Lovely little gift shop with a real fire on the colder days this is a good starting point for the walk back along the rim trail. Absolutely recommended

We recently popped into Hermits Rest for a well deserved coffee and were very impressed by the lovely little shop. Craig is a real gem, and the hot chocolate was perfect. There is a lovely assortment of jewellery, books and postcards. The roaring fire makes...More

The road had been closed when we first drove by and when we saw it was open we decided to drive up. The overlooks are spectacular! We saw Elk and javelinas! The building has so much charm and the fireplace is spectacular! One of my...More

Very cool hamlet with a snack bar “during tourist season” and nice gift shop. Incredible views with a very nice paved trail to several connecting points. Busses are very frequent along this route so fell free to hike. the paved trail leads to each point...More

After hiking all our "must do" trails we took the shuttle to Hermits Rest. It's okay, nothing special. Even the views were not as good as other parts of the park. They have a snack bar which was very busy. It's only worth visiting if...More

Hermit's Rest is at the far end of the westernmost shuttle bus route. It is a gift shop, snack bar, and a trail head to a trail that goes down into the canyon. It's a nice shady respite with toilets. I enjoyed the gift shop...More

Certainly a good place to stop and check out the views. We waited for sunset here one evening. It was pretty but I found that Hopi Point offered a better sunset view. I like that it's a large place and it's easy to find a...More