ABOUT SANTA FE

Santa Fe, recognized worldwide for its performing arts, art galleries, fine restaurants and Spanish and Indian heritage is at your doorstep. This city's unique attractions combine with an enchanting setting in the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains to place it among the very top tourist destinations in the U.S. Whether it's Indian Market or The Santa Fe Opera, you have a front row seat.

 

Arts & Culture

Santa Fe is the third largest art market in the nation with more than 150 art galleries. The major sectors of Santa Fe's population of about 70,000 are comprised of three cultures: Pueblo Indians, people of Hispanic descent and transplanted Western Europeans (commonly referred to as "Anglos"). This tri-cultural base defines the architectural, artistic and culinary differences of Santa Fe.

Galleries | Museums

Performing Arts

Music | Theater | Dance


Restaurants

Dining Out
Santa Fe is a melting pot. And when you dine in Santa Fe you are warmed to the soul. It's not just the linger of chile on your tongue. There's also a hint of history, a concoction of traditions created by people whose roots in New Mexico stretch back to the sixteenth century.

Complete List of Restaurants | Reviews

The Great Outdoors

Outdoors
With a mild four-season climate, popular outdoor local pastimes include hiking, fishing, mountain biking, horseback riding, sailing, rock climbing, river rafting, and nature photography. Just 18 miles from the downtown Plaza, skiers play among outstanding downhill and cross-country slopes and hikers can enter the 223,000+ acres of the unspoiled Pecos Wilderness area.

Skiing | Biking | Golf | Rafting | Hiking | Fishing

History

Formally founded in 1610 Santa Fe is the oldest capital city in the United States. Yet the region has been home to Pueblo Indians for more than 1,000 years. Spanish colonists came to the area in 1598 and soon after established Santa Fe as the Spanish Empire's seat of power north of the Rio Grande.

Native American History in Santa Fe | Spanish History in Santa Fe | Santa Fe Lore

