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VISITORS’ CHECKLIST Exploring Santa Fe
This city’s rich history and
Practical Information beautiful architecture have
* 69,000. n 491 Old Santa Fe made it one of the country’s
Trail. Tel (505) 827-7336, (800) most popular destinations. It is
777-2489. Open 8am–5pm famous for its adobe buildings,
Mon–Fri, 8am–4pm Sat & Sun. art galleries, and the New
_ Spanish Market (Jul); Santa Fe Mexico History Museum. In
Opera Season (Jul & Aug); Indian addition to the Palace of the
Market (Aug); Fiestas de Santa Fe Governors and the New Mexico
(Sep). ∑ santafe.org Museum of Art, there is the
Saint Francis Cathedral Transport Georgia O’Keeffe Museum,
This colorful, carved wooden ~ Santa Fe Municipal Airport, 10 northwest of the Plaza. This has
statue of the Virgin stands in a miles (16 km) SW of Santa Fe. the world’s largest collection
side chapel that survives from £ Lamy, 18 miles (29 km) S of of O’Keeffe’s works, including
the original 17th-century city. £ 410 S Guadalupe St. several of her best-loved
church on which the present paintings such as Jimson Weed
cathedral was built in 1869.
Museum of Contemporary (1932), Purple Hills II, and Ghost
Native Arts Ranch, New Mexico (1934).
Across the Santa Fe River, on
Museum Hill, is the Museum of
International Folk Art, with its
stunning collection of folk art
from all over the world. Also
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on Museum Hill, the Museum
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of Indian Art and Culture is
E
D T R dedicated to traditional Native
E S A N F R A N C I S C O S T R E E A L P L A C E Saint Francis American arts and culture. Its
main exhibit, “Here, Now and
Always,” tells the story of the
Cathedral
region’s oldest communities, in
the words of Pueblo, Navajo,
and Apache people. Running
parallel to the river, the gallery-
lined Canyon Road
E W A T E R S T R E E T was originally an
Indian track
between the Rio
Grande and Pecos
pueblo. To its west,
O L D S A N TA F E T R A I L
on the Old Santa
Fe Trail, is the San
La Fonda Girard Collection toy, Museum of Miguel Mission,
Hotel International Folk Art built in 1610.
To the north-
west, the 1795
Santuario de Guadalupe,
dedicated to the Virgin of
Guadalupe, patron saint of
Mexican and Pueblo peoples,
marked the end of Camino
Real, the main trade route
from Mexico. About 15 miles
(24 km) south of Santa Fe,
Loretto Chapel El Rancho de las Golondrinas,
Built in Gothic style by now a living history museum,
French architects in the was a historic stopping-off
1870s, the Loretto Chapel
was modeled on the point on the Camino Real.
Sainte-Chappelle in Paris. E Museum of International
Its elegant spiral staircase
has no nails or center Folk Art
support, and its perfect 706 Camino Lejo. Tel (505) 827-6344.
craftsmanship is all that Open 10am–5pm daily. Closed Nov–
keeps it aloft. Apr: Mon; public hols. & 7 8 =
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