Activities & Day Trip Ideas

One of the great things about our location is the vast number of nearby Activities & Day-Trip destinations.  Here is a partial list:

Skiing – We’re located between Taos (75 mi north) & Ski Santa Fe (35 mi south) Golf – 6 courses within 30-min drive; closest is Towa Golf Course at Buffalo Thunder (6.5 mi south) Santa Fe Opera (14 mi south) Downtown Santa Fe (Plaza, Canyon Rd Galleries, Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Cathedral, more) (20 mi south) Santa Fe is a top Foodie destination 240+ World-Class Art Galleries Casinos (multiple, largest is Buffalo Thunder 6.5 mi south) Hiking (Nambe Badlands, 3mi away) Mountain Biking River Rafting Horseback Riding (Ghost Ranch, 47 mi north) Nambe Trading Post (1 mi west) Historic discovery everywhere Meditation, Healing Retreats, & Spas (such as Ojo Caliente Mineral Springs, 36 mi north) Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta in October (73 mi south, 96% freeway) Bradbury Science Museum in Los Alamos (21 mi west) Bandelier National Monument (28 mi west) Meow Wolf (23 mi south) Poeh Cultural Center (5 mi south) Historic Walking Tours Numerous historic churches Closest Business district (groceries, restaurants, etc) (Pojoaque, 4 mi south)

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For even more ideas, click HERE to view TripAdvisor’s Things to Do in Santa Fe page, or see what SANTAFE.com thinks are the First 25 Things You Should Do In Santa Fe by clicking HERE.  Another useful website for planning your Santa Fe visit is https://www.santafe.org/things-to-do/ 

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