The El Rancho Hotel is a Historic Hotel on Route 66 in Gallup, NM and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The hotel was built in the 1930's as a place for movie stars to stay while filming Western Movies. The El Rancho Hotel is centrally located between many National Parks in the Southwest and is a day drive away from some of the most famous National Parks in the US, including the Grand Canyon, Chaco Canyon, Canyon de Chelly, Mesa Verde, Monument Valley, El Morro, El Malpais, and Antelope Canyon. When you stay at the El Rancho Hotel, you will be sleeping in a room where a movie star slept. But the hotel is not just about movie stars. When you stay at the El Rancho, you will be following in the footsteps of Americans who have traveled West, in hopes of a better life. Route 66 is the road most traveled by dreamers looking for a better life and the El Rancho is one of the cornerstones of that Westward Journey. When you stay at the El Rancho Hotel, you will be giving yourself the opportunity to live your own Southwest experience in one of the most authentic places in the Region. You will give yourself the chance to explore unforgettable National Parks, and feel the American Spirit. You will give yourself the chance to discover churches that date back to the Conquistadors or the chance to sit on a Mesa, far from the rest of the world, overlooking a picture perfect sunset on your own journey.