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Santa Fe Tourist Information, Weather, and Travel News
Santa
Fe Chamber of Commerce
For tourists, meeting planners and business people alike, Santa Fe provides
an unparalleled quality of life, making it a desirable location for your next
vacation getaway, convention or ski trip.
New
Mexico Tourism Department
The New Mexico Tourism Department (NMTD) creates, promotes and develops
tourism opportunities. We love showing our beautiful and intriguing home to
the world. Sharing New Mexico's rich heritage, tri-cultural people, exciting
outdoor activities, great food, world-renowned art, wonderful festivals, and
gorgeous climate is a responsibility that we take seriously.
The
Santa Fean Magazine
The SANTA FEAN magazine is dedicated to inspiring people to enjoy
and embrace the charm and character found in Santa Fe and the Southwest. For
more than 30 years, Santa Fean has captured the charm, history, sophistication,
and diverse culture of the City Different. Santa Fean is the local authority
on Northern New Mexico-from the region's renowned art scene to dining, fashion,
architecture, design, and the great outdoors.
Away,
To Santa Fe
Getaway to the city different. Whether you're planning a visit, a meeting
or even a movie, Santa Fe welcomes you. Santa Fe is one of the country's top
travel destinations because there's no other place like it on the planet.
Take a look around our site and you'll understand why Santa Fe has enchanted
all those who experience it, from the ancient Indians who settled here thousands
of years ago to the Spanish colonists who established a frontier town circa
1610 to the millions of visitors who fall in love with the multicultural city
of today.
The
Santa Fe Site
The Santa Fe Site welcomes you. Our mission is to help you have the most fulfilling
experience when visiting Santa Fe, New Mexico.
rssWeather.com
Santa Fe, New Mexico Forecast.
General
Weather Information for Santa Fe
Nestled in the picturesque Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Santa Fe averages more
than 300 days of sunshine per year.
WebCam
at the Plaza
Travel to Santa Fe Information.
The
Santa Fe New Mexican Newspaper
Santa Fe's most-visited site--look for jobs, cars, Virtual Tours, ads, archives,
contact or advertising info for The Santa Fe New Mexican, movie times, TV
listings, or to place a classified ad.
Santa
Fe Always On Line
Conde Nast Traveler magazine not long ago named Santa Fe the number-one travel
destination in all the world. Those of us who live here and love the place
understand that distinction. If you come, you will too. They call this The
City Different.
SantaFe.Com
General information about Santa Fe.
Santa Fe Transportation
Albuquerque
Sunport Airport
The Albuquerque International Sunport is a world-renowned,
full-service facility that welcomes more than six million travelers per
year.
New
Mexico Rail Runner Express
As the northernmost stop, the Santa Fe Depot serves residents
and visitors of Santa Fe. The new Railyard development offers restaurants,
retail stores, galleries, museums, the Santa Fe Famers’ Market and
13 acres of open space including a park, plaza and pedestrian promenade.
Sandia
Shuttle Express
Convenient shuttle services between Santa Fe and Albuquerque
International Airport with 26 trips daily to fit your travel schedule.
SantaFeStation
Shuttle service is available between
Santa Fe and the Albuquerque Airport
and also the Glorietta Conference
Center.
Santa Fe Restaurants
Santa
Fe Association Dining Guide
The Official Santa Fe Restaurant Association dining guide.
Trip
Advisor
TripAdvisor's restaurant popularity ranks restaurants in Santa Fe based on
evaluations in guidebooks, articles and user opinions.
Santa Fe Sightseeing, Touring and Attractions
America's
Byways: New Mexico
The National Scenic Byways Program is part of the U.S. Department
of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration. The program is a grass-roots
collaborative effort established to help recognize, preserve and enhance selected
roads throughout the United States.
Walk
Canyon Road
On Canyon Road, zoned strictly for "residential
arts and crafts," you will discover more than five dozen galleries. You
will find world class food and service laced with the rhythms of Spanish classical
guitar, flamenco, blues and jazz.
