7 Things To Do In Santa Fe

7 Things To Do In Santa Fe

My list of 7 great things to do while visiting Santa Fe, New Mexico. This city isn’t huge but it’s full of art, culture and history.

Photo Essay – Santuario de Guadalupe

Photo Essay – Santuario de Guadalupe

High quality pictures from my late afternoon trip to Santuario de Guadalupe as storm clouds rolled in. An adobe church in Santa Fe, New Mexico, over 200 years old it holds much historic and religious significance, and is the oldest shrine to Our Lady of Guadalupe.

The Loretto Chapel & Famous Spiral Staircase

The Loretto Chapel & Famous Spiral Staircase

Photos from my visit to Santa Fe’s Loretto Chapel. Built in 1878 and featuring the famous unusual helix shaped spiral staircase, the subject of so much mystery and allure a movie was made about it.

Photo – The Spiny Lizard

Photo – The Spiny Lizard

A spiny lizard sunbathes on the side of a rock. Picture taken in Southwest New Mexico. While hiking at the Gila Cliff Dwellings I stumbled across multiple lizards, their scales so spiky I found them to be very unique and interesting.

Visiting Saint Francis Cathedral In Santa Fe

Visiting Saint Francis Cathedral In Santa Fe

Photos from my visit to the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi, more commonly known as the St. Francis Cathedral church. It is located in downtown Santa Fe, New Mexico. With hundreds of years of history it’s a can’t miss on your visit to the city. It’s not Santa Fe’s only well known and culturally significant church either. More to come!

Photo Essay – Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument

Photo Essay – Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument

The first stop on my New Mexico road trip was the Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument. The main attractions here are the well preserved dwellings perched high up the side of a cliff; inside natural caves once lived in by the native Mogollon peoples over 700 years ago.

Photo – Santuario de Guadalupe

Photo – Santuario de Guadalupe

A picture of Our Lady of Guadalupe shrine and the Santuario de Guadalupe Church located in historic Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Watching Bats Fly at Carlsbad Caverns

Watching Bats Fly at Carlsbad Caverns

Video and pictures of the Carlsbad Caverns bat flight. Bats flying out of their cave and into the beautiful sunset on a warm summer evening in Carlsbad, New Mexico.