Shopping

Alpine Sports 121 Sandoval Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 983-5155
American Home Furnishings 901 St. Michael's Dr. Santa Fe, NM 87505 (505) 988-4502
Andrea Fisher-Fine Pottery 221 W. San Francisco Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 986-1234
Andy's Liquorette 838 Agua Fria Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 982-8271
Anna Vanderlaan, Portraits c/o 1704 B Llano, #261 Santa Fe, NM 87505 (505) 986-7300
Antique Warehouse 530 S. Guadalupe Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 984-1159
Artservices of Santa Fe 557 West Cordova Rd. Santa Fe, NM 87501
Balloon World 2127 Calle Tecolote Santa Fe, NM 87505 (505) 988-1443
Barbara Rosen Antique & Estate Jewelry 85 W. Marcy St. Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 992-3000
Batteries Plus 1609 St. Michael's Drive Santa Fe, NM 87505 (505) 992-1181
Bobs Feed & Landscaping Supply Rt. 17 Box 63C Santa Fe, NM 87505 (505) 471-0693
Borders Books 500 Montezuma Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 954-4707
Brown Cow Saddle Blanket Co. 112 West San Francisco St., Plaza Mercado Bldg. Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 820-6297
Brownell's Hallmark Shop 609 Central Avenue Los Alamos, NM 87544 (505) 662-6501
Carson & Steed 54 E. San Francisco Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 988-2757
Cartridges, Etc. 1214 Camino Carlos Rey Santa Fe, NM 87507 (505) 473-2739
Charlotte & Tipit 66 E. San Francisco St., Suite 7 Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 660-8614
Chavez Jewelers De Vargas Mall Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 988-8009
Chile Shop, The 109 E. Water Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 983-6080
Christine of Santa Fe 6411 Avenida Christina Santa Fe, NM 87505 (505) 471-1137
Claiborne Gallery 608 Canyon Rd. Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 982-8019
Clay Angel, Inc. 125 Lincoln Ave., Suite 111 Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 988-4800
Cline Fine Art 526 Canyon Rd. Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 982-5328
Collected Works Bookstore 208 B W. San Francisco St. Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 988-4226
Computer Training & Desktop Publishing 056 Ashley Lane Jemez Springs, NM 87025 (505) 829-3323
ComputerLand 2019 Galisteo, Suite B-1 Santa Fe, NM 87505 (505) 988-8800 ext. 326
Contemporary Southwest Galleries 123 W. Palace Avenue Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 986-0440
Cooper, Walter Artist 76 Encantado Loop Santa Fe, NM 87505 (505) 466-3558
Cost Plus World Market 550 Montezuma Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 955-1700
Crescent Jewelers Villa Linda Mall Santa Fe, NM 87505 (505) 424-6337
Cummings-Brown, Richard P.O. Box 518 Pecos, NM 87552 (505) 757-6446
Dave Brewer Fine Art Studio 356 Hillside Avenue Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 984-2130
David Burling Fine Furniture 145 Bishop Lamy Road Lamy, NM 87540 (505) 466-8011
Davis Mather Folk Art Gallery 141 Lincoln Avenue Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 983-1660
De Bella Fine Gems & Jewelry 100 East Palace Avenue Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 984-0692
Deloney Newkirk Fine Art 634 Canyon Rd. Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 992-2850
Desert Tees & Sports Inc. 851 San Mateo, Suite 2 Santa Fe, NM 87505 (505) 424-4400
Design Warehouse (DWR&D) 101 W. Marcy St. Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 988-1555
DeVargas Center 564 N. Guadalupe Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 982-2655
Diana's Designs 170 W End Ave., Apt. 3-J New York, NY 10023-5422 (505) 986-9889
Domani Studio P. O. Box 22717 Santa Fe, NM 87505 (505) 954-4918
Doodlet's 120 Don Gaspar Ave. Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 983-3771
Dooling's Inc.-Furniture Makers 525 Airport Rd. Santa Fe, NM 87505 (505) 471-5956
Earth Tones 201 Galisteo Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 984-1258
Expressions In Fine Art 225 Canyon Road Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 988-3631
Fairchild & Co. 110 W. San Francisco Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 984-1419
Famous Brands Housewares 8380 Cerrillos Road Santa Fe, NM 87505-4419 (505) 471-9277
Fincher, John 610 Don Canuto Santa Fe, NM 87505 (505) 986-6166
Firefly Studio, LLC 7 Vista Grande, #314 Santa Fe, NM 87505-9199 (505) 466-2519
Foreign Traders, Inc. 202 Galisteo St. Santa Fe, NM 87501-2101 (505) 983-6441
Frank Howell Gallery 103 Washington Avenue Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 984-1074
Gerald Peters Gallery, The 1011 Paseo de Peralta Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 954-5700
Geraldine Harty Wearable Art 715 Canyon Rd. Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 988-1376
Gimme Golf of New Mexico 5984 Aiport Rd. Santa Fe, NM 87505 (505) 474-0765
Glorianna's Fine Crafts, Inc. 55 W. Marcy Santa Fe, NM 87501-2047 (505) 982-0353
Glory Hole Glassworks 420 Los Pinos Rd. Santa Fe, NM 87505 (505) 471-1194
Goldleaf Framemakers of Santa Fe 800 Galisteo Street Santa Fe, NM 87505 (800) 873-5525
Graham Studios HCR 73 Box 561 San Jose, NM 87504 (505) 768-0539
Guadalupe's Rubber Stamps 102 W. San Francisco St. #11 Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 982-9862
Gusterman Silversmiths 126 E Palace Avenue Santa Fe, NM 87501-2011 (505) 982-8972
Guther and Joan Worrlein 11 La Junta Road Lamy,, NM 87540 (505) 466-7777
Gwyn and Gwyn Arts, Ltd. 5636 Highway 41 Galisteo, NM 87540 (505) 466-2664
H.Larsen Painting, Inc. 1807 2nd Street, Unit 3 Santa Fe, NM 87505 (505) 986-0106
Heartline 905 Early St. Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 983-6777
Hogle's Theatrical Supplies 3212 Ricards Lane Santa Fe, NM 87505 (505) 424-7435
Images by Davids 811 Cerrillos Rd. Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 982-3546
J.C. Penney & Co. 4250 Cerrillos Rd. Santa Fe, NM 87505 (505) 473-4445
Jackalope Pottery 2820 Cerrillos Rd. Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 471-8539
Jackson, Charlotte Fine Art 200 W. Marcy St., Suite 101 Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 989-8688
James Kallas Jewelers 503 Old Santa Fe Trail Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 986-1955
Joe Wade Fine Arts El Centro, 102 W. Water Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 988-2727
Jonis Hallmark Shop 2002 H Cerrillos Rd., College Plaza Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 471-8167
Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Inc. 225 Canyon Road, #18 Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 820-0807
Karen Melfi Collection 225 Canyon Rd. Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 982-3032
Kitchens by Jeanne' 631 #1 Old Santa Fe Trail Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 988-4594
Korinsky Fine Glass & Jewelry 201 E. Palace Ave. Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 820-7756
Kuhl, Jerome 457 Amado St. Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 986-1047
Kunetka, Mahreena Shelley P.O. Box 8760 Santa Fe, NM 87504-8760 (505) 820-2378
La Carreta P.O. Box 70 Dixon, NM 87527 (505) 579-4358
LaserCare 807 Cerrillos Road Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 820-2600
LewAllen & LewAllen 105 E. Palace Ave. Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 983-2657
LewAllen Contemporary 129 W. Palace Ave. Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 988-8997
London International 200 West Marcy Street, Suite 101 Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 989-8688
M & M Partnership 647 Granada Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 988-1461
Maya Collection, The P.O. 6219 Santa Fe, NM 87502-6219 (505) 982-5895
Monticristi Custom Hat Works 322 Mckenzie Street Santa Fe, NM 87501-1883 (505) 983-9598
Moxie 205 W. San Francisco Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 986-9265
Munson Gallery, The 225 Canyon Rd. Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 983-1657
Navarro Marc Antiques 822 Canyon Road Santa Fe, NM 87501-2726 (505) 986-8191
Nelson-Moore Associates 40 Immanuel Santa Fe, NM 87505 (505) 466-3070
Netuschil Development Corporation 130 Central Park Square Los Alamos,, NM 87544 (505) 662-7999
Newman's Nursery 7501 Cerrillos Road Santa Fe, NM 87505 (505) 471-8642
Nutty Fashions 3660 Cerrillos Road, Unit B5 Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 438-0677
Office Depot 2016 Cerrillos Rd. #964 Santa Fe, NM 87505 (505) 474-7181
Ortegas On The Plaza 101 W. San Francisco Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 988-1866
Owings Dewey Fine Art 76 E. San Francisco St. Santa Fe, NM 87501-2180 (505) 982-6244
Pacheco, Gene Studio 309 Sanchez Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 984-1977
Packards on the Plaza 61 Old Santa Fe Trail Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 983-9241
Paper Unlimited, LLC. 328 S. Guadalupe, Suite F Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 982-2181
Passionate Eye 66 E. San Francisco, #13 Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 984-1606
Pat Peterson's Blue Rose 101 W. Marcy St. Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 989-9594
Pawn City 3668 Cerrillos Rd. Santa Fe, NM 87505 (505) 438-4408
Payne's Nurseries & Greenhouses,Inc P.O. Box 4817 Santa Fe, NM 87502-4817 (505) 988-9626
Peak & Plain Outfitters P.O. Box 5248 Santa Fe, NM 87502-5248 (505) 982-8948
Peyton Wright Gallery 237 E. Palace Avenue Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 989-9888
Photography Studio, The 720 St. Michael's Dr. #N Santa Fe, NM 87505 (505) 471-3212
Posters of Santa Fe,Inc. 111 E. Palace Ave. Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 982-6645
Pueblo Trading Post 53 Avenida Las Nubes Santa Fe, NM 87505 (505) 466-2720
Regalo Flowers & Fine Gifts/The Flower Garden 1807 2nd Street #1 Santa Fe, NM 87505 (505) 983-4900
Rhymes Studio P.O. Box 1064 Santa Fe, NM 87504 (505) 995-0395
Richard Tang Designs 31 San Juan Ranch Road Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 982-9945
Rosalie of Santa Fe 4394 Laughing Crow Santa Fe, NM 87505 (505) 424-0926
Running Ridge Gallery 640 Canyon Rd. Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 988-2515
Sanbusco Market Center 500 Montezuma Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 989-9390
Santa Fe Cigar Co. 510 Galisteo Street Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 982-1044
Santa Fe Frameworks 839 Paseo de Peralta, Suite K Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 983-3311
Santa Fe Goldworks 66 E. San Francisco Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 983-4562
Santa Fe Greenhouses, Inc. 2904 Rufina St. Santa Fe, NM 87505 (505) 473-2700
Santa Fe Hides & Trappings Co. 1934 Cerrillos Rd. Santa Fe, NM 87505 (505) 995-8282
Santa Fe House of Books 2154 Candelero Street Santa Fe, NM 87505-5603 (505) 473-5161
Santa Fe Jewelers Supply 1513 fifth street Santa Fe, NM 87505 (505) 988-9157
Santa Fe Kitchen & Bath 301 Airport Road Santa Fe, NM 87505 (505) 473-7182
Santa Fe Oriental Rugs, Inc. 212 Galisteo Street Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 982-5152
Santa Fe Photo Map P.O. Box 1236 Santa Fe, NM 87504-1236 (505) 989-4501
Santa Fe Premium Outlets 8380 Cerrillos Rd., Suite 412 Santa Fe, NM 87505 (505) 474-4000
Santa Fe Stone 901 W. San Mateo Santa Fe, NM 87505 (505) 989-9514
Sara McIntosh Custom Shoes 410 Old Santa Fe Trail Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 989-1777
Sarkisian, Inc. 258 Tano Rd. Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 988-2088
Seiko the Company Store 8380 Cerrillos Rd Suite 122 Santa Fe, NM 87505 (505) 471-3640
Sherwoods Spirit of America 130 Lincoln Ave. Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 988-1776
Shidoni Inc. P.O. Box 250 Tesuque, NM 87574 (505) 988-8001
Shirley Furen Fine Art 9 Bosque Loop Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 982-7755
Silver Sun/Helen Harden Estate 656 Canyon Rd. Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 983-8743
Simply Santa Fe 72 E. San Francisco St. Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 988-3100
Simply Southwestern 70 E. San Franciso, #14 Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 989-8800
Sissel's Discount Indian Jewelry 2900 Cerrillos Rd. Santa Fe, NM 87505 (505) 471-3499
Skiers Edge 1836 Cerrillos Rd. Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 983-1025
SKITECH Ski Rentals 905 St. Francis Dr. Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 983-5512
Soap Opera for Gourmet Bathers 125 E. Palace Ave., Suite 36 Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 982-8066
Solar, LLC. 1364 Rufina Circle, Unit 1 Santa Fe, NM 87505 (505) 471-2522
Spain, Michael C. & Associates, Ltd. 1613 Firerock Court Loveland, Co 80538 (970) 669-8040
Sparky's Construction 104 Paseo Nopal Santa Fe, NM 87502 (505) 986-6002
Spectrum 1528 Pacheco Street Santa Fe, NM 87505 (505) 995-1119
Statnekov Antique Motorcycles Rt.4 Box 25-B Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 984-2229
Store Different, The 235 Don Gaspar Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 820-1169
Susan K's Artwear 229 Johnson St. Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 989-8226
Susanne Vertel Studio 546 Armijo Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 988-5516
Susan's Christmas Shop (begun in 1978) 115 E. Palace Ave. Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 983-2127
Taos Map Company P.O. Box 1844 Taos, NM 87571 (505) 758-5826
Tas Textiles P.O. Box 942 Espanola, NM 87532-0942 (505) 753-6357
Texplora, LLC 80 Coyote Crossing Santa Fe, NM 87505 (505) 983-1004
The Computer Therapist PMB 323, 2442 Cerrillos Rd. Santa Fe, NM 87505-3295 (505) 424-6245
The Flowerlady Rt. 10 Box 87 A, West Alameda Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 984-0389
The Shop A Christmas Store 116 E. Palace Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 983-4823
The Swarm Corp. 624 Agua Fria St., Suite 1 Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 995-0818
Things Finer 100 E. San Francisco Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 983-5552
Tin-Nee-Ann Trading Company 923 Cerrillos Road Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 988-1630
Touching Stone 539 Old Santa Fe Trail Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 988-8072
Van Cleve, Barbara, Studio 551 Cordova Rd., PMB 725 Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 983-3747
Ventana Fine Art 400 Canyon Rd. Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 983-8815
Villa Linda Mall 4250 Cerrillos Rd., Villa Linda Mall Office Santa Fe, NM 87505 (505) 473-4253
Walking on Water 207 West Water Street Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 820-0576
Wal-Mart 3251 Cerrillos Rd. Santa Fe, NM 87505-2924 (505) 474-4727
Wild Mountain Outfitters 541 W. Cordova Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 986-1152
Wild Oats Community Market 1090 S. St. Francis Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 983-5333
Wright Connection 32 Verano Loop Santa Fe, NM 87505-8827 (505) 466-3746

