CULTURAL

Beyond the Ordinary - Hands-On & Intimate Discoveries

Chimayo · Horno · Taos Artisan · PB + Artisan · Meet the Makers · Bienvenidos · SF Architectural & Interiors · Turquoise Trail · Cooking with the Chef

Travel deep into the hidden cracks of New Mexico that constitute the essence of our great state, with hands-on experiences and opportunities to connect on a visceral level with the elements, stories, and people. Experience the tapestry of the land of enchantment through encounters with our living heritage which weaves together deep rooted history and traditions of the people cultivating synergies among the cultures that define New Mexico. Experience the bucolic splendor of our villages, the laugh lines of our talented artists and breathe in the fragrance of the pinon burning in ancient ovens. Discover hands-on intimate experiences that illustrate the authentic, unrefined, raw essence of New Mexico in a way that is only possible with Heritage Inspirations.

Taos Half Day Cultural Tour

DIFFICULTY RATING: 1 (1 = Easy | 3 = Moderate | 5 = Difficult)

H.I. has synthesized the magic of “Taos” into a sparkling half day adventure. Our journey features a guided introduction to Taos Pueblo, a trip to the majestic Taos Gorge, a stop at Hacienda de los Martinez, and a visit to the storied San Francisco Asis Church. Whether your visit is a day or a week, let us connect you with the pulse of our community, and immerse you in the creative spirit and history of our land.

April to December 2023 | Thursdays through Sundays
$175 + tax* per person
*Includes Entry into Taos Pueblo & Museum, Bottled Water & Snacks.

Horno Baking at Taos Pueblo – UNESCO World Heritage Site

DIFFICULTY RATING: 1 (1 = Easy | 3 = Moderate | 5 = Difficult)

Treat yourself to a unique and immersive experience with your visit to Taos Pueblo, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, by participating in hands-on bread baking in a family horno while getting an insider’s perspective on traditional Puebloan life. With this tour, you’ll also get an in-depth understanding of the architectural significance of these multi-storied, continuously inhabited adobe buildings, which have existed for over 1,000 years. Peel back the layers with your Guides as they share the historical blend of cultures that have impacted this community. Lunch included at the native home of Bertha Concha Athloo’s (Grandmother in Tiwa) Cafe located inside of the historical village.

Offered Sundays & Mondays | April - December 2023 | Pueblo closed February + March 2023
$275 + tax per person
*Includes entry fees into Taos Pueblo, a traditional pueblo style lunch and your horno baked bread loaf. Gratuity for H.I. Guide and Taos Pueblo Guide not included.

Spanish Colonial Museum Culinary Tour
Private Vault Experience

Join us for a truly unique culinary collaboration between the Museum of Spanish Colonial Arts and the “Feasting Place” founded by Norma and Hutch Naranjo. Set in the museum’s historical home and vault, Norma Naranjo will delight you with locally sourced Puebloan dishes and the stories that lie behind the history of this inspired traditional menu. You will also enjoy an exclusive docent led tour of the collection when the museum is closed to the public.

Offered thru November 30th with advanced reservations
All tours are private & upon availability
INQUIRE FOR A QUOTE TO RESERVE YOUR PRIVATE TOUR

Churches of the Royal City Walking Tour

DIFFICULTY RATING: 2 (1 = Easy | 3 = Moderate | 5 = Difficult)

Join us on this interpretive walking tour to experience the historical and architectural past of four of Santa Fe, New Mexico’s great churches. Santa Fe is the oldest capital city in the USA and its history, architecture and art is unlike any other destination in the world. Let us share with you over four hundred years of that history winding your way through the narrow streets of Santa Fe. We’ll explore this city’s ancient past and show you why it is named La Villa Real de la Santa Fe de San Francisco de Asís (“The Royal Town of the Holy Faith of Saint Francis of Assisi”). We will explore the beauty of the artwork and architecture that makes each location so distinctly different.

Offered Year-Round, Weather Dependent | Every Thursday & Friday 9AM – 12PM
$125 per person + tax
*Includes Entry into all Chapels, Bottled Water, and an Expert Interpretive Guide, CPR/First Aid Trained

Abiquiú Artisan Studio Tour from Taos

DIFFICULTY RATING: 2 (1 = Easy | 3 = Moderate | 5 = Difficult)

While exploring Abiquiu, it’s not difficult to uncover why so many artists have made their home among her mesas, buttes, valleys, canyons and plateaus with vivid hues painted and etched across her landscape like poetry.

