Santa Fe Explorer End Albuquerque
Santa Fe Explorer End Albuquerque
Santa Fe Explorer End Albuquerque
5 Days Starting and ending in Albuquerque
Visiting: Santa Fe (NM)
Tour Overview
Travel Santa Fe in a unique, immersive experience. Explore the best of Santa Fe’s cultural and mystical hub packed with thriving art galleries, Pueblo and Spanish Colonial architecture with a local, and food offering a true taste of place. At over 7,000 feet, you’re at the top of the world.
Highlights
Itinerary
Day 1: Embrace The Santa Fe Landscape
Location: Santa Fe (NM)
Accommodation: Inn and Spa at Loretto
Meals Included: Welcome Reception
Welcome to the heart of Santa Fe! Settle in at your hotel—just steps from the plaza and across from the chapel in the center of town—the perfect location to soak it all in. Meet your fellow travelers and Travel Director before we Dive Into Culture, toasting our first night with an inspiring performance by a Lakota Native American Flute Player. Sky Redhawk is a local who not only performs and owns a flute store, but also composes his own music—both Lakota and Santa Fe’s native Pueblo style. Relax and take in the soothing sounds as he shares stories on the importance of the flute in Native American culture. Making plenty of time to chat and answer your questions, Redhawk’s spiritual, evocative music and insight into Native American culture is a perfect welcome to the landscape and energy that will infuse your Santa Fe tour.
Day 2: Delve Into Santa Fe's Art Scene
Location: Santa Fe (NM)
Meals Included: Breakfast
This morning, explore Santa Fe with a walking tour led by a Local Specialist and resident who’ll show you historic downtown through their eyes. The Capitol Building, Loretto Chapel, art galleries, and Native American Pueblo and Spanish Colonial architecture are all on their map and their enthusiasm for Santa Fe is infectious. This afternoon, continue to Dive into Culture with your choice of the city’s museums. Visit the Museum of International Folk Art for the largest collection of folk art in the world, an incredible diversity of cultures right in Santa Fe. Fans of Georgia O'Keefe shouldn’t miss the museum honoring the artist’s signature style inspired by Southwest culture and its impact on American Modernism. Or, learn more about Pueblo culture at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, a center of stewardship, knowledge, and understanding of the artistic and intellectual achievements of the diverse peoples of the Native Southwest. Lastly, Meow Wolf’s House of Eternal Return is an art experience for the ever-curious. This interactive exhibit features non-linear storytelling through multi-sensory exploration. See, touch, and hear it to believe it.
Day 3: Tour The Art Of Canyon Road
Location: Santa Fe (NM)
Meals Included: Breakfast
Start the day with a Dive Into Culture along Canyon Road’s where over 100 galleries, boutiques, and restaurants are packed in a half mile. Next, you’re off to Taos! The scenic road winds past canyons and farms as the Rio Grande gorge flows through the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. In Taos’ authentic, active Pueblo residence and spiritual hub, you will tour the 1,000-year-old Pueblo with a Local Specialist, resident, and tribe member who’ll share their knowledge for an up-close look at these expertly crafted, complex adobe structure that you may be surprised to learn are still lived in today. It’s no wonder this is the only Native American community that’s both a UNESCO Heritage Site and National Historic Landmark. After exploring the plaza and galleries of iconic downtown Taos, tour El Santuario de Chimayo sanctuary, a beautiful mixture of Spanish and Pueblo styles, active Catholic church since 1816, and pilgrimage site. Generations have traveled to Chimayo to seek healing from the “Tierra Bendita” (holy dirt) found in a hole in a precept off the main altar. You can even take a scoop of this holy red sandstone home to remember your travels long after you return home. Our last stop of the day will fuel your creative side, we visit Ortega’s Weaving Shop for a chance to observe a one-of-a-kind New Mexican weaving technique and maybe purchase a souvenir to take home. The Ortegas are ninth-generation rug and clothing weavers in this Chimayo tradition that mixes Spanish and Pueblo styles. Back in Santa Fe this evening, ask your Travel Director for recommendations for one of the many walkable restaurants offering traditional dishes highlighting the local chiles, corn, and beans.