Acequia, Man made irrigation ditch.
Adobe, Mud brick that is dried in the sun. The first adobe bricks were used 8,500 years ago in the Middle East.
Alameda, Spanish for "Cottonwood Tree.'' This word has come to mean a road bordered by cottonwoods.
Anasazi, Ancestral Pueblo Indians; the "Ancients".
Arroyo, Dry riverbed that fills occasionally.
Banco, A bench made of adobe and covered with plaster.
Bosque, Low-lying area near rivers, densely forested with cottonwoods and other deciduous trees.
Camino, "Road" in Spanish.
Canale, A roof spout that carries water off a flat pueblo roof.
Casa, "House" or "home'' in Spanish.
Coping, Decorative detail on the top edge of a building and around doors and windows.
Corbel, Short sculpted beam lying on top of a post or wall.
Escarpment Ordinances, Laws in the Santa Fe area prohibiting building on and excavation of mountainsides beyond a certain steepness.
Farolito, "Little Lantern", typically a paper bag with a sand ballast and candle, lighted for Christmas festivities. Referred to as a Luminaria outside of Santa Fe.
Flagstone, Flat sheets of red or white stone mined locally, used for flooring in homes and on patios.
Historic Styles Ordinances, Regulations governing the architectural style of all buildings within the Historic District of downtown Santa Fe.
Horno, Freestanding adobe bread oven found at most pueblos and Indian homes.
Kiva, A small ``beehive-shaped'' fireplace.
La Fonda, "The Hotel" in Spanish.
La Posada, "The Inn" in Spanish.
Latillas, Small branches used as ceiling planking, made of Aspen, pine or cedar.
Lintel, Wooden beam bridging window or door openings.
Luminaria, Fire built on the sidewalk on Christmas Eve for carolers to gather around. (See also Farolito.)
Nicho, Small shelf carved into a wall.
Paseo, Passage or walkway, or ``to promenade.''
Piñon Tree, High-desert nut-bearing evergreen tree.
Plaza, Public square in the center of town, site of traditional evening paseo or ``promenade.''
Portal, Patio attached to a home, covered with a fixed roof supported by posts.
Puerta, "Door" in Spanish.
Rumford Fireplace, Tall, shallow fireplace known for great efficiency.
Saltillo Tile, Simple fired earthen tile made in Saltillo, Mexico.
Stucco, Final cement color coat plastered in the exterior of an adobe-style building.
Talavera Tile, Colorful hand-decorated Mexican tile used for counter tops and trim.
Ventana, "Window" in Spanish.
Vigas, Round logs used as ceiling beams, either shaved or raw.

