The hut’s framed view of Half Dome, North Dome and the Merced River canyon is unforgettable. Now it’s a near-requirement for photo opps. Glacier Point has an outdoor amphitheatre for evening ranger talks, an imposing log cabin housing a snack stand and gift shop and a small stone building known as the Geology Hut that was built in 1924 as a trailside museum. Getting to Glacier Point takes about an hour by car or bus from Yosemite Valley, or you can earn the view by hiking the strenuous-but-scenic Four-Mile Trail. For many park visitors, it’s the single most popular photo spot in Yosemite. The commanding vista from Glacier Point, a 7,214-foot granite precipice that dramatically reaches out over Yosemite Valley, takes in the park’s most famous landmarks-Half Dome, Clouds Rest, Liberty Cap, Vernal and Nevada Falls, and the surrounding High Sierra. Free one-hour guided tours of the Majestic Yosemite are offered throughout the year check with the hotel's concierge desk for a current schedule. It’s a worthy splurge to stay in one of its 123 rooms, suites, or cottages, but even if you don’t, you can still book a table for the sumptuous Sunday brunch at the Majestic Yosemite Dining Room, or simply sit by the fireplace in the Great Lounge, look up at the wrought-iron chandeliers dropping from the dining room’s 34-foot, richly painted ceilings, or enjoy a cocktail at the bar. Kennedy, Greta Garbo, Queen Elizabeth II, and Winston Churchill. Many famous people have slept in the Majestic Yosemite, including John F. Adorning this hefty structure are colourful stained-glass windows, Native American tapestries and baskets, Turkish kilim rugs, and Yosemite-inspired 19th-century paintings depicting the park’s waterfalls and giant sequoia trees. Everything in the Majestic Yosemite (formerly Ahwahnee) is built on a grand scale, from the massive hand-stencilled timber beams to sandstone fireplaces so large you could hold a tea party inside. This National Historic Landmark in Yosemite Valley has several “public rooms” where visitors can soak up its 1927 architecture, designed by Gilbert Stanley Underwood. It costs a bundle to spend the night, but there’s no charge for wandering inside, taking in the splendour of this 1920s-era hotel.
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