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Culture/Heritage/Traditional Arts
2009-2010 Workshops for adults
Phone: 982-2226 x 122. Where: Museum of Spanish Colonial Art
Museum of Spanish Colonial Art
For Budget Travelers! (FREE to $100)
2009-2010 Workshops in Spanish Colonial Art
Workshops for adults will held in the portal of the Museum from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Cost per person per class is $60 for members and $75 for non-members plus the materials fee. Class size is limited to ten students. Your payment is your reservation. Send to Pat Price, Museum of Spanish Colonial Art, PO Box 5378, Santa Fe 87502.
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No refunds within two weeks of class time. Proceeds will benefit the educational programs of the Museum. For more information or credit card charges call Pat at 982-2226 x 122. Please bring a sack lunch for the day. We will provide drinks.
Las Colcheras Coloniales (The Colonial Colcha Club)
The Colcha Club will continue to meet every second Wednesday morning from 10:00 to 12:00 in the portal of the Museum. Julia Gómez, Spanish Market colcha artist, will be available for instruction and help for beginners or experienced colcha embroidery artists.
Participation is free for Museum of Spanish Colonial Art members. Memberships start at $40.
Past Workshops
Tinwork Poster Frame
Cleo Romero, first place winner in tinwork at the 2008 Spanish Market, will teach students how to make a traditional tin frame suitable to frame the annual Spanish Market poster. The frame will allow you to change posters each year. Materials Fee is $15.
New Innovations with Straw Appliqué
Jean Moya, Spanish Market artist, will teach students how to incorporate colored straw when using traditional straw appliqué techniques to decorate a cross. Jean is an accomplished artist creating retablos, hide paintings and works in straw appliqué. Materials fee $15.
Woodcarving, Cordova Style
Sabinita López Ortiz, Spanish Market artist and descendent of José Dolores lópez, will teach students how to carve a saint out of aspen wood with cedar accents. Students will learn traditional Cordova-style chip carving. Please bring your own pocketknife. Materials cost $15.
Offerings change frequently, please let us know the dates you will be visiting and we will let you know what is on the schedule. When: 2009-2010 Workshops in Spanish Colonial Art Time: 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m Cost: Cost per person per class is $60 for members and $75 for non-members plus the materials fee.
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Aikido Arts Center of Santa Fe
Phone: 505-690-3626. Where: Aikido Arts Center of Santa Fe
Aikido
For Budget Travelers! (FREE to $100)
Aikido or the way to harmonize with the universal energy is the latest of the "Martial" arts created by Morei Ueshiba. Also called the art of peace, Aikido aim at resolving conflicts in a non violent manner and in doing so accomplishing the wish of Spirit to reunite human beings as a whole family under the laws of the universe.
The location of Santa Fe in the high desert
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mountains make any spiritual practice more meaningful and effective. Although born in Japan the teaching of Aikido embraces the teachings of Native Americans about Love and Harmony with nature.
When: Monday through Friday 7:45am-8:45am and 6pm-7pm . Saturday 10am-11am Time: Every day - Morning & Night Classes Cost: $80 per month or $10.00 a class
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Artists for Hire (C)
Phone: 505-795-8137 Where: Santa Fe, NM
Postcards from Santa Fe (C)
Gather your memories from Santa Fe and send them home to loved ones. Start with writing about an experience you had in Santa Fe. Illustrate with a collage of pictures cut from local magazines, brochures, ticket stubs and photos. Address it and let us laminate it. We will then send it through the mail from Santa Fe. Your loved ones will love receiving a customized postcard
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from you.
Offerings change frequently, please let us know the dates you will be visiting and we will let you know what is on the schedule. When: Flexible Time: Call for times Cost: Call for Price
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BODY
Phone: (505) 986-0362 Where: BODY
Zen Meditation with Kando
For Budget Travelers! (FREE to $100)
Learn Zen meditation in a relaxed setting. The meditation will happen on a weekly basis in form of an open forum. The meetings will be flexible to meet the needs of participants. The general format will include instruction for the techniques in Zen meditation, discussion of the history and context of Zen practice, opportunities for questions and a guided meditation. This gathering
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will evolve as time passes. Jim KANDO Green has been practicing Zen meditation daily since 1993. In 2006 he became the senior student of Sydney Musai Walter Roshi and got ordained as a priest/monk.
