Santa Fe is one of the most beloved and award-winning cities on the globe, and one of the very few places in North America with three distinct cultures—lovingly preserved for centuries—as well as a unique architecture, a unique cuisine, and marvelous heritage traditions that span the epochs from before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock.
All Trails Lead To Santa Fe
For a remote small town tucked in between three mountain ranges, the city has more museums, restaurants, and world-class art festivals than cities five times the size or more. There’s even a world-class opera and a legend multidisciplinary think tank, yet no traffic, horns honking, air pollution or light pollution. There’s a reason people have been drawn here from very afar for long past a thousand years.
Oh yes, and also the nicest people you could ever want to meet. For example, in Hell A you’d hold the door and get maybe two thanks out of ten, three on a “nice day” but more often not even a nod. If there’s a more shallow, narcissistic burgh on earth I don’t wanna know. In Santa Fe this never happens, unless they’re visiting from Texas, New York or California.
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or The Royal City Of The Holy Faith Of Saint Francis Of Assisi
Yet for all the city’s acclaim and fame, how many people know the real name of this ancient village, in English let alone in Spanish or Tewa? If you want to learn about Turtle Island, about the United States, about the Great American West, you can do no better than to learn the history, geography, culture and story of the great trading post of the old west: Santa Fe.
The oldest and highest capital city in the United States is wildly alluringly beautiful year round in four distinct and exquisite seasons, and is also one of the world’s great Christmas cities. Enjoy a few of the shots I snapped from Solstice Night.
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