Just off historic Route 66, the Best Western Pony Soldier Inn & Suites, Flagstaff, Arizona, is a welcoming home base in the high country, with a complimentary full hot breakfast, an enclosed heated pool and hot tub, free high-speed Wi-Fi, a 24-hour front desk, and spacious rooms and suites with plush bedding, flat-screen TVs, and mini-fridges.
The setting puts forest trails and crisp mountain air just outside, with the Grand Canyon about 90 minutes north. A cliff-dwelling monument and a historic observatory sit close by.
Flagstaff is a mile-high mountain town ringed by the ponderosa pines of the Coconino National Forest and crowned by the San Francisco Peaks, the tallest mountains in Arizona. Mother Road history runs through a lively downtown of breweries, galleries, and railroad-era brick, with Walnut Canyon's ancient cliff dwellings, the dark-sky telescopes of Lowell Observatory, and the South Rim of the Grand Canyon all within easy reach.