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Santa Fe Revisited

By Ana Pacheco
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Exceptional
Free cancellation available
Price is €69 per adult
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  • Free cancellation available
  • 2h 15m
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  • Instant confirmation

Overview

Only historical tour of its kind by a true local and bona fide historian. Ana Pacheco's family settled in Santa Fe in 1692 and she was the City Historian of Santa Fe (2015 - 2017). Pacheco is the author of eight books: Legendary Locals of Santa Fe, The History of Spirituality in Santa Fe, Pueblos of New Mexico, Early New Mexico Death Rituals, Los Comidas Cookbook, Saints & Seasons, Early Santa Fe, J. Paul Taylor: The Man from Mesilla.

Information on the tour includes: Santa Fe Opera, Route 66, 109 E. Palace & the Manhattan Project, Pueblos of New Mexico History, Loretto Chapel, San Miguel Mission, Canyon Road & Santa Fe as an Art Mecca, Sunmount Sanatorium, Santuario de Guadalupe, Masonic Scottish Rite Temple, Spirituality in Santa Fe & Cross of the Martyrs, Japanese Internment Camp, History of the Civil War in New Mexico. Billy the Kid's storey begins in Santa Fe.

Activity location

  • The Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi
    • 131 Cathedral Pl,
    • 87501-2026, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • The Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi
    • 131 Cathedral Place
    • 87501, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States

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Santa Fe Revisited
  • Activity duration is 2 hours and 15 minutes2h 15m
    2h 15m
  • English
Language options: English
Starting time: 10:00
Price details
€69.08 x 1 Adult€69.08
Total
Price is €69.08

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  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Transport options are wheelchair accessible
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.

Activity itinerary

The Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi

  • 10m
La Conquistadora the oldest Madonna in the United States. The Santa Fe Plaza, Loretto Chapel, the San Miguel Mission church, the oldest in the country. History of Art and Architecture in Santa Fe. An overview of four hundred years of Native American, Spanish, Mexican and American history in Santa Fe, the oldest capitol city in the United States

109 East Palace

  • 5m
The military checkpoint for the Manhattan Project during WWII.

Palace of the Governors

  • 10m
Oldest government building in the US plus the History of New Mexico's 19 Indian Pueblos.

New Mexico State Capitol (Roundhouse) (Pass by)

History of the only US government building designed as a Native American symbol.

Loretto Chapel

  • 10m
  • Admission ticket not included
Loretto Chapel was built in 1878 by Archbishop Lamy to accompany the Sisters of Light Loretto Academy. The Gothic-Revival chapel was inspired by Saint Chapelle in Paris, which was built by architect Antoine Mouly, who did the restoration of chapel that was patterned for King Louis IX in Paris. Legend has it that the 360-degree staircase built in the chapel between 1877 and 1881 had no visible means of support. Today, it is known as the Miraculous Staircase that St. Joseph the Carpenter had built. The Chapel was closed in 1968 and deconsecrated by the Catholic Church and is now run a privately owned museum.

Burro Alley

  • 5m
  • Admission ticket not included
Burro Alley is a small street connecting Palace Avenue and San Francisco Street. During the 19th and early 20th centuries, vendors who sold salt from the Galisteo Salt Basin and firewood from surrounding mountains would tie up their burros there to rest. While the animals recuperated, the vendors would frequent the local saloons and brothels. The gambling hall that was run by María Gertrudis Barceló, known as Doña Tules, was at the corner near Palace Avenue.

Location

Activity location

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    The Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi
    • 131 Cathedral Pl,
    • 87501-2026, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    The Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi
    • 131 Cathedral Place
    • 87501, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States

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