10 THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE VISITING SANTA FE - Top Tips To Help You Prep For Your New Mexico Vacation!

I was so glad to visit Santa Fe this year with my girlfriends for a bachelorette weekend! What a fun place to get away and see a new culture - and all within the US!

In this video, I share my TOP 10 MUST KNOW TIPS before you take a trip to Santa Fe, so you can make the best of your vacation.

These are verrrrrrry practical tips, I'll admit. 😊

Coming up, I'll also have another guide video releasing later this year that shares the top things to do when you visit Santa Fe, so stay tuned for that as well!

Hope you enjoy! Cheers, and happy travels!

-Eliz
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Do you have any additional tips for visiting Santa Fe? Feel free to share them in a comment below!!! 😀👇

[Rickettsia]

Car rental is important. High altitude! Hydrate, limit alcohol. Altitude sickness is real, and can put you in hospital. Get rest. Take a siesta.
Consider the Santa Fe Opera or nearby ruins or pueblos, historic sites.
Beware the sun! At this altitude, you can quickly fry like bacon. Outside activities are better in morning or evening. Sunscreen is essential, but it is not armor. Buy a hat and wear it.
Go to the old Woolworths on the plaza and get a frito pie.

[EddieMontoya-zhfd]

I'm a native of Santa Fe. I'm glad you like it here. To me there's no other place in y world. Thank you for the nice words.

[anitamcginnis]

I've lived in Santa Fe for many years and am impressed with the quick, concise, and useful information you give to visitors. Thank you.

[williamcullinan]

St. John’s College is never mentioned in so many Santa Fe videos. The Summer Classics Program is fantastic.

[mikepatrick]

I'm a Santa Fe local and you nailed it! Great vid!!!

[theresabigwideworld]

Santa Fe looks like a fabulous place to visit, I love the style of the buildings and it's good that there aren't a lot of hotel chains there. It would make for having a more authentic local experience.

[enjoyslearningandtravel]

Tell people about the train next time from Albuquerque to Santa Fe for the people who don’t enjoy driving. Also some people older don’t have good eyesight or other disabilities might enjoy knowing about the train. The train, I’ve heard runs multiple times a day and very convenient in an expensive.

[marcuspayne]

Enjoyed your take on Santa Fe and nailed it pretty accurate. Vacationed there in 2007 and loved it. My wife and i are planning on trip there this coming October. Thanks!

[hoovdog]

Santa Fe is a very spiritual area. It has no history of war, which is why spiritual people are drawn to live there. Sometimes the best way to enjoy these types of areas is to just sit quietly for a while, clear your mind and see what it has to say to you. If you are with a large group, consider splitting up into smaller groups, go to different venues, then gather in the evening over food and drink and tell the stories. This will also help keep the smaller venues from overcrowding. And don't forget to support the Indigenous-owned business. They were here first!!🙂

[brayancatano]

Allsups Chimichangas = Prime Santa Fe Experience

[cynthialeespring]

History here is multifaceted and complicated. We have had wars going back to 1680. As a longtime tour guide in the area, I can tell you about the Pueblo Revolt, the Reconquest, the invasion and takeover of the American army and more. Yes, we can be spiritual, but we’ve had our share of violence.

[TravelAdventureswithEricB]

First must know for me is I need to go.

[calmmusicforsleep]

Awesome tour and so beautiful city! Pretty cool views! Great footage! Thanks for sharing! Have a wonderful week my friend🌸👍

[patricktimothy]

You should always wear a hat out there when hiking. That high altitude sun is even more brutal on the bare head.
The Santa Fe/Taos/Enchanted Circle part of New Mexico is one of my favorite places in the world.
There are affordable small condos near Fort Marcy Park too.I stayed there in October 2019 for less than 200 a night and I had a full kitchen. But definitely eat at some of the incredible restaurants in the area.
Also, the fall colors will blow your mind. The Aspen trees put on an amazing color show in the mountains and other plants along the rivers and springs add color to the desert.And if you are lucky to see early fall snow dust the 13 and 12 thousand feet peeks surrounding Santa Fe, you will witness something literally breathtaking like I did years ago while walking my friend's dog at a dog park-even the every day activity can be life-changing out there!

[ginavelasquez]

im from santa fe. the altitude is over 7000 feet. people from lower altitudes could get sick. but the best time to visit is during fiestas and see zozobra! its an experience!

[paulvest]

I've been living in ABQ going on four years, and have yet to visit Santa Fe. I'm planning on taking the turquoise trial, stopping on the towns along the way. I looked into relocating there, but rents are really high.

[etherdog]

Eliz, you are channeling your inner Mark Wolters :-) I've been to Santa Fe a few times and it has always been a great experience, and I lived in Las Cruces for about a year 40 years ago. Recently, human footsteps were discovered in White Sands that date to 23, 000 years ago, about 10, 000 years earlier than other human inhabited sites in the Americas (this was shown on PBS last week) which corresponds with the lore of the First Peoples.

[enjoyslearningandtravel]

I plan on taking the train for the first time from Albuquerque to Santa Fe which looks like a really cool train called the Rail runner and it beeps like a road runner when it closes the doors which I saw on a YouTube video. So I will not be renting car in Santa Fe and will just be enjoying walking and I heard they have buses. Do you know if you can get by bus to use a spa to relaxin for example? I will be saving money from renting a car for possibly buying some beautiful art to take back to the Southeast where I live.
Thanks in advance for any information.

[valerielinares]

We will be visiting Santa Fe in the fall. We've never been, but we are so excited to visit the museums and just have a good time. Watching the different travel guide videos for Santa Fe is getting me so excited to visit!