When: Every Sunday Time: 12:30 - 1:30 pm Cost: Free
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BODY
Phone: (505) 986-0362 Where: BODY
Mother’s Medicine Circles
For Budget Travelers! (FREE to $100)
Circles are powerful vehicles for personal growth. Mother’s Medicine Circles are loving, healing and spiritual gatherings; a place for mothers to come together for nurturing. In our Mother’s Medicine Circles, we consciously leave social chatter, business, and ordinary reality at the door to focus on the inner world of mothering. Our circle is centered with an altar. This sacred
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mesa, which represents Spirit, anchors our space as a container for healing, growth, and connection. Our time together is woven around a theme intended to tap into the greater potential of our group. With hearts open, our collective wisdom inspires us and we feel revitalized as we return to our families and our community.
Native teachings tell us that there is nothing more powerful on Earth than a circle of decided women because the feminine is the universal force through which all creation manifests. Mothering is a daily spiritual practice. Now is a powerful time to gather in Mother’s Medicine Circles to contemplate and celebrate the blessings of motherhood. Please join us! Childcare provided by BODY Kids.
When: Every Tuesday Time: 2:30 - 4:00 pm Cost: $12/ Introductory class is free.
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Cornerstones Community Partnerships
Phone: 505.982.9521 Fax: : 505-982-2516 Where: Contact For Details
Historic Adobe Restoration
The built environment of the Southwest is one of the most beautiful examples of vernacular architecture in the United States. Many of these adobe structures are several centuries old and are symbolic of the rich heritage of the original builders. Traditions of community cooperation in maintaining the buildings have been passed down for generations. Thus, to preserve
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vernacular, historic architecture is to preserve the cultural heritage and values they embody.
Since 1986, Cornerstones has assisted over 300 rural Hispanic and Native American communities throughout New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, and Texas in the restoration of their historic and cultural structures as a means for the preservation of the rich cultural heritage unique to this region. Over 50 major restoration projects, led by the community, have been successfully completed.
Cornerstones' community-based approach to the preservation of historic structures integrates historic preservation with at-risk youth apprenticeships; on-the-job adult training; the promotion of community collaborations; and economic development through heritage tourism.
Offerings change frequently, please let us know the dates you will be visiting and we will let you know what is on the schedule.
Offerings change frequently, please let us know the dates you will be visiting and we will let you know what is on the schedule. When: Contact For Details Time: Contact For Details Cost: Contact For Details
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El Rancho de las Golondrinas Living History Museum
Phone: 505.471.2261 Where: Las Golondrinas is just south of Santa Fe, off of Interstate 25
Take a journey to the past at the Southwest’s premier outdoor living history museum!
For Budget Travelers! (FREE to $100)
This historic Spanish colonial ranch served as a stopping place or paraje upon what was the longest, most important trade route in North America – El Camino Real – the Royal Road. Caravans of soldiers, traders and travelers of the past found warmth, welcome and rest among its adobe buildings with plentiful water and grass for their animals. Today Las Golondrinas beckons visitors
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to explore ranch life as lived on the colonial frontier.
Upon its moving waters and quiet ponds are set the mills. Up the hill stands the chapel. The bleat of the goats and sheep, the bray of the burro beckon the farmer. Prominent in the silhouette of the Placita is the defensive tower or torreón. Within the courtyards, ovens, or hornos, bring forth the memorable aroma of homemade bread. The clack of the looms dominates just as it once did hundreds of years ago in many New Mexican villages.
All of these aspects of life on the frontier are explored through the many activities set among the significant structures of this living history museum dedicated to recapturing a past life of beauty and hard work.
Directions:
Las Golondrinas is just south of Santa Fe, off of Interstate 25. From Santa Fe, take exit 276. From Albuquerque, take From Albuquerque, take Exit 276 and turn left at bottom of off ramp.... Follow “Las Golondrinas” signs
Offerings change frequently, please let us know the dates you will be visiting and we will let you know what is on the schedule. When: Las Golondrinas is open for self-guided tours June – September, Wednesday through Sunday, 10 am – 4 pm Time: 2 hours and up
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Kokopelli Music and Flutes of Taos
Phone: 505-579-7677 Where: Native Flute Music and Demonstration, State wide (New Mexico)
Native Flute Music/ Flute building demonstration
This is a DAY TRIP from Santa Fe
We perform and demonstrate flute building in New Mexico (Available state wide).
We provide traditional music for local,cultural,educational,spiritual events,tour groups and private gatherings in New Mexico.Paul and Grace Jones perform original native flute music.They also demonstrate traditional flute building, using
all hand tools. Files, chisels,saws,oil, sandpaper, to build
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flutes. Paul and Grace build, Sioux, Apache Cheyenne, and Cherokee flutes.
