The Historic Grand Canyon Hotel

Why stay here

• A real piece of Williams historyThe building opened in January 1892 as the Boyce Hotel, according to the Society of Architectural Historians' SAH Archipedia. It closed around 1970, stood empty for more than three decades and reopened as the Grand Canyon Hotel in 2005, with its guest rooms on the upper floor.
• On Route 66, by the trainIt is on the old highway in the centre of Williams, about 0.1 km in a straight line from the Williams depot of the Grand Canyon Railway. Location scores 9.7, the highest location score of the Arizona hotels in this guide. Diners and shops are on the doorstep.
• Staff and Wi-Fi score highIt scores 8.9 on Booking.com from 779 reviews (checked 16 Oct 2026), with staff at 9.6 and Wi-Fi at 9.9. On Google Maps it has 4.5 from 891 reviews.
• Nine room types and a mid-range priceFrom economy twins to suites and a classic apartment, it has the widest choice of room types of the Arizona hotels in this guide. It is in price tier 2, at around €103 a night for two in mid-January 2027 when we checked, converted from US dollars. Breakfast is served.

Good to know before you book

• Check-in ends at 20:00Check-in runs from 16:00 to 20:00, the earliest cut-off of the Arizona hotels in this guide. If you are driving from Las Vegas or Phoenix and may arrive late, tell the hotel in advance. Check-out is between 10:30 and 11:00.
• Few facilitiesFacilities is its lowest sub-score, at 8.7. The hotel lists breakfast, a terrace and kitchenettes in some rooms, but no pool or gym; the Grand Canyon Railway Hotel, a short walk away, has both.
• Stairs and an old buildingThe guest rooms are upstairs in a building from the 1890s. If you have heavy bags or limited mobility, ask the hotel about stairs and room location before you book.
• No extra beds, no petsAll ages are welcome, but the hotel does not add extra beds, so a family must book a room that already sleeps everyone, such as the family suite. Pets are not allowed.

Guest sub-scores on Booking.com

• Free WiFi9.9
• Location9.7
• Staff9.6
• Comfort9.2
• Cleanliness9.1
• Value for money8.8
• Facilities8.7

Average scores out of 10 from 779 reviews on Booking.com, checked on 16 Oct 2026.

Rooms

The choice is wide. Two adults on a budget can take the economy twin room or the standard queen room. The deluxe queen and deluxe king rooms are the step up, and the deluxe queen suite and deluxe king suite add space.

For families, the deluxe family suite is the room to look at, since there are no extra beds. The executive suite and the classic apartment suit longer stays or small groups, and some rooms have a kitchenette, useful in a small town where dinner choices thin out in winter. Check what each room includes when you book, because the kitchenette is not in every type.

Room types listed on Booking.com

• Economy twin room
• Standard queen room
• Deluxe queen room
• Deluxe king room
• Deluxe queen suite
• Deluxe king suite
• Deluxe family suite
• Executive suite
• Classic apartment

Getting there and around

From Phoenix Sky Harbor

Take I-17 north to Flagstaff, then I-40 west for about 44 miles (71 km) to Williams. Phoenix to the South Rim is about four hours according to the National Park Service, and Williams is roughly an hour short of the rim on that trip. See Phoenix to the Grand Canyon.

From Las Vegas

The usual route is US-93 to Kingman, about 119 miles (192 km) and 2 h 20 min according to AAA, then I-40 east to Williams, just under two hours more. The old Route 66 through Seligman is the slower alternative. See Las Vegas to the Grand Canyon.

To the Grand Canyon South Rim

By car, AZ-64 runs north about 60 miles (97 km), around an hour according to the National Park Service, to the South Entrance. By train, the Grand Canyon Railway leaves the depot next door at 9:30 from January to October and returns at 17:45, with more than three hours at the rim.

Along Route 66

Downtown Flagstaff is about 49 km east in a straight line and Seligman about 63 km west. Our Route 66 road trip covers the stops.

How it compares

The Historic Grand Canyon Hotel against two other Williams options and a renovated Route 66 motor hotel in Flagstaff.

Price for 2 adults, 12–15 January 2027, as shown on Booking.com on 16 Oct 2026.

Questions

See prices on Booking.com ↗

Independent guide page, not the hotel's own website. Innlantern wrote it from public information. Do you run this hotel? Corrections and requests: [email protected]. See also How we choose and review.