St. Francis Cathedral
Neighborhood: Plaza/ Downtown
Address: 231 Cathedral Pl., Santa Fe
Phone: (505) 982-5619

This magnificent cathedral is a rare departure from Santa Fe's ubiquitous Pueblo architecture. Construction was begun in 1869 by Santa Fe's first archbishop, Jean Baptiste Lamy (the inspiration behind Willa Cather's 1927 novel Death Comes for the Archbishop), working with French architects and Italian stonemasons. A small adobe chapel on the northeast side of the cathedral, the remnant of an earlier church, reflects the Hispanic architectural influence absent from the cathedral. The chapel's Nuestra Señora de la Paz (Our Lady of Peace), also known as La Conquistadora, is the oldest Madonna statue in the United States. Just south of the cathedral, where the parking lot meets Paseo de Peralta, is the Archives of the Archdiocese Museum, a small museum where many of the area's historic, liturgical artifacts are on view.

Hours: Daily 8-5:45, except during mass. Mass celebrated Mon.-Sat. at 7 and 8:15 AM, 12:10 and 5:15 PM; Sun. at 6, 8, and 10 AM, noon, and 7 PM. Museum weekdays 9-4.

Admission: FREE. Donation suggested.

Santuario de Chimayó
Neighborhood: Chimayó, New Mexico
Address: Intersection of Hwys. 76 & 520, then south one mile
Phone: (505) 351-4889

Somewhere around 1810, a Chimayo friar was performing penances when he saw a light bursting from a hillside. Digging, he found a crucifix, quickly dubbed the miraculous crucifix of Our Lord of Esquipulas. A local priest brought the crucifix to Santa Cruz, but three times it disappeared and was later found back in its hole. By the third time, everyone understood that El Senor de Esquipulas wanted to remain in Chimayo, and so a small chapel was built on the site. Then the miraculous healings began. These grew so numerous that the chapel had to be replaced by the larger, current Chimayo Shrine -- an adobe mission -- in 1816.

El Santuario de Chimayo is now known (at least locally) as the "Lourdes of America." The crucifix still resides on the chapel alter, but for some reason its curative powers have been overshadowed by El Posito, the "sacred sand pit" from which it sprang, which gapes unheavenly behind the main altar. Over 300,000 people visit the Santuario every year.