March thru October | Offered Tuesday & Wednesday & Upon Artist Availability
$299 per person + tax

Abiquiú Artisan Studio Tour from Santa Fe

DIFFICULTY RATING: 2 (1 = Easy | 3 = Moderate | 5 = Difficult)

While exploring Abiquiu, it’s not difficult to uncover why so many artists have made their home among her mesas, buttes, valleys, canyons and plateaus with vivid hues painted and etched across her landscape like poetry.

March thru October | Offered Tuesday & Wednesday and Upon Artist Availability
$299 per person + tax

High Road to Taos Day Trip

DIFFICULTY RATING: 2 (1 = Easy | 3 = Moderate | 5 = Difficult)

Journey from Santa Fe to Taos through the Scenic Historic High Road, a byway that goes along a scenic mountainous route and into remote artistic enclaves clinging to ancestral roots. Be ready for a full day of New Mexico history, architecture and culture.

This area is saturated with the people, the history and the heritage that makes this mountain region so spellbindingly unique. Take this day tour to maximize your experience of these communal multi-cultural influences preserved in this gorgeous landscape.

8:00AM - 4:30PM | Offered March thru November Every Thursday & Saturday
$349 per person + tax for party of two | $299 per person + tax for party of three or more

Touring the Turquoise Trail Tour from ABQ

DIFFICULTY RATING: 1 (1 = Easy | 3 = Moderate | 5 = Difficult)

Travel with us on the Historic Turquoise Trail, a gemstone of New Mexico. Join us on an unforgettable road trip on the high road between Albuquerque and Santa Fe. Let us guide you along these winding roads as we travel back in time through the history of the Land of Enchantment. We will shop for antiques, gaze at art in galleries and sculpture gardens, and experience the eclectic side of New Mexico. Travel back in time to ghost towns of the past and fall in love with romantic Ortiz and Sandia mountains.

Offered Every Friday, Saturday & Sunday
$299 per person + tax* for party of two | $249 per person + tax* for party of three or more
*Includes admission to TinkerTown Museum, Casa Grande Trading Post museum and delicious local lunch at The Hollar in Madrid, NM.

¡Viva la Cultura! High Road Artist Studio Tour

DIFFICULTY RATING: 2 (1 = Easy | 3 = Moderate | 5 = Difficult)

During Viva la Cultura week leading up to Spanish Market, Heritage Inspirations, New Mexico’s Premier Travel Company, partners with the Spanish Colonial Arts Society to create unique High Road tours featuring artist studio visits. Our full day excursion will take you behind the scenes to experience the art, studios, and people who have inspired Santa Fe’s Spanish Market. We will also visit significant historic and cultural sites, including El Santuario de Chimayo. Join us this summer for an intimate journey into the heart of New Mexico’s artistic traditions.

Offered Monday thru Thursday | July 25 – July 28 | ¡VIVA LA CULTURA! WEEK preceding SPANISH MARKET
$349 per person + tax* for party of two
$285 per person + tax* for party of three or more
*Includes Interpretive Guide, Escort and Drive for your 8.5-hour tour with transportation both roundtrip from Santa Fe to Taos back to Santa Fe. Gratuity for guide not included.

Hands-On Horno Baking in a Puebloan Home from Santa Fe

DIFFICULTY RATING: 2 (1 = Easy | 3 = Moderate | 5 = Difficult)

We invite you to immerse in ancient traditions as we visit the Naranjo family at their home on the Ohkay Owingeh (formally the San Juan) Pueblo. In a familial setting, you will be invited to prepare food, share stories, feast, and bake with the traditional dome shaped adobe “Horno” ovens.

Next we will travel a few miles north to Los Luceros Historical Site. You will decompress as you wander through fruit tree orchards, explore historic buildings, and relax on the banks of the Rio Grande river. This full day adventure will take you deep into the heart of New Mexico.

Offered Wednesday - Friday | 9AM - 3:30PM | MARCH - OCTOBER
$299 per person +tax*
*Includes Admission to Los Luceros Historical Site and a Feast Lunch at the Naranjo Home. Not including Gratuity for the Heritage Inspirations Guide.

Hands-On Horno Baking in a Puebloan Home from Taos

DIFFICULTY RATING: 2 (1 = Easy | 3 = Moderate | 5 = Difficult)

We invite you to immerse in ancient traditions as we visit the Naranjo family at their home on the Ohkay Owingeh (formally the San Juan) Pueblo. In a familial setting, you will be invited to prepare food, share stories, feast, and bake with the traditional dome shaped adobe “Horno” ovens.

