Santa Fe Self-Guided Walking Audio Tour

Santa Fe Self-Guided Walking Audio Tour

By TravelStorys

Features

2h
Mobile voucher
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Overview

Walk through the vibrant city of Santa Fe while discovering its long, dramatic history against a backdrop of breathtaking natural beauty. Native tribes, Spanish colonists, and the young United States all vied for both territory and cultural supremacy here. This was a world of proud Indigenous peoples and zealous Catholic missionaries, of ancient stability and modern expansion. In its history, Santa Fe tells the story of America like few other cities can.

On this tour, we’ll trace the city’s journey from Pueblo homeland to Spanish colony to the capital of the American Southwest. We’ll also meet the creative minds who made Santa Fe’s art scene one of the most distinctive on Earth. And we’ll explore the rich architectural gems of the city, from adobe homes and studios to a mysterious Gothic staircase and the oldest church in the continental U.S.

NOTE: This is a self-guided outdoor walking tour. Your purchase does not include entrance to any attractions highlighted on the tour.

Activity location

Santa Fe Plaza
- 100 Old Santa Fe Trail
- 87501, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

Santa Fe Plaza
- 63 Lincoln Avenue
- 87501, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States

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Santa Fe Self-Guided Walking Audio Tour in English

2h
Opening hours: Tue 0:00-23:30
English

Travellers

Language options: English

Price details

RM 20.14 x 1 TravellerRM 20.14

Total

What's included, what's not

Self-guided, GPS-triggered mobile audio tour

Know before you book

Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Santa Fe Plaza

5m

Santa Fe Plaza has witnessed multiple collisions between cultures over the centuries. This lovely public space was the final stop on the famous 19th-century wagon route known as the Santa Fe Trail. Starting in Independence, Missouri, the 800-mile trail served as a trade route between the U.S. and Mexico and as passage for marching soldiers and settlers seeking a better future.

San Miguel Chapel

5m

The adobe-style San Miguel Chapel was built in the early 17th century by missionaries and Native Americans. This is the oldest church in the continental United States. In 1680, it became one of many targets in what some call “America’s first revolution.”

Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

5m

Georgia O’Keeffe once said, “Details are confusing. It is only by selection, by elimination, by emphasis, that we get at the real meaning of things.” At the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, you can see how this iconic American artist translated her insights into world-renowned works of art. Over more than six decades, she produced a long list of stunning pieces, from precisely painted New York skyscrapers and rich mountainous landscapes to close-up abstracts of flowers and stark images of skulls juxtaposed with other, sometimes surprising objects, such as broken pottery.

New Mexico History Museum

5m

Inside the New Mexico History Museum, you’ll find all the expected things: fossils, Native pottery, and a bounty of information about the tumultuous past and diverse people of this deeply intriguing state. But you’ll also discover a little-known chapter in American history: the story of the Harvey Girls.

Museum of Contemporary Native Arts

5m

The collection of the Institute of American Indian Arts (or IAIA) Museum of Contemporary Native Arts boasts nearly 10,000 progressive works from the genius of American Indian artists. The museum occupies the historic Santa Fe Federal Building, a fitting example of the Pueblo Revival architecture so prevalent in this city. The style imitates the traditional building techniques of the Pueblo people.

Loretto Chapel

5m

The Loretto Chapel was modeled after a famous church in Paris called the Sainte Chappelle. But it’s not the European-inspired architecture most people come to see. They’re drawn by the intriguing staircase inside that many have called a miracle.

Canyon Road

5m

The unique community along Canyon Road hosts more than one hundred art galleries and studios. It serves as the long, flowing bloodstream of Santa Fe’s internationally renowned art scene. The road’s identity as a thriving community of creators dates to the early 1900s, but the artists who were first drawn to Santa Fe came here not for its natural beauty and unique culture, but because they were dying.

Lensic Performing Arts Center

5m

Like so many great American institutions, the beautiful pseudo-Moorish, Spanish Renaissance Lensic Performing Arts Center was built by an immigrant with a quarter in his pocket.

Location

Activity location

Santa Fe Plaza
- 100 Old Santa Fe Trail
- 87501, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

Santa Fe Plaza
- 63 Lincoln Avenue
- 87501, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States

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