The Prayer Room, which is located in the sacristy of the church (next to the pit), is filled with discarded crutches, braces, and scary, handmade shrines that look more voodoo than Catholic. Also on site here is a restaurant, a burrito stand, and gift shop that sells everything from souvenir T-shirts to refrigerator magnets.

Tens of thousands make pilgrimages each year to this small adobe church just north of Santa Fe. Built on the site where a mysterious light is said to have come out of the ground on Good Friday night in 1810, the chapel holds a sacred pozito (small well). The dirt from the pozito is believed to have miraculous healing properties. Every year on Good Friday, thousands of people line U.S. 285 for miles en route to this sacred spot.

Directions: From Santa Fe, North to Pojoaque, and then Northeast on route 503 through Nambe. Follow signs for 76. The Santuario is located at the Intersection of Hwys. 76 & 520, then south one mile.

Hours:
May-Sept 9-5
October-March 9-4

MASS:
Mon-Fri 11am
Sunday 12 noon (Father Roca)

Admission: FREE. Donation suggested.

Santuario de Guadalupe
Neighborhood: Historic Guadalupe Railroad District
Address: 100 Guadalupe St., Santa Fe
Phone: (505) 988-2027

A humble adobe structure built by Franciscan missionaries between 1776 and 1795, this is the oldest shrine in the United States to Our Lady of Guadalupe, patron saint of Mexico. There's a priceless 16th-century work by Venetian painter Leonardo de Ponte Bassano and a portrait of Our Lady of Guadalupe by the Mexican colonial painter José de Alzíbar. Other highlights include a traditional New Mexican carved and painted altar screen, a 19th-century sacristy, a pictorial-history archive, and a library devoted to Archbishop Jean Baptiste Lamy.

Hours: May-Oct. Mon.-Sat. 9-4; Nov.-Apr. weekdays 9-4.

Admission: FREE. Donation suggested.

Cristo Rey
Neighborhood: Eastside/Canyon Road area
Address: 1120 Canyon Road
Phone: (505) 983-8528

Built in 1940 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Francisco Vásquez de Coronado's exploration of the Southwest, this church is the largest Spanish adobe structure in the United States and is considered by many the finest example of Pueblo-style architecture anywhere. Its hand-carved stone reredos, taken from the older part of the Cathedral of St. Frances of Assisi, dates from 1761. The church was constructed in the old-fashioned way by parishioners, who mixed the more than 200,000 mud-and-straw adobe bricks and hauled them into place. The 225-ton stone reredos (altar screen) is magnificent.

Hours: Daily 8am - 7pm

Admission: FREE

The history of the Loretto Chapel began when Bishop Jean Baptisite Lamy was appointed by the Church to the New Mexico Territory in1850. As part of his mission to build churches and educational facilities, Lamy asked the Sisters of Loretto (a teaching order) to leave their home in Kentucky and establish a school for girls in the frontier city of Santa Fe.

The Sisters arrived in Santa Fe in 1852 and opened the Academy of Our Lady of Light (Loretto) in 1853. Despite the challenges of the territory (smallpox, tuberculosis, leaky mud roofs and even a brush with the rowdy Confederate Texans during the Civil War), the boarding and day school expanded and flourished.

It was decided that the school needed a chapel. Property was purchased and in 1873 work began on the Loretto Chapel.

Undoubtedly influenced by the French clergy in Santa Fe, the Gothic Revival-style chapel was patterned after King Louis IX's Sainte-Chapelle in Paris; a striking contrast to the adobe churches already in the area.

Stone for the Chapel was quarried from locations around Santa Fe including Cerro Colorado, about 20 miles from Santa Fe near the town of Lamy. The sandstone for the walls and the porous volcanic stone used for the ceiling were hauled to town by wagon.

The ornate stained glass in the Loretto Chapel also made part of its journey to Santa Fe via wagon. Purchased in 1876 from the DuBois Studio in Paris, the glass was first sent from Paris to New Orleans by sailing ship and then by paddle boat to St. Louis, MO. where it was taken by covered wagon over the Old Santa Fe Trail to the Chapel.

The Chapel was completed in 1878 and has since seen many additions and renovations such as the introduction of the Stations of the Cross, the Gothic altar and the frescos during the 1890s.

The Miraculous Staircase, which legend says was constructed or inspired by St. Joseph the Carpenter, was built sometime between 1877 and 1881. It took at least six months to build, and has two 360 degree turns with no visible means of support.

The Loretto Academy was closed in 1968, and the property was put up for sale. At the time of sale in 1971, Our Lady of Light Chapel was informally deconsecrated as a Catholic Chapel.

Loretto Chapel is now a private museum operated and maintained, in part, for the preservation of the Miraculous Staircase and the Chapel itself.

Courtesy of www.lorettochapel.com/

Neighborhood: Downtown
Address: The foothill of the Cross is on Paseo de Peralta, north of East Marcy Street

The white Cross of the Martyrs sits highly visible atop Fort Marcy Park and is on every tourist map of Santa Fe. There are three very good reasons to visit it. First, when you reach it you are rewarded with a stunning view of Santa Fe, the Jemez Mountains and the Sangre de Cristos (Blood of Christ Mountains). Second, the gentle gradient of this easy, winding path is an enjoyable and energizing hike. Third, you learn from the plaques placed alongside the path by the Historic Santa Fe Foundation that chronicle a 400-year history of this city. It starts with the Spanish building the City of Holy Faith (Santa Fe) in 1610, to how they colonized the surrounding areas, and onto the progress present-day New Mexico State has made.

