La Fonda on the Plaza in Santa Fe, New Mexico

Couples visiting Santa Fe revel in its unique cultural heritage that blends Iberian dignity with Wild West excitement, Native American serenity, an artistic vibe, and a twist of New Age mysticism.

Attractions in downtown Santa Fe that La Fonda guests can easily walk to include:

• Outstanding museums including the Georgia O’Keeffe, the New Mexico Museum of Art, and the New Mexico History Museum, opened in 2009
• The Canyon Road gallery district
• The vintage-1931 Lensic Theater, Santa Fe’s performing-arts hub
• The Railyard, a center for visiting galleries, restaurants, shops, and outdoor markets
• Many of Santa Fe’s best restaurants, including Coyote Café, the Anasazi, Old House, Rio Chama, and Restaurant Martin
• Plaza retailers including Shiprock Gallery, Andrea Fisher Fine Pottery, Packard’s, and Back at the Ranch (whose festive cowboy boots make inspired honeymoon memen-toes much more comfy than stilet-toes!)

Attractions worth visiting that La Fonda guests can easily drive to beyond Santa Fe Plaza:

• “Museum Hill” five minutes from the hotel
• More restaurants, stores, and theaters
• Hiking trails, golf courses, casinos
• The glorious Santa Fe Opera outdoors
• The flea market at the old racetrack (summer) or the Railyard (winter)

Day trips within two hours of Santa Fe's La Fonda include:

• Visiting Taos, a rustic gallery and ski town
• The forested “high road to Taos,” housing historic churches and artists’ studios
• Las Vegas, New Mexico, a Wild West town originally settled by German Jewish immigrants
• Albuquerque, New Mexico’s largest city, and home of the International Balloon Fiesta