Cortez Hotels

The Best Western hotel in Cortez has a central location along E Main Street, 5 blocks from the middle of town at the junction with Market St, but still quite close to the edge of the suburbs to the southwest, and the start of the farmland of Montezuma Valley. The hotel's 77 rooms are decorated in authentic Southwestern style, and include 3 types of suite - family units catering for up to 8 people, two room suites with cooking facilities, and hot tub/fireplace suites. Other facilities are outdoor pool and landscaped gardens, indoor pool with waterfall and jet, gift shop and breakfast bar.

The hotel nearest to Mesa Verde National Park is the Holiday Inn Express Mesa Verde-Cortez, 9 miles from the park entrance on US 160, near the junction with CO 145 (Dolores Rd). The hotel is 1.5 miles east of the center of Cortez, on the south side of the highway in a relatively undeveloped area, and 5 miles from the municipal airport; it offers 100 comfortable rooms & suites on 3 floors, an indoor pool, fitness center, sauna and free continental breakfast; the lunch/dinner there is a bar/restaurant adjacent. Good standards of cleanliness, customer service and facilities make the Holiday Inn the best hotel in town.

The Econo Lodge is one of a small group of hotels 1.5 miles east of the center of Cortez, along US 160; it has 70 rooms on 2 floors, in a long building on the north side of the highway. Most rooms face either south, with views of the car park and outdoor pool, or north, looking out over a residential area. The hotel offers free continental breakfast, and there are many restaurants & lounges nearby. Facilities are basic but the rooms are cheap, and the staff friendly & efficient.

Although amongst the least expensive hotels in Cortez, CO, the Rodeway Inn at 1120 E Main St still offers the basic amenities of a pool (indoor), free continental breakfast and guest laundry. The 50 rooms are generally clean, comfortable and modern; some contain a microwave & refrigerator. There are several restaurants and stores close by, including Safeway supermarket one block west. Also just to the west is Cortez City Park, featuring picnic areas, a games court and facilities for children.

At 2131 E Main St (US 160), the Baymont Inn sits 1.5 miles east of the center of Cortez, in a quiet area just off the main road. This is a large hotel on 3 floors, with uninterrupted views south and east across Montezuma Valley towards the North Rim mesa. One restaurant is adjacent, and there are several others within a mile west, together with a Wal-Mart and various other stores. The inn has 150 fairly large rooms, and amenities of an indoor pool/hot tub, fitness center, business center and free deluxe continental breakfast (including a selection of hot items).