Santa Fe Travel Blog

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYnPiMxJcxg[/youtube]Grab your breakfast burrito and camera, it’s the 40th annual Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, Oct. 1 through Oct. 9. The largest ballooning event in the world sees 750 balloonist from around the globe gather in the Duke City for...

Foodies and oenophiles rejoice, it’s time again for the Santa Fe Wine and Chile Festival, September 23-25. This celebration of all things hot and leggy includes wine seminars, cooking demos, guest chef tours, tastings and even a golf competition. New Mexico is the oldest wine growing region in the...

Martinez Hacienda © SteveLarese.comTravel to Taos and travel back in time this weekend to the 24th annual Taos Trade Fair at La Hacienda de los Martinez, Sept. 24 10 a.m.-5 p.m, and Sept. 25 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Demonstrations depicting life in the mid-1800s, historic re-enactments, mountain men encampments,...

Venture to the City Different and travel 319 years into to the past to witness the Entrada de Don Diego De Vargas–the Return of Don Diego de Vargas, Sept. 9 at 2 p.m. in Santa Fe’s historic Plaza. The re-enactment commemorates the “bloodless” reconquest of Santa Fe by the Spanish in 1692,...

Weaving through a sea of humanity at the Santa Fe Indian Market, I can’t help but think of a line from the Navajo Beauty Way prayer: “With beauty around me I walk… .” I’m one of about 100,000 people who have descended upon City Different for the annual buying frenzy that is...

Gallup becomes a swirl of color and culture during the 90th annual Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial, Aug. 10-14. Dancers, artisans, musicians, vendors and families from tribes across North America and Mexico gather in Gallup for a week of celebration and communion. Begun in 1922 by the Gallup Kiwanis Club...

El Rancho de las Golondrinas celebrates the culture of Mexico and the beauty of lavender this month. ¡Viva Mexico! brings the music, art, dance, cuisine and more of Mexico to the living history museum the weekend of July 16 and 17. Marvel at the Flying Men from Veracruz, who soar by their feet from...

April is National Stress Awareness Month, and Casa de Estrellas Moroccan Spa in Santa Fe is helping you relax by offering its first Santa Fe Chocolate Spa Festival, Sat. April 23 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Spa-related vendors, raffles, free psychic readings and 20-percent off of Estrellas Moroccan Spa treatments...

Bring your sweet tooth to the Southwest Chocolate and Coffee Fest, April 16-17 at the Albuquerque Convention Center. The festival brings chocolatiers, candy makers, coffee roasters, bakeries, cafés and restaurants from across New Mexico to celebrate these dark beans that wake us up and make the day...

Basketball and beer? Attend the Taste of Rio Rancho Saturday, March 19th at 4:30 p.m. at the Santa Ana Star Complex, then catch the New Mexico Thunderbirds take on the Tulsa 66ers. Rio Rancho’s best restaurants provide samples of their fare, including Fat Squirrel, Pizza 9, O’Hare’s...