BY LINDSEY RAE GJORDING
You’ve booked your trip to Taos – now, where to stay? For a truly unique Taos experience, we’ve got an assortment of stays to suit you and the whole family.
Primo Places to Bed Down
Historic Taos Inn
A legendary gathering place of North Central New Mexico
By Josephine Ashton
Traffic light trails and the neon sign of the Historic Taos Inn glow over wet pavement as a storm that brought frequent rain. resides as dusk falls.
Comfort Food
3 Ways to Stay
Quaint, historic or luxe — the high desert means hospitality
By Kika Vargas
Desert Flower
Rustic charm meets simple sophistication in this new boutique hotel
By David Lerner
The Desert Flower hotel is a welcome and overdue addition to Taos’ boutique hotel scene. While no one hotel can be all things to all guests, the Desert Flower comes fairly close, filling an important niche previously lacking in the town’s small but competitive hospitality ecosystem.
Room & Board
Laguna Vista Lodge is the perfect host for your mountain adventures
By Josephine Ashton
Ship Shape
Earthships offer an eco-alternative lifestyle on the outskirts of Taos
By Drew Stuart
Taos is defined by a paradox. It’s a community with living traditions as ancient as any in America. It’s also been a magnet for visionaries, for those seeking new beginnings in art and life. The most visible icons of that spirit of experimentation are the Earthships. Visitors can experience this form of radical architecture, or “biotecture,” at the Greater World Earthship Community on Taos Mesa.
Glorious Guides
Heritage Inspirations offers a different kind of guided tour
BY ANGELISA WARD | PHOTOS BY AMANDA POWELL
Visitors looking for an all-inclusive, authentically curated guided tour in and around Northern New Mexico can choose one of more than twenty itineraries offered by Heritage Inspirations, which designs trips “as a woven tapestry of storytelling and adventure” through the back rounds and topography of El Norté.
Après-ski
An easy and festive winter cassoulet, and an homage to Jean Mayer and the Hotel St. Bernard
By Lucy Herrman
Doggy Days
Everything you need to keep your pets happy and healthy in Taos
By Virginia Clark & Photos By Mike Hawkins
Vacaying or just hanging with Fur Babies? Here’s what Taos offers to keep pets cuddly — both at home or on the road. Grooming, daycare, boarding, training and more. Also check out Law of the Land — for staying safe and legal in town, county and public spaces. That way everybody is happy.
Taos Goji Eco Lodge Retreat
For some people, the entrepreneurial spirit strikes when they see a need and decide to provide.
By Ellen Miller-Goins
Destination Taos
Pack your bags, hit the road and discover treasures near and far
By stephanie noll
Place de résistance
Just a few steps away from the slopes.
The Blake Hotel is a place where skiers can relax after a long day in the snow.
This luxurious alpine hotel features 80 rooms, a spa and wellness center, pool and fitness center, a restaurant and tapas bar that is currently closed (at press time), a ski valet in the winter, art installations and Hausmeisters who are there to meet all of the guests’ needs.
