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Santa Fe, New Mexico: The Perfect Location for the Perfect Vacation |
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Readers of Conde Nast Traveler magazine picked Santa Fe NM as the best travel destination in the world. Travel and Leisure magazine names Santa Fe 3rd best in the USA in
2005. Santa Fe is the country's third largest art market, behind New York and Los Angeles.  |
 Views Over Santa Fe and Towards Jemez Mountains |
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Read this fascinating historic account of Santa Fe: An Uncertain Founding: Santa Fe by James Ivey In 1608 the Castillian-born adventurer Juan Martinez de Montoya, a man described as "tall, of good feature, blackbearded," reported that he had "made a settlement at Santa Fe." The place he called Santa Fe was a beautiful little valley with a small river flowing through it, beneath the mountains a few miles east of the river named the Rio Grande. It grew into the capital... read the full text |
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Nearby Attractions and Events |
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Museums |
Downtown Santa Fe -- Palace of the Governors, Museum of Fine Arts, Georgia O'Keeffe Museum and restaurant, Institute of American Indian Arts Museum. | |||||
| At Museum Hill -- Museum of International Folk Art, Museum of Spanish Colonial Art, Museum of Indian Art and Culture, Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian. And more. |
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| Near Canyon Road, a "best kept secret" of Santa Fe -- Indian Arts Research Center | ||||||
Canyon Road Art District |
Canyon Road is just three short blocks from Casa Cariño. |
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Famous Churches |
 San Miguel Mission Church, the oldest mission in the US. El San Miguel (St. Michael's) Mission Church was built between 1610 and and 1628. Foundations of the first church remain observable under the sanctuary of the present structure. Archaeological investigations beneath these foundations reveal evidence of Native
American occupation of the site as early and 1300 A.D. In 1680, during the pueblo rebellion, the church vigas in the ceiling were burned, and in 1692 De Vargas ordered the church rebuilt. |
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 ©2006 Ken Gorman Loretto Chapel, with its "Miraculous Spiral Staircase". Two mysteries surround the spiral staircase in the Loretto Chapel; the identity of its builder and the physics of the staircase construction. |
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Performing Arts |
Lensic Performing Arts Center, Santa Fe’s premier year-round performing arts center: a state-of-the art venue for theater, music, dance, film, lectures, community events and family programming set in a historic theater in the heart of the City Different.
MusicOne, The Santa Fe Concert Association seeks to provide the citizens of Santa Fe and northern New Mexico the opportunity to hear concerts of music at the highest levels of international accomplishment. Recognized as one of the finest professional choral ensembles in the country, the The Santa Fe Desert Chorale is particularly known for its remarkable sound, seamless blend, wide-ranging programming and moving performances in some of Santa Fe’s most beautiful and historic sites, including the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis, Loretto Chapel and Cristo Rey Church. |
 15 minutes to the incomparable Santa Fe Opera
open-air theatre. Santa Fe has charmed visitors since the early sixteenth century as well as being a vibrant home to Pueblo Indians for more than a thousand years. Ever since 1957, The Santa Fe Opera has been the summer oasis for internationally acclaimed operatic talents and opera enthusiasts! |
Santa Fe Film Festival The Santa Fe Women's Ensemble offers quality performances of choral music for women's voices, presenting innovative and inspiring music from all centuries to primarily New Mexico audiences. The Santa Fe Playhouse offers never-produced playwrights the chance to see their work on stage and first-time performers the opportunity to be on stage with seasoned actors. |
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| Santa Fe Pro Musica brings together outstanding musicians to inspire and educate audiences of all ages through the performance of great music.
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Outdoor |
Short walk to Canyon Road galleries, shops, restaurants. 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.
10 minutes to Hyde Memorial State Park. Beautiful scenery, a quiet natural setting, and easy access make Hyde Memorial State Park a favorite picnic area, campground, respite, and base camp for excursions into the surrounding Santa Fe National Forest.
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The State Capitol is located at the corner of Old Santa Fe Trail and Paseo de Peralta in Santa Fe. |
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A destination event for residents and visitors alike, Spanish Market features handcrafted traditional arts by 250 local Hispanic artists, continuous music, art demonstrations and regional foods, and provides a unique opportunity for visitors to enjoy a taste of New Mexico's vibrant Spanish culture, both past and
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Railroad touring: Built in 1880 and little changed since, the Cumbres Toltec & Scenic Railroad is the finest and most spectacular example of steam era mountain railroading in North America. |
Hot Air Ballooning: |
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| One of a kind Zozobra Festival. Zozobra which has gone up in flames every year since Will Shuster created it in 1924, became one of the symbols of the city, a potent reminder of the madcap celebrations of those times and one artist's generous dedication to his adopted home. |
Fly Fishing on the Pecos River, Rio San Antonio, Rio Guadalupe, and Rio Grande. | |||||
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Dining |
Enjoy These Outstanding Santa Fe Restaurants |
Golf |
You will marvel at the inspirational views of the Sangre de Cristo, Jemez, Sandia and Ortiz Mountains, as you make your way through the native piñon and juniper lined fairways. Links de Santa Fe offers a challenge as well as a delight for the eyes. |
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Paa-Ko Ridge Golf Club is the most highly acclaimed golf course ever to open in New Mexico. |
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Located approximately 50 minutes north of Albuquerque and 40 minutes southwest of Santa Fe, Pueblo de Cochiti Golf Course offers one of the most challenging yet fair tests of golf in the country. Ranked by Golf Digest as one of America's Top 75 Affordable Courses, this Robert Trent Jones Jr. design is truly a gem in the high desert. |
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Designed and developed with meticulous care and cultural sensitivity, the Twin Warriors Golf Club offers both the championship golfer and the resort-style golfer a unique high-desert golfing experience. |
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"The New York Times" calls Santa Ana "one of America's three best true links-style golf courses." The course follows in the tradition of golf's first and finest links-style courses and was highly rated by both "Golf Week" and "Golf Digest". Santa Ana Golf Club is ranked #33 nationwide in Golf Digest's Top 40 Resort Golf courses. |
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Towa Golf Resort, located in the heart of beautiful Northern New Mexico, offers challenging golf, amazing southwestern vistas and first-rate service. 27 of the 36 holes, designed by Hale Irwin and William Phillips, are now open for your enjoyment and golfing pleasure. |
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