Travel just outside the city of Santa Fe and discover a place that will dazzle your senses while surrounding you with world class lodges, spas, hiking, golf, skiing, art food and much more.

 Santa Fe County is the land that lies outside of the city of Santa Fe. Its northern border touches historic Chimayo and stretches south to the rolling plains of Edgewood.

 From four Indian Pueblos (San Ildefonso, Pojoaque, Nambe and Tesuque) and ghost towns that housed some of the first European settlers to a living museum that showcases life as it was for the early Spanish colonists, Santa Fe County is diverse in culture.

A few short months ago, things looked kind of bleak at Rancho de Chimayó. A disastrous kitchen fire gutted large portions of the classic Hacienda’s kitchen in July, 2008 and caused them to shutter their doors completely to both guests and diners.

The owner of Rancho de Chimayó, Florence Jaramillo, had visions of permanent closure and wondered if the struggle to re-open could be won. But the family-owned business did what families do best; they worked together to restore their beloved Hacienda back to its glory.

Long a destination for both locals and tourists, Rancho de Chimayó serves traditional Northern New Mexican cuisine made the way it has been made for generations. For many, a trip to Chimayó isn’t complete without a cool margarita on the back patio while waiting to feast on comidas nativas like their justly famous carne adovada. 

The board of Santa Fe County commissioners recently honored the National Endowment For The Arts New Mexico National Heritage Fellowship recipients at a Rancho de Chimayó luncheon. National Heritage Fellowships are the nation’s highest honor for people working in folk and traditional arts. Click here to see a video tribute to these recipients.