View of the Monument Valley from the viewpoint of the Visitor Center
For those of us who are fond of western cinema, the visit to Monument Valley during our trip to the west coast of the United States it becomes a stage mythical. And the most important thing is that it does not disappoint.
One of the iconic films of the western cinema is Fort apache, in which two myths meet, director John Ford and actor John Wayne. And much of the movie Ford Apache It was shot in the Monument Valley.
It does not stop producing excitement to realize when we reach the Monument Valley and look at the viewpoint next to the Visitor Center and the Hotel View that the best known action scenes were shot right at the foot of the viewpoint.
The landscape presented to us, with the specific situation of the famous high plateaus, brings us to the memory of these scenes, which we can later check with a new view of them.
Of course, although the movie Fort apache was shot in these borderlands between Utah and Arizona, the true vestiges of Fort Apache They are located in southeastern Arizona, forming part of the Apache Culture Center and Museum, site that can be visited from Sedona or from Phoenix