Grace Jones is a graduate of IAIA, and a descendent
of Isleta and Picuris Pueblo. The Jones family is
working and performing with Santa fe 400th Anniversary.
We are also members of the American Indian Chamber
of Commerce, and have been involved with Indian Education
in Northern California and New Mexico.
Kokopelli Music and Flutes, can provide traditional
music for large or small groups in New mexico.
When: On going, seasonal. January thru December Time: 1-3 hours Cost: Entertainment $200 hour small groups, additional $100 for demonstration,cost varies on group size
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Mambo U
Phone: 505-204-2988 Where: Aspen Santa Fe Ballet
Salsa Dance Classes
For Budget Travelers! (FREE to $100)
Tuesday & Thursday 7:00 - 8:00 PM
LEVEL 1 SALSA . . . No experience necessary. Learn the basics of mambo, Turning technique, styling, musicality, and shines (open footwork). Treat for those learning how to dance "On 2" for the first time or interested in developing their foundations in the basics of mambo.
Tuesday & Thursday 8:00 - 9:00 PM
LEVEL 2 SALSA . .
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. Some experience recommended. Learn more advanced Turning technique, body movement, musicality, intermediate-level shines =open footwork, while developing leading and following skills. This is not an open class; admission is by permission of the instructor, generally after at least 8 classes in Level 1.
When: Every Tuesday & Thursday from 7 - 9 PM Cost: $10 per person / class
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Medina's Gallery
Phone: (505)720-7076 Where: Chimayo New Mexico at Medina's Gallery in the Plaza of El Santuario
Traditional Tin Smithing
For Budget Travelers! (FREE to $100)
Greetings from Chimayo New Mexico! Spend the day with a family of artists, at the beautiful and tranquil village of Chimayo at Medina's Chile Shop * Cafe* Gallery. Enjoy the sound of music, the smell of home cooking, and the inspiration of traditional art! Meet the artists, and discover the hidden treasures that for centuries has made this village a scared & historic place.
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Medina's is located in the heart of the placita near the famous shrine of El Santuario. Experience the life devoted to the passion of art! Learn the art and history of Tinsmithing which originated by our anscestors in the 1800's. We look forward to meeting you! Workshops available upoun request and by appointment.. God Bless!
When: Monday through Friday 10 am to 3 pm Time: 2 hours Cost: $30.00 an hour
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Moccasin Tracks Tipi Retreats
Phone: 505-438-9852 Where: Santa Fe, New Mexico
Medicine Mountain Studios/Cathy A. Smith
Immerse yourself in the Tipi Culture of the Plains Indian,
Experience the integrity of life within the sacred circle,
Be inspired by the huge geography that shaped Native spiritual beliefs, Find the sacred in the everyday and discover your relationship within it, find your own Native Ground within the 6 Directions.
From one day experiences to 6 day Adventures, the
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Tipi will be our center from which we journey to the 4 Winds, clarifying our intentions, deepening our relationship with spirit, & finding the symbols in our own stories that will sustain us in this time of earth transition.
Events customized for Women's groups, couples, families with children, or individuals (including children 9 yrs. and older.)
When: Custom Designed Workshops Time: Check Websites For Information Cost: From $250 weekend to $1595 per week
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Museum Hill
Phone: see below for options Where: Museum Hill
Arts Alive!
For Budget Travelers! (FREE to $100)
Museums on Museum Hill collaborate to produce Free, hands-on activities for all ages and skill levels! No advance registration, no materials fee!
Groups of 6 or more, please call host Museum to reserve a place and arrange free admission to the Museum exhibitions.
Aurelia Gomez, Director of Education, Museum of International Folk Art 505.476.
aurelia.gomez@state.nm.us
Pat
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Price, Museum of Spanish Colonial Art 505.982.2226x122
education@spanishcolonial.org
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture Joyce Begay-Foss, 505.4761272
joyce.begay-foss@state.nm.us
Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian 505.982.4636
info@wheelwright.org
Offerings change frequently, please let us know the dates you will be visiting and we will let you know what is on the schedule. When: Check Websites For Information Time: Check Websites For Information Cost: free with museum admission
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Museum of Spanish Colonial Art
Phone: 505.9822226 x122 Where: Museum of Spanish Colonial Art
Spanish Colonial Art
For Budget Travelers! (FREE to $100)
The purpose of the Education Programs of the Museum of Spanish Colonial Art are to promote, preserve, encourage, and educate the public about Spanish colonial art and to contribute to the revival and preservation of New Mexico's rich Spanish colonial traditions.
