotel offers
As listed on the hotel’s own website.
- Valley viewsMost rooms have a private balcony facing the monuments
- StarView roomsThird-floor rooms for stargazing and night photography
- The View RestaurantDinner in the evening; lunch at The View Deli
- BreakfastContinental breakfast in the mornings
- Air-conditioning and heatWith refrigerator, microwave and coffee/tea maker
- Fitness centerWith sunset views
- Wildcat TrailStarts at the hotel, the only trail open without a guide
- Trading postContemporary and traditional Native American art
- Navajo-ownedLocally woven Navajo rug in the rooms
- Wi-FiWireless internet in the lobby
- Family roomsFirst-floor rooms have bigger balconies