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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... 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. |
St Francis Cathedral. In 1869 Bishop Lamy began building a stone cathedral, to replace the old adobe church, parts of which had served the parishioners of Santa Fe since 1717 (the Conquistadora Chapel is all that remains). |
 ©2006 Ken Gorman Loretto Chapel, with its "Miraculous Spiral Staircase". Two mysteries surround the spiral staircase in the Loretto Chapel |
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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 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. |
15 minutes to the incomparable Santa
Fe Opera open-air theatre.
Ever since 1957, The Santa Fe Opera has been the summer oasis for internationally
acclaimed operatic talents and opera enthusiasts!
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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. |
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. |
Fly Fishing on the Pecos River, Rio San Antonio, Rio Guadalupe, and Rio Grande. | |||||
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Real Estate |
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Need more information? Try these: Diamond Resorts Villas de Santa Fe and other timeshare in the area are available for sale or for rent. Just a few minutes away from your rental are Santa Fe's museums, shops, and even skiing on the Sangre de Cristo Mountains! Casa Carino is located in Santa Fe, near Canyon Road and a short walk to the downtown Plaza. If you would like to be |
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