Families with children of all ages will find educational tools in the museum to make their visit fun as well
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as informative. Interactive materials add a new dimension to the traditional adult-oriented galleries. Parents can help children use the materials provided to enhance the museum experience for the entire family. The activities provide take-home art projects that will extend the family's experience beyond the museum visit. All activities are free and available during regular museum hours.
Offerings change frequently, please let us know the dates you will be visiting and we will let you know what is on the schedule. When: Open 10am to 5pm Tuesday - Sunday Time: Check Websites For Information Cost: Fee
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Musica Mundial Productions
Phone: (505) 983-6237 Where: Contact for details
Musical Journeys into Santa Fe's History
AnnaMaria Cardinalli-Padilla, Ph.D., an 18th-generation Santa Fean, proud historian, and world-recognized Spanish guitarist and vocalist, presents performances, lectures, and workshops that celebrate Santa Fe's cultural legacy through the lens of musical history.
Her performances are engaging, exciting, and leave the listener with almost as much of a passion for Santa
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Fe's culture as AnnaMaria possesses herself. While engagements can be tailored to individual needs, you can learn more about some of her available programs by visiting www.annamaria.ws.
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Special programs commemorating Santa Fe's 400th anniversary as the oldest capital city in the U.S. are available this year. These programs tie-in with the official Film, DVD, and CD projects of Santa Fe's 400th celebration, and the film director is available to speak about her experience and vision!
When: Check Websites For Information Time: Check Websites For Information Cost: Check Websites For Information
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Passport New Mexico
Phone: 1-505-982-2642 Where: New Mexico State Wide
Customized Tours for your Group
TOUR SANTA FE - A wonderful way to see the "City Different," and to learn about its 400 years of Western culture and history, and over 1000 years of Native American heritage. Visits to major historic landmarks are enhanced by the fact, fiction, lies and legends shared by the guides.
HISPANIC CULTURE - Travel to Chimayo to learn why the Santuario de Chimayo is called
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the "Lourdes of the Southwest." Hear stories of the miraculously healed. Visit weavers and artisans who have revived the techniques of their Spanish ancestors. Journey along the "High Road to Taos" and visit mountain villages tucked into the beautiful Sangre de Cristo Mountains.
NATIVE AMERICAN ANCESTRAL SITES and MODERN PUEBLOS - Tours of historic and pre-historic sites offer fascinating and different looks into the ancient lives of the Native Americans. Bandelier National Monument on the Pajarito Plateau abounds with caves carved into the soft volcanic tufa; and Pecos National Historic Park is one of New Mexico's most interesting Pueblo ruins resting beside the ruins of an old Spanish Mission. A trip to Taos Pueblo and the Taos Plaza area combines the historic with the modern.
HISTORY AND CULTURE - Travel to Museum Hill and revel in spectacular exhibits of international folk art, Indian artifacts, and life in Spanish Colonial New Mexico. A visit to the Palace of the Governors, built in the 17th Century as Spain's seat of government for what is today the American Southwest, has exhibits that chronicle the history of Santa Fe, New Mexico and the region.
Passport New Mexico, Inc. is the premier full-service destination management company for corporate groups, meetings and incentives, event planning and production in Santa Fe and New Mexico.
We specialize in custom tours, unique events, program development and comprehensive planning services.
Offerings change frequently, please let us know the dates you will be visiting and we will let you know what is on the schedule. When: Call for Availability Time: Call for Availability Cost: Varies with Service
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Rita Marie Ross
Phone: 512-577-3479 Where: Artist Studio , Santa Fe
Silver Jewelry Workshops
Has the incredible hand crafted silver work in Santa Fe's galleries,shops and plaza inspired you to try your hand at making silver jewelry?
This is a fast pace two day workshop covering basic silver smithing for jewelry making. Each student learns how to silver solder, bezel set a stone, texture and shape metal, use a jewelers saw and more. This is a hands on experience
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of fabricating an original piece of your own. Designed for the beginner but not limited! A fun and focused way to get a taste of working with silver, stones and fire.
When: Contact for details Time: Contact for details Cost: $225 (plus materials)
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Roberto Gonzales
Phone: 505-501-5175 Where: Various locations in Santa Fe.
Guitar - Flamenco, Classical, New Mexican Folk Music
For Budget Travelers! (FREE to $100)
A cultural learning experience with Roberto Gonzales is a unique opportunity to study music with a Santa Fean whose ancestry includes the founders of the 400-year-old city of Santa Fe. Roberto has taught guitar for over 25 years, including 20 years at the college level.
