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- Holbrook, Arizona - Wigwam Village Motel No. 6
Be sure to book early, at least two weeks out, in the summer. The Wigwam Village Motel is a classic and very popular -- a fun stop for any Route 66 or Cars lover.
[Wendy D., 08/12/2018]Wigwam Village Motel No. 6:RoadsideAmerica.com Team Field Report
- Address:
- 811 W. Hopi Drive, Holbrook, AZ
- Directions:
- On the south side of US Hwy 180 (old Route 66) between 7th and 8th Aves.
- Phone:
- 928-524-3048
- RA Rates:
- The Best
The best motel on Route 66! We stayed for one night and had a great time. The vintage cars parked in front of each wigwam give you a glimpse back to the peak days of Route 66. After an awesome ten-day road trip, my three-year-old son said that this motel and the cars were his favorite part of the vacation.
[April N, 10/01/2013]This Holbrook, Arizona landmark doesn't deviate a bit from its brochure billing. It's a genuine Route 66 motel comprising a dozen standalone concrete wigwams. "Spend the Night in a Wigwam!" the billboard urges. And you can do that for just $46.62, taxes and color TV included. Sorry, no telephones.
Often working the desk is Wigwam co-owner John Lewis, who's likely never met a stranger. It takes little urging to uncork his colorful observations on Route 66 tourism. He sees nostalgia continuing to grow, as a generation previously unexposed to the song and the TV show discover the back way through the Southwest.
And Lewis confirms this odd little suspicion I've been developing. Germans are invading the American Southwest. Certainly, there are other international tourists here, too, but not like the Germans. It's common to hear German conversations in restaurants, and in some places, the waiters join right in.
Lewis, who is cultivating business interests in Germany, explains that wide-open spaces are fascinating to northern Europeans. They travel to this country, and as Lewis puts it, "rent these big giant cars and just go crazy."
If the concept of Germans going crazy in big cars and sleeping in Wigwams isn't zany enough, get this: They love Native American art. According to Lewis, many of the world's foremost tribal art experts are German. It's a fascination, Lewis explains, with something very foreign and very exotic to Europeans.
"There just aren't a lot of Indians in Germany," Lewis explains. I suppose, deep down, I may have suspected that.
[Frank J. Whyte, 10/25/2004]What a great place! I wish I could have spent the night at the Wigwam Motel, but there was too much daylight ahead of me to pack it in for the night. Fortunately, the blue sky and the cotton fluffy clouds that afternoon allowed me to capture some of the best shots I got on our Route 66 adventure! I've read that these Teepee enclosed rooms are actually kept up rather nicely. They have a bunch of cool vintage cars sprinkled around the parking lot too, which gives it that uhm-uhm 1950s fresh kinda flava!
[Jason Graham, 06/02/2002]A packed gathering of brightly painted, homemade prehistoric creatures just off of Route 66. Highest dino density per square foot.
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Rainbow Rock Shop
- Address:
- 101 Navajo Blvd., Holbrook, AZ
- Directions:
- Rainbow Rock Shop. I-40 exit 286, head south. West side of Navajo Blvd (Hwy 77) just south of Hopi Drive (US 180)
- Phone:
- 928-524-2384
- RA Rates:
- Major Fun
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Thankfully, the German urge for Leibensraum is more zany and benign than it was in the 1940s. Put that together with their long vacation benefits and it's no wonder they're filling up our teepees...