Historic
Walks of Santa Fe
Tour Santa
Fe, the oldest Capital City in the U.S.! Walk in the footsteps of our three
cultures as you learn about our most famous (and infamous!) historical sites
and residents.
New
Mexico State Parks
Welcome
to New Mexico State Parks! Did you know we have 34 diverse State Parks, consisting
of lakes, canyons, forests, historical sites and even dinosaur tracks for
you to explore? In 2006, the parks attracted 3.9 million visitors. With educational
programs, over 2,000 events and a variety of recreational activities, visitors
will find the perfect refuge or vacation destination within any park.
St.
Francis Cathedral
Bishop
Lamy arrived in New Mexico in the summer of 1851. His early efforts were directed
to the building of more churches, the creation of new parishes and the establishment
of educational and medical facilities.
Hyde
Park 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.
The
Tourquoise Trail
Back roads
often lead to great discoveries... Venture off the freeway and onto the Turquoise
Trail National Scenic Byway, and you'll see what we mean. The Scenic and Historic
Area encompasses 15,000 square miles in the heart of central New Mexico, linking
Albuquerque and Santa Fe. Enjoy a breathtaking view from atop Sandia Crest,
then drive back into history through the mining towns of Golden, Madrid, and
Cerrillos.
Taos
County Chamber of Commerce
The Town
of Taos New Mexico has something for everyone. Seated on the high-desert mesa
at the foot of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Taos is rich with art and steeped
in history.
Welcome
to Pecos!
Pecos preserves
12,000 years of history including the ancient pueblo of Pecos, Colonial Missions,
Santa Fe Trail sites, 20th century ranch history of Forked Lightning Ranch,
and the site of the Civil War Battle of Glorieta Pass.
Los
Alamos New Mexico
Experience
the extraordinary legacy of the Los Alamos region. From the centuries old
Puebloan ruins of Bandelier National Monument to the world renowned scientific
community that shaped the course of history, Los Alamos continues to excel
in innovative technology for the 21st Century.
Bandelier
National Monument
The ancestors
of modern Pueblo people built thriving communities in the area called Bandelier
about 600 years ago. Several thousand Ancestral Pueblo dwellings are found
among the pink mesas and sheer-walled canyons.
Santa
Fe National Historic Trail!
Like the
Visitor Center in any National Park Service area, the Website Visitor Center
is a great place to start your tour of the Santa Fe National Historic Trail.
New
Mexico Outdoors
"The
Best of New Mexico." Select from a number of fabulous New Mexico touring
attractions.
Cumbres
Toltec & Scenic Railroad
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.
Santa
Fe Southern Railroad
Enjoy one
of our daily trips, dinner rides or special events!
Santa Fe Outdoor Activities
Ski
Golf
Marty
Sanchez Links de Santa Fe
Located just eight miles west of downtown, sits Santa Fe's finest municipal
golf course-Marty Sanchez Links de Santa Fe. 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 pinon and juniper lined fairways.
Towa
Golf Resort
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.
Pueblo
de Cochiti Golf Course
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.
Santa
Ana Golf Club
"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.
Twin
Warriors Golf Club
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.
Paa-Ko
Ridge Golf Club
Paa-Ko Ridge Golf Club is the most highly acclaimed golf course ever
to open in New Mexico. Paa-Ko Ridge is an 18 hole privately owned public golf
course designed by award-winning architect, Ken Dye, with an additional 9
holes currently under construction.
Isleta
Eagle Golf Course
Twenty-seven holes of enchanting chills and challenge designed around
three lakes and the sweeping Rio Grande River are waiting for you at the classic
links/native desert style Isleta Eagle Golf Course.
Santa Fe Events
Santa
Fe Events Planning Calendar
The Santa
Fe Events Planning Calendar is a service offered by New Mexico CultureNet
to help Santa Fe organizations coordinate the planning of arts- and culture-related
events.
Indian
Market
Each August
for the past eighty years, Santa Fe Indian Market has brought together the
most gifted Native American artists from the U.S. with millions of visitors
and collectors from around the world.
