Northern New Mexico
By New Mexico Tourism Department
05/28/2009
Explore shops and galleries, visit historical monuments, browse museums and enjoy the charm of New Mexico!
Contact Information:
t: view phone 505-827-5832
e: view email Mark.Trujillo@state.nm.us
w: view URL www.newmexico.org
- Old Town Albuquerque
- Sandia Peak Tramway
- Taos Pueblo
- Cumbres-Toltec Railroad
- Palace of the Governors, Santa Fe
Tour Dates:
Number of Days: 8
DAY 1:
AM: Explore the shops, galleries and museums of Old Town, the
original heart of Albuquerque. Then visit the Indian Pueblo Cultural
Center, which tells the story of the 19 pueblos of New Mexico.
PM: The National Hispanic Cultural Center features a visual arts
museum, restaurant and gift shop. Visit the Albuquerque Aquarium
and adjacent Rio Grande Botanic Garden. Ride 2.7 miles to the top
of 10,400-foot Sandia Peak on the Sandia Peak Tramway, the world’s
longest single-span tramway. Dinner and overnight in Albuquerque.
DAY 2:
AM: Depart Albuquerque for Santa Fe. Travel off Interstate 25 and visit
area pueblos, such as Cochiti, Sandia, Santo Domingo and Zia Pueblo.
PM: Visit the 1610 Palace of the Governors, the nation’s oldest building
still in continuous use. Now a Southwestern history museum, it faces
the famous Santa Fe Plaza. Near the Plaza is the Georgia O’Keeffe
Museum. At Loretto Chapel see the “Miraculous Staircase” and learn
the legend of its construction. Dinner and overnight in Santa Fe.
DAY 3:
AM: Depart Santa Fe for Los Alamos, the scientific community that
played a major role in the development of the atomic bomb. Bandelier
National Monument features hundreds of Anasazi ruins.
PM: Depart Los Alamos for Chimayo. Santuario de Chimayo is a sacred
site believed to have miraculous healing powers. Dinner in Chimayo or
Taos; overnight in Taos.
DAY 4:
AM: The artist colony of Taos offers a blend of Native American, Spanish
and American cultures. View works by local artists at the Harwood
Museum of Art, Millicent Rogers Museum and Taos Art Museum.
Visit Taos Pueblo, inhabited for over 1,000 years.
PM: Depart Taos for Angel Fire, site of the Vietnam Veterans National
Memorial. In Red River board the Red River Chair Lift Rides. Dinner
and overnight in Red River.
DAY 5:
Depart Red River for Chama. Enjoy a 64-mile scenic mountain ride on the
Cumbres-Toltec Railroad. Dinner and overnight in Farmington.
DAY 6:
AM: At the Farmington Gateway Museum, see exhibits on the Four
Corners area and the area’s oil and gas industry. Depart Farmington for
Bloomfield and Salmon Ruins/Heritage Park. Aztec Ruins National
Monument is a 450-room ancestral pueblo dating from the 1100s.
PM: Depart Bloomfield for Chaco National Historical Park, a center
of Anasazi culture from A.D. 900-1100. Dinner and overnight in Gallup.
DAY 7:
AM: Gallup’s Red Rock Museum showcases Native American culture
and art. The Gallup Cultural Center features everything from sand
painting to Historic Route 66. At the Navajo Code Talkers Room, learn
about Navajo Marines who played a major role in World War II.
PM: Depart Gallup for Grants. View ancient petroglyphs at El Morro
National Monument. Take a jacket into Bandera Ice Crater Caves.
Dinner and overnight in Grants.
DAY 8:
AM: Tour the New Mexico Mining Museum. Then visit Acoma
Pueblo/Sky City, continuously inhabited for 2,000 years.
PM: Depart Acoma for Albuquerque. Stop at Petroglyph National
Monument.
