An absolutely gorgeous, all-suite luxury family resort with golf, an athletic club, a spa, and an amazing 7-acre water park. The standard suites are great, and the villas are practically perfect.
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A basic, but well-maintained family friendly three-star hotel in Williams, Arizona, home to the Grand Canyon Railway Depot and jumping off point to the excellent train trips to the Grand Canyon.
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A no-frills, family friendly hotel on the south rim of the Grand Canyon. Rooms feature two queen beds, satellite TV, mini fridges, and tea and coffee making facilities.
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The Grand Canyon Deer Farm and Petting Zoo also has wallabies, potbellied pigs, llamas, miniature donkeys, miniature horses, coatimundis, monkeys, reindeer, bison, and a baby camel.
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The Desert Botanical Garden boasts the world's largest collection of desert plants in a natural setting. While that's obviously impressive, it doesn't begin to describe the whimsical beauty of the place.
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For spring break, I planned a family road trip to the Grand Canyon---it was simultaneously amazing and brutal. Amazing because, well, it's the Grand Canyon. Brutal because our itinerary required a butt-busting 29 hours in the car.
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