Walking up this paved trail you may notice circular fireplaces with remnants of charred coals. The fireplaces are lit with farolitos or bonfires when, during the first week in September, the city sponsors the oldest community gathering of its kind in the country, the “Fiesta de Santa Fe.” This Fiesta was inaugurated in 1692 to celebrate the peaceful return of the Spanish. On the final night of Fiesta Week, Mass is celebrated at St. Francis Cathedral followed by a candlelight procession up to the Cross. The Cross was built to honor 21 fallen Franciscan friars in the 1680 Pueblo Indian Revolt. The Indians revolted because of dire straits and poverty brought on by drought, slavery and mistreatment by the Spanish colonialists; with the unfortunate consequence of the 21 friars being killed. Even today, many older Santafesinos of Hispanic ancestry consider walking up this trail as making personal pilgrimages.

Built about 1805, Nuestra Señora del Sagrado Rosario is dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary, and contains a treasure of Santos, Bultos and other artifacts collected by generations of worshipers. Truchas is a strikingly beautiful little village (pop 1,000) that sits on the edge of a canyon high up in the Sangre de Christo Mountains at 8,400 feet. Settled in 1754, the community prospered almost immediately. It is home today to many artists, weavers and wood carvers.
Hours: Call for hours.

Admission: FREE. Donation suggested.

The High Road to Taos is a scenic mountain route that wanders through old Spanish villages high in the foothills of the Sangre de Christo Mountains. From Santa Fe go north to Pojoaque, and then northeast on route 503 through Nambe, and on up state routes 76 and 75, and finally up 68 to Taos.

Driving north from Nambe, pass through an area of affluent homes and then up onto dry, rocky hills dotted with juniper and piñon pine. A few miles further, you reach Chimayo ( Santuario de Chimayo), a small village (pop. 1,400) shaded by large cottonwoods. An old settlement, founded by the Spanish in 1598, Chimayo has long been known for its weavers. In the early 1800s, residents of Santa Fe asked Spain to send over skilled weavers to teach the craft to the frontier settlers. Two skilled weavers, the Ortega brothers, made the journey and settled in Chimayo where they have taught their craft for the ensuing eight generations. Chimayo has since been known for weaving and Ortega is one of the best known names in the field. Irvin Trujillo is a 7th generation Cintinela Weaver.

Once you turn onto 76 start looking for Truchas and Las Trampas with their lovely mission churches. Nuestra Señora del Sagrado Rosario Mission Church in Truchas, New Mexico was Built about 1805. Nuestra Señora del Sagrado Rosario is dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary, and contains a treasure of Santos, Bultos and other artifacts collected by generations of worshipers. Truchas is a strikingly beautiful little village (pop 1,000) that sits on the edge of a canyon high up in the Sangre de Christo Mountains at 8,400 feet. Settled in 1754, the community prospered almost immediately. It is home today to many artists, weavers and wood carvers.

The San Jose de Gracia Mission Church in Las Trampas, New Mexico was completed about 1776, San Jose de Gracia has been called "the most perfectly preserved church in the United States." First settled in 1751 by 12 Spanish families from Santa Fe, Las Trampas flourished despite Comanche and Apache raids. The village, a Spanish-American agricultural community, preserves significant elements of its 18th-century heritage in appearance and culture. The Las Trampas area is a National Historic Landmark.

Keep following the signs for Taos and you will finally arrive in Rancho de Taos with its world famous mission church.

Santa Fe Flea Market
Neighborhood: Tesuque
Address: 7 miles north of Santa Fe on U.S. 84/285, next to the Opera
Phone: (505) 995-8626     

Trader Jack's Flea Market (Santa Fe Flea Market) "The best flea market in America". Located on 12 acres on Tesuque Pueblo land, the flea market is right next to the Santa Fe Opera. You can find bargain prices on jewelry, animals, carvings, and vintage clothing at more than 500 vendor booths.

Hours: Open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. every Friday, Saturday and Sunday from (roughly) mid-March through November.

Admission: FREE

Santa Fe Farmers Market
Neighborhood: Downtown/ Guadalupe Historic District/ Railyard
Address: Railyard (May move to corner of Cerrillos and Guadalupe in future)
Phone: (888) 983-4400     

Visit the Santa Fe Farmers' Market, offering you the freshest fruits and vegetables available anywhere. Meet the people who grow your food - face to face - and enjoy the vibrant flavors, aromas and colors of the New Mexico harvest.

Hours:
Summer Hours
Tuesdays & Saturdays 7am-12noon in the Railyard
April 27 - Nov. 2,
Thursdays 3-7pm at the Rodeo Fairgrounds
July 11 - Sept. 26
Winter Hours
Saturdays 9am-1pm at El Museo Cultural
1614 B Paseo Paseo de Peralta

Bandelier National Monument
Neighborhood: Located near Los Alamos, NM
Phone: Visitor Center daytime phone (505) 672-3861 x 517
Visitor Information (recorded) (505) 672-0343
Group reservations (505) 672-3861 x 534

Best known for mesas, sheer-walled canyons, and the ancestral Pueblo dwellings found among them, Bandelier also includes over 23,000 acres of designated Wilderness. It was named for Adolph Bandelier, a 19th-century anthropologist. Proclaimed on February 11, 1916. Acreage: 32,737, all federal. Wilderness area: 23,267.

Hours by Seasons: Summer: Visitor Center, 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.; Winter: Visitor Center, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Spring/Fall: Visitor Center, 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Frijoles Canyon and Tsankawi: dawn to dusk. Closed December 25, January 1.