Spanish
Market
Today,
after two decades of market growth and change, the once-intimate Spanish Market
has become the largest exhibition of traditional Hispanic Arts in the United
States.
Santa
Fe Wine & Chile Fiesta
The events
sell out quickly, so we recommend registering early.
RODEO!
de Santa Fe
Each year
the "RODEO! de Santa Fe" Association strives to surpass previous
years events. We continue to grow, change and yet remain consistent with traditional
rodeo.
Santa
Fe Arts and Culture
News and
information regarding what's happening in the Santa Fe arts community.
Zozobra
Festival
Zozobra
is a hideous but harmless fifty-foot bogeyman marionette. He is a toothless,
empty-headed facade. He has no guts and doesn't have a leg to stand on. He
is full of sound and fury, signifying nothing....
Albuquerque
International Balloon Festival
For nine
days in October, the New Mexico skies are painted as hundreds of balloons
lift off from Albuquerque's Balloon Fiesta Park.
Santa
Fe Film Festival
We present
important world cinema in a non-commercial context that represents aesthetic,
critical and entertainment standards.
The Arts in the Santa Fe Area
Museums
Georgia
O'Keeffe Museum
O'Keeffe moved from New York to her beloved New Mexico, whose stunning
vistas and stark landscape configurations had inspired her work since 1929.
She lived at her Ghost Ranch house, which she purchased in 1940, and at the
house she purchased in Abiquiu in 1945.
Institute
of American Arts Museum
The Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) is located in one of the
most diverse concentrations of Native peoples in North America, in the heart
of the nation's oldest multi-cultural communities and in one of the largest
art markets in the country.
Wheelwright
Museum of the American Indian
The Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian hosts changing exhibitions
of contemporary and historic Native American art with an emphasis on the Southwest.
Main gallery exhibitions change twice a year. Smaller galleries feature one-person
shows by Native American artists and photographers, or items relating to the
main gallery exhibition.
Indian
Arts Research Center
The School's Indian Arts Research Center (IARC) houses one of the world's
most significant collections of traditional Southwest Indian arts and artifacts,
spanning the 450-year period from Spanish contact to the present. These collections
and a range of associated programs have made the IARC an outstanding cultural
and educational resource for the Native American community, researchers, scholars,
and the public.
Performing Arts
The
Santa Fe Opera
Ever since 1957, The Santa Fe Opera has been the summer oasis for internationally
acclaimed operatic talents and opera enthusiasts! From its founding The Santa
Fe Opera has always looked in new directions, taking its inspiration not from
the traditional world of opera, but from the sense of a truly American company
in its artistic point of view and its welcoming spirit.
The
Lensic Performing Arts Center
The Lensic Performing Arts Center - a world-class, state-of-the-art
performance venue in the heart of Santa Fe, fully restored to its original
glory and redesigned t
o house the best of theater, music, dance, poetry and film.
Music
The
Santa Fe Symphony and Chorus
Join Music Director Steven Smith for a preview talk one hour before
each Symphony concert. Learn about the works we are performing that day, the
life and times of the composers, and what inspired the Symphony to choose
of each piece of music. It is the ideal start to your musical experience.
Each talk takes place in the Lensic hall and lasts approximately a half an
hour.
The
Santa Fe Playhouse
The 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. The Playhouse welcomes everyone who wants to participate
in live theatre.
Santa
Fe Chamber Music Festival
Since it started in 1972, the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival has become
one of the world's preeminent music festivals, guided by a visionary spirit
and dedicated to artistic excellence and innovation. Contributing to its magic
is the Festival's unique Santa Fe setting, nestled amid timeless splendors
of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.
MusicOne
The Santa Fe Concert Association provides the citizens of Santa Fe
and Northern New Mexico with the opportunity to experience performances of
classical music, dance and music theater at the highest levels, performed
by internationally recognized artists and ensembles.
Santa
Fe Pro Musica
Santa Fe Pro Musica brings together outstanding musicians to inspire
and educate audiences of all ages through the performance of great music.
Santa Fe Pro Musica is nationally recognized for its artistry in performance
and accessibility to the community.