Places to Explore In Day Trips from Santa Fe

Discover the best places to explore in Day Trips from Santa Fe with curated recommendations from our travel experts.

Abiquiu

This tiny, very traditional Hispanic village was originally home to freed genizaros, indigenous and mixed-blood slaves who served as house servants, shepherds, and other key...

  • 3 Restaurants
  • 2 Hotels
  • 3 Things To Do

Los Alamos

Look at old books on New Mexico and you rarely find a mention of Los Alamos, now a busy town of about 18,000 that has...

  • 1 Restaurants
  • 0 Hotels
  • 5 Things To Do

Los Ojos

Los Ojos, midway between Tierra Amarilla and Chama, could well serve as a model for rural economic development worldwide. The little town has experienced an...

  • 0 Restaurants
  • 0 Hotels
  • 0 Things To Do

The High Road to Taos

The main route to Taos (NM 68, the so-called “Low Road”) is a quite dramatic drive if you've got limited time, but by far the...

  • 4 Restaurants
  • 2 Hotels
  • 13 Things To Do

The Santa Fe Trail

In the mid-19th century, this vast tract of grasslands and prairies, along with the eastern foothills of the Sangre de Cristo range, became the gateway...

  • 2 Restaurants
  • 2 Hotels
  • 5 Things To Do

The Turquoise Trail

The most prominent side trip south of the city is along the fabled Turquoise Trail, an excellent—and leisurely—alternative route from Santa Fe to Albuquerque that's...

  • 5 Restaurants
  • 1 Hotels
  • 7 Things To Do

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