[Illustration: Almost every house is historic, and each one houses either a craftsman or a well known artist, or a shop; along this world-known road that is called Canyon Road in Santa Fe. Originally an Indian trail leading to the Pueblo of Pecos.]
El Zaguan the charming old hacienda with the long passageway from the house-to-the-patio-to-the-garden. A garden laid out by Adolph Bandelier with peony bushes and horse-chestnut trees over 100 years old.
Originally the James L. Johnson place in 1849, it became 24 rooms with a private chapel and a "chocolate room".
[Illustration: Within a mere 20 minutes from the Santa Fe Plaza you ski at 11,000 feet altitude in dry crisp air on a carpet of powdered snow which is often 5 to 10 feet deep. The Ski Basin is a "top" ski center with all modern facilities.]
[Illustration: Totally opposite to the expected, in Santa Fe, is the Internationally famous Opera under the stars in a fabulous mountain setting. The setting, the costumes, the performers, the music--all leave you spellbound with admiration ... and all this in Santa Fe!]
[Illustration: It is said that a carpenter, who must have been a Saint, built the "Miraculous Stairway" at Our Lady of Light Chapel in Santa Fe. The carpenter used no nails in this stairway with no visible means of support--then he disappeared and has not been heard from since.]
[Illustration: Our Lady of Light Chapel which houses the Miraculous Stairway.]
Over 200,000 hand-made mud bricks were used to build the imposing Cristo Rey Church in Santa Fe. Housed within is the stone reredos, which were originally commissioned by Gov. Marin del Valle in 1760.
Massive on the outside, the interior is elegant in extreme detail.
[Illustration: Courtyard of the Donaciano Vigil House]
This hidden courtyard has unusual charm acquired with age. It is part of the original Donaciano Vigil house of the 1830's. Vigil was Secretary to Gov. Manuel Armijo during the Mexican regime, as Secretary of New Mexico under Gov. Kearney in 1846, and later as Civil Governor among other prominent positions.
[Illustration: The Palace of the Governors]
Stately and historic, the Palace of the Governors on the Plaza in old Santa Fe was part of extensive Casa Reales as constructed in 1610-12 as the larger portion of a fortress and house of government for the Kingdom of New Mexico under Spanish rule.