Relais & Châteaux can provide a home base of luxury accommodation, gourmet cuisine and relaxing spas on your Route du Bonheur (road to happiness) in the Southwest. A trip to the Grand Canyon, one of the world’s greatest wonders, with spectacular scenery and ecological and early American history is complemented by a stay at one of our hotels. Your visit to Relais & Châteaux may also include:

 A hike to the bottom of the canyon
 A massage or mud bath at Rancho Valencia Resort and Spa
 Cooking classes at Chateau du Sureau
 Rafting on the famous Colorado River

The Grand Canyon Landscape

A great chasm carved over the millennia by the Colorado River, the Grand Canyon encompasses over a million acres on the Colorado Plateau in northwestern Arizona.

Humbling to the most experienced traveler, it is one of the true wonders of our geologic time. Averaging 4,000 feet deep for its entire 277 miles and more than 15 miles across at its widest point, its steep-walled canyons and semi-arid desert basins serve as an ecological refuge, home to hundreds of protected and endangered plant and animal species.

A Taste of The Grand Canyon

Each year thousands of international visitors visit this five million-year-old archeological splendor, coming in summer to camp, hike and raft and in winter to snowshoe, bird watch or cross country ski. Planning ahead is imperative to get necessary permits. For more information go to www.nps.gov/grca or www.grand.canyon.national-park.com.

Luxury Hotels and Restaurants near the Grand Canyon