Day 4: Sway To That Flamenco Sound
Location: Santa Fe (NM)
Meals Included: Breakfast, Be My Guest
This morning head south of Santa Fe on the Turquoise Trail. At the Allan Houser Sculpture Garden you’ll Dive Into Culture with an exclusive tour of sculptures and paintings depicting Navajo, Apache, and Pueblo tribes from one of the most renowned Native American artists. (Houser’s work is displayed in the Smithsonian and the Oval Office!) Feel small among the massive sculptures in this 50-acre property as your Local Specialist guide and gallery manager, Tracy Cable, leads you through the juniper trees to Houser’s soothing shapes. Then, step back in time into one of the greatest ancestral and still active Pueblo archaeological sites at Bandelier National Monument. An easy guided walk leads you into the gorge, through the canyon past walls of sandstone while learning about the Pueblo people who inhabited this area 1,000 years ago. Amble to the sounds of rivers and birds or climb wooden stairs to see ceremonial rooms, fire markings, and handprints in the well-preserved cliff dwellings. We’ll trade tales and toast to all we’ve seen and done on your Santa Fe tour with an unforgettable Be My Guest Farewell Dinner hosted by Stephanie Ramirez at her Flamenco Cabaret. Greeted by live music to get you in the Flamenco spirit, you’ll enjoy a taste of Spain in Santa Fe (recognized as a focal point of flamenco art within North America) with tapas, an authentic main course, Spanish, wine and dessert followed by a high energy Flamenco performance by world renowned performers.
Day 5: Depart Albuquerque
Meals Included: Breakfast
Say a fond farewell to Santa Fe and take your transfer to Albuquerque Sunport International Airport. The transfer to Albuquerque takes approximately 1.5 hrs. Please be aware when booking your flights.
What's Included
-
1 Be My Guest
-
1 Welcome Reception
-
4 Breakfasts
-
All hotel tips, charges and local taxes
-
All porterage and restaurant gratuities
-
All transport and transfers shown
-
Audio headsets for flexible sightseeing
-
An expert Travel Director and professional Driver
-
Breakfast daily and up to half of your evening meals
-
Cherry-picked hotels, all tried and trusted
Check out our Q&As
-
Who will be my travelling companions on the tour?
The beauty of taking a guided holiday with us is that you’ll have the opportunity to meet and travel with people from all over the globe.
-
What policies are in place for Covid-19?
Vaccination against Covid-19 is not mandatory to travel with Trafalgar. However, we strongly recommend that guests are vaccinated before travelling. Please note that airlines and/or other authorities may have different requirements. It is the guest's responsibility to comply with these requirements at all times.
-
How long has the tour company been trading?
Since 1947
-
What Ethical Travel credentials does the tour company have?
Trafalgar is a founding partner of the TreadRight Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation established in 2008. So far, the charity has donated more than US$2 million to help underprivileged communities and support sustainable tourism around the world.
-
Will the accommodation included meet local health and safety regulations?
Yes
Reviews of this Operator
Book with Confidence
-
Transfer as credit to Future Tours
Trafalgar allows you to transfer existing payments to a future tour to avoid cancellation fees if you can't travel and inform trafalgar, 90 days before departure.
-
Low Deposit
Trafalgar requires a minimum deposit of 200 GBP per person or the full booking value, whichever is less, with the final balance not due until 90 days before departure.
-
Cancellation Policy
We don't charge a cancellation fee, here is a summary of trafalgar charges.
Up to 60 days before tour starts: Forfeit 100% of deposit.
Why book with tourhub?
Safe & Secure
Your money is protected in an external trust until you travel.
100% Guaranteed Refunds if your trip is cancelled.
The safest way to make overseas, multi-currency payments.
Guaranteed Best Value
Industry leading discounts, we won't be beaten on price.
No cancellation or amendment fees from tourhub.
(Operator terms may apply)
Expert Knowledge
Reliable & unbiased advice from travel experts.
Direct contact with the tour operator via our messaging service.
Inspiration & advice from a community of 6000+ real travellers, influencers & content creators.
Trusted Service
Official partners & licensed agents of 1000+ tour operators worldwide.
Don't just take our word for it...
"Tourhub: Friendliness, Professionalism & Integrity I would happily give tourhub a 6* review if I could..."