Roberto has studied with the original masters of New Mexican folkloric music, with emphasis on
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the indigenous music of Santa Fe. Blending elements of Spanish, Native American, Mexican and American folk music traditions. He performs locally at many resorts, and public and private events, often collaborating with other local masters, such as Antonio Mendoza (Mexican and Latin guitar), Chuscales (Flamenco), Mariano Romero (Traditional Songs of Santa Fe), Antonio Rivera (Traditional Dance Music of Santa Fe), and the late Ruben Romero (Classical /Flamenco).
Roberto is widely reknown for his knowledge, versatility, ability to collaborate, musicianship, receptiveness, and depth in working with other musicians and students. His unique gift of patience allows others to relax and to ultimately enjoy and maximize the benefit of what is demonstrated.
When: Varies - offering private and group instruction. Time: Contact for details Cost: Rates begin at $40 per hour for private instruction. Group prices upon request.
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Robin Pascal fiber artist
Handpainting Yarn
This is a DAY TRIP from Santa Fe For Budget Travelers! (FREE to $100)
At this colorful fiber haven, you’ll find Robin Pascal weaving, painting roving or yarn, or creating one-of-a-kind fused glass buttons (Perfect Buttons) in her working studio. She offers classes in hand-painting yarn, weaving, knitting and glass work. Pascal makes her own mixed warp yardage that she sews into garments which are offered for sale in her studio. She hand-paints
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all of her wool, silk, mohair, cotton, rayon or blend yarns and rovings. Robin moved to New Mexico in 2003 where she relishes being surrounded and inspired by other fiber fanatics.
Handpainting yarn, any fiber except polyester, using fiber reactive dyes and the microwave. Participants bring their own fiber up to 4 oz, or may purchase fiber at class time.
Offerings change frequently, please let us know the dates you will be visiting and we will let you know what is on the schedule. When: Contact for details Time: Contact for details Cost: $35.00
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Santa Fe Community College
Phone: 505.428.1253 Where: Santa Fe Community College, galleries and museums
2009 Santa Fe Legacies Program
Join us for the 400th anniversary of Santa Fe! It was only four hundred years ago when the Spanish entered what is now the American southwest to create the enduring heritage we all enjoy today. This legacy is evident through its unique intermingling of three cultures through their languages, cuisine, architecture and artistic expression. For many Santa Feans, what others
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call "our heritage" seems more like our everyday life. This multi-faceted course brings to life an historical experience through exciting lectures, special tours of Santa Fe's artistic treasures, culinary demonstration and dining, Spanish vocabulary brush up and even the opportunity to create your own Spanish-influenced tinwork. The course concludes at the famous La Casa Sena restaurant, a mainstay of Santa Fe's culinary traditions.
This week-long immersion into Santa Fe history will be filled with unique opportunities and special memories for participants. Among the activities planned are private, guided tours of the 400-year-old Palace of the Governors and architecturally significant buildings in the Plaza area, trips to the Museum of Spanish Colonial Arts and Peyton Wright Gallery, demonstration of Spanish foods and cooking techniques in the Culinary Arts lab at SFCC and, of course, time in the studio to create your own tinwork memento of the week's activities.
For this special event we have assembled some of Santa Fe's most dynamic teachers. Lead instructor Erica Garcia, Senior Curator of Education at the Palace of the Governors will be assisted by award winning tin artisan, Richard Gabriel; gallery owner and Spanish Colonial art expert, John Wright Schaefer and others. This week-long immersion is perfect for new-comers to Santa Fe, visitors, and even long time Santa Fesinos who would like to learn more about the elements that converged to make Santa Fe so special.
Offerings change frequently, please let us know the dates you will be visiting and we will let you know what is on the schedule. When: Contact for details Time: Contact for details Cost: Contact for details
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Travel Heart
Phone: 505-989-1919 Where: Surrounding Santa Fe Area
Inspirational Tours
If you are you looking for inspiration in your daily life,if you want to experience and share amazing journeys with like-minded people,if it's a struggle to find new ways to rejuvenate, if you want to discover new cultures and frontiers
Santa Fe & New Mexico is the perfect place!
Scenic roads of Santa Fe and its surrounding. Cultural Tours in places of power
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and
inspiration, such as Bandelier, Tsankawi, Taos, Pueblos, Pecos, learn about New Mexico
culture and history, while being inspired by stunning landscape.
Offerings change frequently, please let us know the dates you will be visiting and we will let you know what is on the schedule. When: Contact For Details Time: Contact For Details Cost: Contact For Details
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