Santa Fe Travel Blog

Standing amid a jumble of basalt boulders, I pause after pulling myself up a slick climb of coffee-colored rock. I’m hiking appropriately named Boca Negra Canyon of the Petroglyph National Monument in Albuquerque, and so far the rock art hasn’t exactly been jumping out at me like in a Santa...

Celebrate Earth Day with sharks, sea lions, sea turtles, elephants, apes and a host of other creatures at the ABQ BioPark, Saturday, April 23. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Interact and learn about our fellow Earth citizens with trainer and keeper Q&A sessions on the half hour, a tour of the Aquatic Conservation...

More than 3,000 dancers and singers representing more than 500 North American tribes turn the UNM Pit into a kaleidoscope of color during the 28th annual Gathering of Nations PowWow, April 28-30. North America’s largest powwow brings indigenous tribes from the continent to the University of New Mexico...

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...

Learn the art of pine needle basket weaving April 30 and May 1 with Mary Lou Olivas at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque. Olivas, of Ysleta del Sur Pueblo near El Paso, Texas, will teach the fabrication of pine needle baskets using natural materials. She will provide pine needles from...

Celebrate Earth Day at Coronado State Monument this Saturday, April 16, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at its annual spring clean and demonstrations. Help spruce up these ancient ruins by clearing tumbleweeds and other brush. After, check out flint knapping, fire starting, adobe plastering and other demonstrations...

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...

White Sands Missile Range opens its gates to the public Saturday, April 2, for its annual tour of Trinity Site, ground zero for the world’s first atomic bomb test on July 16, 1945. The top secret test exploded a 19-kiloton plutonium-based bomb. The next month, two bomb were dropped on Hiroshima and...

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...

Give Spring Break a lift at the Anderson-Abruzzo International Balloom Museum’s Spring Break Family Day, Wed., March 16. Activities included with regular Museum admission. ($4 adults; $1 kids 4-12) include: • See the inflated hot-air balloon Cutie Dink* and remote controlled balloons • Climb in...