Getting There: CAR - Visitors traveling North-South on I-25 take St Francis/84/285 exit for Santa Fe, go straight through city, then follow signs to Bandelier at each major junction.Beautiful alternative route for those going north on I25: at Bernalillo, take exit for 550 (formerly 44). At San Ysidro take exit to NM 4; continue over the mountains to park entrance (good paved road, but may not be advisable in winter weather)

Weather & Climate: Sunny and dry, with thunderstorms in mid-late summer months. Frost and chance of snow storms from October through May. Wear layered comfortable sportswear type clothing appropriate for season, with sturdy walking shoes. The elevation in Frijoles Canyon is 6,000 feet and can cause breathing difficulties for some people visiting from lower elevations.

Accessibility: Visitor Center not to standards but accessible. Visitor Center restrooms not up to standard but accessible. First quarter mile of Main Loop Trail accessible. Orientation slide show captioned. Two tactile tables available. Main Loop Trail guides available in large print and Braille.

Getting Around: Paved road leads from entrance to campground, visitor center, and picnic area. Approximately 70 miles of back country trails available for day or overnight foot travel.

Admission: Bandelier has various types of Park fees. For a complete list, click here.

Special Programs: Craft-making demonstrations by local Native Americans are presented on weekends throughout summer months. Evening programs are presented in the campground amphitheater during summer months.

Exhibits: The Visitor Center in Frijoles Canyon has exhibits on prehistoric and historic Pueblo culture. Rangers are on duty to provide information on monument as well as nearby attractions. A special exhibit on the Civilian Conservation Corps opened in April 2003.

Available Facilities: Trails to the nearby archeological sites as well as longer ones into the backcouuntry begin near the Visitor Center; please remember that pets are not permitted on trails or in buildings and must be on leash where allowed. Information, guidebooks, an orientation slide show, and Wilderness permits are available at the Visitor Center, and also a bookstore operated by Western National Parks (formerly Southwest Parks and Monuments) Association. Concessioner-operated gift shop and snack bar, (phone: 505-672-9791) also open year-round, are nearby, as well as a picnic area and restrooms.

Tent Rocks
Neighborhood: Cochiti Pueblo
Phone: (505) 761-8794 x 29    

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument is a remarkable outdoor laboratory, offering an opportunity to observe, study, and experience the geologic processes that shape natural landscapes, as well as other cultural and biological objects of interest. The area is rich in pumice, ash, and tuff deposits, the light-colored, cone-shaped tent rock formations that are the products of explosive volcanic eruptions that occurred between 6 and 7 million years ago. Small canyons lead inward from cliff faces, and over time, wind and water have scooped openings of all shapes and sizes in the rocks and have contoured the ends of the ravines and canyons into smooth semicircles. In these canyons, erosion-resistant caprocks protect the softer tents below. While the formations are uniform in shape, they vary in height from a few feet to 90 feet, and the layering of volcanic material intersperses bands of grey with beige-colored rock.

Amid the formations and in contrast to the muted colors of the rocks of the monument, vibrant green leaves and red bark of manzanita, a shrubby species from the Sierra Madre of Mexico, cling to the cracks and crevices of the cliff faces. Red-tailed hawks, kestrels, violet-green swallows, and Western bluebirds soar above the canyons and use the pinion and ponderosa covered terrain near the cliffs.

A New Monument for New Mexico
President Clinton proclaimed the Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument in January 2001. It encompasses over 4,000 acres of land that the Bureau of Land Management manages, along with additional lands of the Pueblo de Cochiti.

Together, they comprise an area of remarkable landscapes, scenery and geology. The Monument is on the Parajito Plateau in north central New Mexico. Among the natural and scientific features the Monument is meant to protect are those that give it its name: unusual cone-shaped or "tent" rocks formed during volcanic eruptions between 6 and 7 million years ago.

Directions:
Cochiti exit 264 off 1-25, Go right on NM 16, continue for 8 miles, turn right when road T’s, turn right on 22, then at the base of Cochiti Dam in 2.7 miles turn left on NM 22, go 1.7 miles turn right on Tribal Rd.92/Forest Service Rd 266. Pass through a gate and continue for 5 miles to the parking area on the right.

Hours: dawn to dusk

Admission: FREE

Santa Fe Area Casinos
Name: Camel Rock Casino
Map: Click here
Address: 17486A Highway 84/285 Santa Fe, New Mexico
Phone: (505) 984-8414
Name: Cities of Gold Casino
Map: Click here
Address: 10-B Cities of Gold Road Santa Fe, New Mexico
Phone: (505) 455-3313

Canyon Road
Neighborhood: Eastside     

The early Spaniards felt drawn to the Canyon Road area by the Santa Fe River bottom, which offered irrigable land for their crops and pasturage for their flocks; by a centuries-old Pueblo Indian trail, which provided a convenient passageway for mule trains and ox-drawn carretas; and by the community’s nearby main plaza and governmental offices, which offered protection from Indian attacks.

They established Canyon Road, only about three quarters of a mile in length, from the most humble of beginnings—a prehistoric path of dirt and tiny houses of mud; but they imbued it with an enduring quality of style, character and charm.

