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Splurge: Grand Canyon
What to do: For a grand tour without a grand bill attached, take a trip to the Grand Canyon. The National Park Service’s Web site (www.nps.gov) has all the essentials, including how to book a room at one of the park’s eight well-priced hotels (choicest is El Tovar, a 1905 lodge on the south rim with spectacular views). The awe factor: You can hike with the pros from the nonprofit Grand Canyon Field Institute (www.grandcanyon.org) to an 800-year-old pueblo or to rocks embedded with marine fossils older than the dinosaurs. Top this: April to October, kids eight and older can sluice down Colorado River waters with Hualapai Indian guides. Info: 888/297-2757; www.grandcanyonlodges.com; El Tovar doubles from $134.
Courtesy of El Tovar
