On the sunny east side of Grand Junction in Colorado's wine country, the Best Western Grande River Inn & Suites settles travelers into Clifton, Colorado, amid orchards, vineyards, and red-rock country.
The setting blends farm valley and high desert. Local wineries and fruit orchards spread across the Grand Valley, Colorado Mesa University sits a short drive west, and the sheer red cliffs of Colorado National Monument rise just beyond town. For the higher country, the forests and lakes of the Grand Mesa, the world's largest flat-topped mountain, climb to the east.
A full hot breakfast, with homemade oatmeal and green chili opens the morning, and a large indoor heated pool and hot tub wait at day's end. A courtyard catches the warm-weather breakfast crowd, a fireplace warms the cold months, and the hotel welcomes pets. Vineyards on one side and red-rock cliffs on the other, Clifton makes an easy Grand Valley base.