309 W San Francisco St.
Santa Fe, NM 87501
Hotel: 505.988.4455
Reservations: 1.800.955.4455
EXPLORE SANTA FE
There are many unforgettable things to do in Santa Fe: explore its history, learn about its culture, shop world renowed art markets and galleries. Discover the art, the history, the cuisine and the landscapes that made Santa Fe #3 City in the U.S. 2020 Travel + Leisure World's Best Awards.
Santa Fe's Canyon Road is home to more than 100 galleries, boutiques and restaurants in one magical half mile. Stroll along this picturesque road for a day of Santa Fe outdoor activities, fine art, antiques, sculptures - and unparalleled shopping.
Go inside the history and culture of Santa Fe and Northern New Mexico with any one of an array of guided tours and Santa Fe outdoor activities lead by our partner Heritage Inspirations. See New Mexico from above with a hot air balloon ride or from the water with a white water adventure or river float.
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Santa Fe is a great place to get active. Enjoy our clear mountain air while cruising bike trails in the city or hiking trails in the nearby mountains. There are five golf courses in the area, and opportunities for Santa Fe outdoor activities such as rock climbing and whitewater rafting. Regardless of how you choose to spend your time in Santa Fe you will return home rich in memories of this unique “City Different.”
ADVENTURES
Angelisa Murray
Owner & Guide
Phone: 1-888-344-TOUR (1-888-344-8687)
Email: info@heritageinspirations.com
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Heritage Inspirations offers half and full-day excursions, multi-day adventures, and custom-crafted itineraries. With more than twenty tours across Taos, Santa Fe, Albuquerque, and Las Cruces including active outdoor expeditions, specially curated walking tours, and roving glamping adventures, Heritage Inspirations has a unique and dynamic option for every traveler. As a partner of Heritage Inspirations, Heritage Hotels & Resorts provides an exclusive discount to those who stay at one of our properties in Taos, Santa Fe, Albuquerque, and Las Cruces before or after a tour.
Heritage Inspirations offers a tour and rental shop at our sister property, Inn & Spa at Loretto. Daily E-Bike tours, rentals, and merchandise will be available in the shop to take home a piece of your journey. Link to learn more below.
Experience Heritage Inspiration's most popular day tour with an architectural and historical perspective of Santa Fe. Spend your Thursday or Friday morning walking Santa Fe’s Historic Eastside neighborhood, exploring the distinctive architecture this region is known for. You’ll discover the beauty that distinguishes the three styles of New Mexican architecture: Pueblo, Spanish Territorial and Northern New Mexican. Link to learn more below.
Take our signature Magical Heirlooms of Chimayó Day Tour where you can step back in time to a holy magical place filled with handcrafted heirloom wonders. After meeting at Hotel Chimayó, you’ll travel North via the high road through the Nambé Valley. Ascending through horse pastures, orchards and red stone canyon walls speckled with green dots of piñon and juniper, you’ll see why many movies have been filmed in this quintessential landscape. Link to learn more below.
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As New Mexico's Premier Travel Company, we invite you to join us and take a walk in our shoes. Let us introduce you to the adventure, to the people, the art and culture, to the voices and stories and wild places. These elements combined exemplify the magic of New Mexico. Our mission is to create inspirational travel experiences that elevate your senses and compel you to an unmatched encounter with the Land of Enchantment. Storytelling is our passion. Our E-Bike Tours explore the deep-rooted historical dialogue of our state, while unveiling undiscovered destinations along the way. Our Glamping Tours take you to rugged and hard-to-reach places in style, inviting you to "go luxuriously wild". Step off the beaten path, beyond ordinary tourist routes and transcend boundaries through our ethically curated, intimate and immersive New Mexico excursions. Heritage Inspirations LLC. New Mexico's Premier Travel Company. To book now, call 1-888-344-8687 or visit www.heritageinspirations.com.
CULTURE
Located adjacent to the Eldorado Hotel & Spa, the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum collection features over 3,000 works with 1,149 pieces created by the famous artist. The museum also presents special exhibitions and has shown works by more than 140 other artists. Link to learn more below.
Relatively new to the Santa Fe museum scene, the New Mexico History Museum is located on the Santa Fe Plaza, where interactive exhibits illustrate the history of Native peoples, Spanish colonialists, New Mexico’s Mexican Period, as well as travel and commerce along the historic Santa Fe Trail. This museum includes the Palace of the Governors, the Palace Press, and the Fray Angelico Chavez History Library and Photo Archives. Link to learn more below.
Santa Fe is known for its art. Canyon Road in Santa Fe has over a hundred art galleries in a half mile stretch of road. Find art created by internationally acclaimed artists in both traditional and contemporary traditions. Link to learn more below.
Experience the art of New Mexico from a fresh perspective. Exhibitions range from the richness of New Mexico's art and history, to innovations in contemporary art to exploration of art in general. Link to learn more below.
With 3,700 objects, the collections are the most comprehensive compilation of Spanish Colonial art of their kind. Among the various media featured are santos (painted and sculpted images of saints,) textiles, tinwork, silverwork, goldwork, ironwork, straw appliqué, ceramics, furniture, books and more. Link to learn more below.
The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture is a premier repository of Native art and material culture and tells the stories of the people of the Southwest from pre-history through contemporary art. Link to learn more below.
Since its opening in September 1953, the Museum of International Folk Art has gained national and international recognition as an accredited museum that is home to the world's largest collection of folk art with more than 135,000 artifacts. Link to learn more below.
The Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian offers unique exhibitions of contemporary and historic Native American art. The museum is famous for its focus on little-known genres, and for solo shows by living Native American artists. Link to learn more below.
The Santa Fe Opera is a world-renowned performance venue. The striking, open-air theater features performers in a wide-ranging and challenging repertoire in a striking setting that is recognized as one of the world's leading cultural attractions. Link to learn more below.
CATHEDRALS & CHURCHES
HISTORIC CHURCHES AND CATHEDRALS
The oldest church in continuous use in the US, Mission San Miguel has been used for Christian worship since 1610. Its thick adobe walls and stately bell tower are iconic images for Southwestern Catholics. Link to learn more below.
Built on the site of two earlier churches, the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi is one of the historical cathedrals that sprang up in the footsteps of European expansion into the Southwest. Constructed by French and Italian masons and completed in 1887, this cathedral also features an old adobe chapel built in 1714. Its beautiful stained-glass windows were transported to Santa Fe by ship and covered wagon. Link to learn more below.
Built in 1878, legend states the Sisters of the Chapel prayed to St. Joseph, the patron saint of carpenters, and a man appeared who insisted upon building a circular staircase and refused any payment. When he had completed the staircase, he left and was never seen again. The staircase remains as his masterful and intriguing legacy, designed with no visible means of support despite its two complete 360-degree turns. Link to learn more below.
About 30 minutes North of Santa Fe lies the historical village community of Chimayo, New Mexico. Known as "the Lourdes of North America," the Santuario de Chimayo is one of the most sacred pilgrimage places on the continent. Each year, thousands make pilgrimage to the Santuario with prayers to remove their suffering. The tiny shrine, devoted to the legendary, miraculous return of a crucifix found by Bernardo de Abeyta in the early 1800s, features a small pit of sacred soil to which many ascribe curative powers. Link to learn more below.