Today, on Canyon Road, zoned strictly for "residential arts and crafts," you will find Spanish colonial, Spanish/Pueblo and American territorial architecture which has been burnished and mellowed by the passage of the years. You will discover more than five dozen galleries with paintings, sculpture, Native American crafts, traditional Spanish crafts, Santa Fe fashion, mixed media, photography and antiques literally spilling out of the doors and windows. You will find world class food and service laced with the rhythms of Spanish classical guitar, flamenco, blues and jazz. You can find a quiet bar enfolded by adobe walls with a warm fireplace on a cold winter night and have a good heavy red Spanish wine and a long conversation.

Should you choose to walk the length of Canyon Road, with its one-story common-walled structures and narrow sidewalks, you can see that it has historic roots in ancient village streets of Mexico, Spain and Moorish Africa. Through an open gate, you get a glimpse of a courtyard or a garden which once served as a center for family and social life and as a sanctuary against outside invaders. You get a glimpse of exquisite Spanish or territorial architectural features which helped satisfy a yearning for beauty. You discover little passageways and alleys which convey a sense of mystery and sometimes surprise with a garden of sculpture and blooming roses.
-Jay W. Sharp

Salons

Wink

"Santa Fe’s answer to those seeking the finest in products and services…" InStyle Magazine.
For unequalled client attention put yourself into the hands of Santa Fe’s most respected hairstylists, color specialists, manicurists, facialists and masseurs. Phenomenal selection of beauty, bath and hair care products such as; Kiehl’s, Bumble and bumble, Terax, Phytologie, Mason Pearson, Pevonia and Decleor. Selection of fragrances and lifestyle items include Annick Goutal and Perfumes Isabell.
500 Montezuma, Suite 110
Santa Fe, 87501
(505) 988-3840


Cactus Organic Lifestyle Salon

The mission at Cactus: to nurture and delight. An Aveda Concept Salon, offering all hair, skin and nail services. One client writes, "At Cactus I feel so taken care of, like royalty. You are all doing an amazing job. I want to give you all a big hug. Thanks for making me feel so special. You are a great team."
607 Cerrillos Road #D
Santa Fe, 87501
(505) 820-6000


Spas

10,000 Waves
This serene retreat, nestled in a grove of piñon, offers hot tubs, saunas, and cold plunges, plus a variety of massage and other bodywork techniques. Bathing suits are optional in both the 10-foot communal hot tub (during the day) as well as the women's communal tub, where you can stay as long as you want for $13. Nine private hot tubs cost $19 to $26 an hour, with discounts for seniors and children. You can also arrange therapeutic massage, hot-oil massage, in-water watsu massage, herbal wraps, salt glows, facials, dry brush aromatherapy treatments, Ayurvedic treatments, and the much-praised Japanese Hot Stone Massage.
3 1/2 miles up Hyde Park Road on the way to Ski Basin
(505) 982-9304


Sunrise Springs Inn & Retreat
Built around two spring fed pools and nestled in cottonwoods and willows. Natural cooking with fresh ingredients often grown on the property
Take I-25 south toward Santa Fe Downs to exit #276 (Route 599). From the exit ramp, turn right. At Traffic Light,take a left onto the Frontage road. Turn right just before the Race Track onto Los Pinos Road. Continue 2.5 miles to SunRise Springs Inn and Retreat.
(800) 955-0028
(505) 471-3600


Vista Clara Ranch Resort and Spa
This resort/spa has a stunning setting and some fine amenities and programs, including a cooking school in the summer.
25 minutes south of Santa Fe, just outside Galisteo
(888) 663-9772
(505) 466-4772


Avanu
Decorated in Southwestern-cum-Asian style, with clean lines and lots of elegant stone, Santa Fe's chicest option is at the La Posada de Santa Fe Resort and Spa. A full-service spa offering a range of treatments from massage to salt glows, this spot may initially seem expensive (about $75 for 50 min.), but treatments come with full use of the steam room, hot tub, and grass-surrounded pool.
(505) 986-0000

10,000 Waves
This serene retreat, nestled in a grove of piñon, offers hot tubs, saunas, and cold plunges, plus a variety of massage and other bodywork techniques. Bathing suits are optional in both the 10-foot communal hot tub (during the day) as well as the women's communal tub, where you can stay as long as you want for $13. Nine private hot tubs cost $19 to $26 an hour, with discounts for seniors and children. You can also arrange therapeutic massage, hot-oil massage, in-water watsu massage, herbal wraps, salt glows, facials, dry brush aromatherapy treatments, Ayurvedic treatments, and the much-praised Japanese Hot Stone Massage.
3 1/2 miles up Hyde Park Road on the way to Ski Basin
(505) 982-9304

Sunrise Springs Inn & Retreat
Built around two spring fed pools and nestled in cottonwoods and willows. Natural cooking with fresh ingredients often grown on the property
Take I-25 south toward Santa Fe Downs to exit #276 (Route 599). From the exit ramp, turn right. At Traffic Light,take a left onto the Frontage road. Turn right just before the Race Track onto Los Pinos Road. Continue 2.5 miles to SunRise Springs Inn and Retreat.
(800) 955-0028
(505) 471-3600


Vista Clara Ranch Resort and Spa
This resort/spa has a stunning setting and some fine amenities and programs, including a cooking school in the summer.
25 minutes south of Santa Fe, just outside Galisteo
(888) 663-9772
(505) 466-4772


Avanu
Decorated in Southwestern-cum-Asian style, with clean lines and lots of elegant stone, Santa Fe's chicest option is at the La Posada de Santa Fe Resort and Spa. A full-service spa offering a range of treatments from massage to salt glows, this spot may initially seem expensive (about $75 for 50 min.), but treatments come with full use of the steam room, hot tub, and grass-surrounded pool.
(505) 986-0000

 

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