Land of Enchantment - The Cities
Santa Fe
Albuquerque
Santa Fe
Santa Fe is a magical city in the Sangre de Cristo foothills. It is the meeting point of three historic trails: the Camino Real, the Santa Fe Trail and the Old Pecos Trail. Santa Fe is renowned for its pueblo-style architecture and as one of the world's major art centers. This city has been enchanting visitors for hundreds of years.
Taos
Albuquerque
Santa Fe
The town of Taos is in northern New Mexico’s high desert, surrounded by spectacular mountains and great natural beauty. For over a century it has been a center for artists creating a multicultural tradition of art work. The Rio Grande Gorge bridge, second highest in the U.S., offers a view of the geological formation of millennia and the Rio Grande’s path through the canyons. https://taos.org
Albuquerque
Albuquerque
Albuquerque
Also known as "Duke City" Albuquerque has a lot to offer visitors, from historic Route 66 sites to Old Town founded in 1706 as a Spanish colony. Old Town is filled with historic adobe buildings, San Felipe de Neri Church, five museums, and shops selling Native American handicrafts. Nearby, The Indian Pueblo Cultural Center traces the area
Also known as "Duke City" Albuquerque has a lot to offer visitors, from historic Route 66 sites to Old Town founded in 1706 as a Spanish colony. Old Town is filled with historic adobe buildings, San Felipe de Neri Church, five museums, and shops selling Native American handicrafts. Nearby, The Indian Pueblo Cultural Center traces the area’s tribal history. It also boasts nature trails along the river and in the Sandia Mountains.
https://www.visitalbuquerque.org
Indian Pueblos
Acoma - Sky CIty
Acoma Pueblo is a Native American pueblo approximately 60 miles west of Albuquerque, New Mexico in the United States. Three villages make up Acoma Pueblo: Sky City, Acomita, and Mcartys.
Visit: http://www.acomaskycity.org
Jemez Pueblo
The Pueblo of Jemez is located in north-central New Mexico, approximately 50 miles northwest of Albuquerque. Among the many things to see are the Walatowa Visitor Center and Museum of History and Culture. The landscape on this drive is incredible and there are many natural points of interest. Visit the website to learn about Towa culture and traditions.
Taos Pueblo
Taos Pueblo is an ancient pueblo belonging to a Tiwa-speaking Native American tribe of Puebloan people. It lies about 1 mile north of the modern city of Taos, New Mexico,
The multi-storied adobe buildings have been continuously inhabited for over 1000 years.
Archaeology and Nature
Cliff Dwellings
Georgia on My Mind O'Keeffe Country
Georgia on My Mind O'Keeffe Country
Bandelier and Puye Cliff Dwellings are two of the most spectacular sites along the Rio Grande. Bandelier monument preserves the homes and territory of the Ancestral Puebloans of a later era in the Southwest. The Puye Cliff Dwellings were occupied for over three centuries-from about 1250 to 1577 A.D. Each site is a day trip unto itself
Bandelier and Puye Cliff Dwellings are two of the most spectacular sites along the Rio Grande. Bandelier monument preserves the homes and territory of the Ancestral Puebloans of a later era in the Southwest. The Puye Cliff Dwellings were occupied for over three centuries-from about 1250 to 1577 A.D. Each site is a day trip unto itself and offers different perspectives of Ancestral Puebloan settlements.
Bandelier: https://www.nps.gov/band/index.htm
Georgia on My Mind O'Keeffe Country
Georgia on My Mind O'Keeffe Country
Georgia on My Mind O'Keeffe Country
We will take you through the incredible Piedra Lumbre basin (or Valley of the Shining Stone) which stretches from Abiquiu to Chama along the Chama River. We will visit Ghost Ranch, a dramatic 21,000-acre of New Mexican landscape, where the reclusive American artist Georgia O'Keeffe led a solitary life immersed in nature and art. O'Keeffe
We will take you through the incredible Piedra Lumbre basin (or Valley of the Shining Stone) which stretches from Abiquiu to Chama along the Chama River. We will visit Ghost Ranch, a dramatic 21,000-acre of New Mexican landscape, where the reclusive American artist Georgia O'Keeffe led a solitary life immersed in nature and art. O'Keeffe fell in love with the sculpted landscape of rivers, cliffs and buttes in an expanse of earthen formations which according to pueblo peoples are alive and imbued with spirits of the past. Ghost Ranch is also known for a remarkable concentration of fossils, most notably that of the theropod dinosaur Coelophysis, of which it has been estimated that nearly a thousand individuals have been preserved in a quarry at Ghost Ranch.
Turquoise Trail & Ghost Towns
Georgia on My Mind O'Keeffe Country
Turquoise Trail & Ghost Towns
The historic Turquoise Trail, a National Scenic Byway between Albuquerque and Santa Fe, is synonymous with Native American spirituality, Spanish explorers, adventurous mining, and brave pioneers.
The blue-green turquoise, nationally recognized as a precious stone, was first mined by the early Pueblo people as early as 900 A.D. From the 18
The historic Turquoise Trail, a National Scenic Byway between Albuquerque and Santa Fe, is synonymous with Native American spirituality, Spanish explorers, adventurous mining, and brave pioneers.
The blue-green turquoise, nationally recognized as a precious stone, was first mined by the early Pueblo people as early as 900 A.D. From the 1800s onward Spanish explorers, missionaries and prospectors followed the trail of the native American Indians already here.
Enjoy breathtaking scenery while immersing back into history through the mining towns of Golden, Madrid, and Cerrillos. These small towns are now alive with art, crafts, museums and restaurants.
Drive, gawk, walk, and eat on the trail of our ancestors!