Next we will travel a few miles north to Los Luceros Historical Site. You will decompress as you wander through fruit tree orchards, explore historic buildings, and relax on the banks of the Rio Grande river. This full day adventure will take you deep into the heart of New Mexico.

Offered Wednesday - Friday | 9AM - 3:30PM | MARCH - OCTOBER
$299 per person +tax*
*Includes Admission to Los Luceros Historical Site and a Feast Lunch at the Naranjo Home. Not including Gratuity for the Heritage Inspirations Guide.

Spanish Market E-Bike Tour

DIFFICULTY RATING: 3 (1 = Easy | 3 = Moderate | 5 = Difficult)

Get off the beaten path, and discover the colorful culture that has inspired Santa Fe’s Spanish Market with our custom E-Bike tour. Starting at the Inn and Spa at Loretto, we will explore downtown and then up Canyon Road to the Museum of Spanish Colonial Art.

SPANISH MARKET WEEK | July 29 - July 31 | Friday thru Sunday
$175 per person + tax*
MORNING TOUR: 8:30AM - 12:00PM
AFTERNOON TOUR: 2:00PM - 5:30PM

*Minimum 15 years of age. Includes Interpretive Guide, Comfortable Class 2 E-Bike, Bike Helmet, Bike Trunk Bag, & Safety Reflective Triangle. Gratuity for guide not included.

Gardens + Galleries E-Bike Tour

DIFFICULTY RATING: 3 (1 = Easy | 3 = Moderate | 5 = Difficult)

Join us for a curated E-Bike tour of some of the most beloved gardens and galleries in Santa Fe. With your E-bike as your chariot, our experienced guide’s will bring to life the rich traditions that have inspired the art and grounds of New Mexico’s capital city. Our Galleries and Gardens Tour filters through the standard tourist offerings, and focuses on the artistic jewels that will make your trip memorable.

FOLK ART MARKET WEEK | July 6 - July 10 | Wednesday thru Sunday
INDIAN MARKET WEEK | August 20 - August 21 | Saturday + Sunday
$175 per person + tax*
MORNING TOUR: 8:30AM - 12:00PM
AFTERNOON TOUR: 2:00PM - 5:30PM

*Minimum 15 years of age. Includes Interpretive Guide, Comfortable Class 2 E-Bike, Bike Helmet, Bike Trunk Bag, & Safety Reflective Triangle, Entrance into each of the Gardens + Galleries. Gratuity for guide not included.

The Magical Heirlooms of Chimayó Day Tour

DIFFICULTY RATING: 1 (1 = Easy | 3 = Moderate | 5 = Difficult)

If you want to feel the old Southwest of the 1800s when chile and pinto beans were vibrantly hand-grown, powdered and deliciously cooked, or when weavers and tin makers began to develop their unique styles and crafts, or when a buried crucifix magically lit up a hillside to uncover rejuvenating dirt – then join us in Chimayo!

Available every Saturday + July 1 thru July 5 | FOLK ART MARKET WEEK | 10:00AM – 3:30PM
$225 per person + tax for party of 2
$185 per person + tax for party of three
Partnered Room Rate at Hotel Chimayo $89 (Jan - Jun) | $139 (Jul - Dec)

Taos Artisan Walking Tour + Chocolate

DIFFICULTY RATING: 1 (1 = Easy | 3 = Moderate | 5 = Difficult)

Taos has been on the map as an art colony since the late 1800s and it has a reputation for its eclectic talented creative populace. We know you came to this high desert mountain town to not only experience the ethereal light and vivid landscape but to also encounter this dynamic community, where they can’t help but bring their remarkable art to life.

We will share with you a mix of old and new, we’ll investigate downtown’s rich art history, and we’ll discover the vibrant center of this uniquely quirky and highly tolerant community.

Offered Year-Round
Every Thursday, Friday & Saturday
$125 per person + tax | Inclusive of a Chocolate Elixir
10AM on Thursdays & Saturdays with a return to the same location at 1PM, & Fridays at 2PM and return to the same location at 5PM.

Hiking in Rio Grande Del Norte Monument & Taos Pueblo Tour

DIFFICULTY RATING: 2 (1 = Easy | 3 = Moderate | 5 = Difficult)

If you want a deeper understanding and viewing of the original peoples’ tribal dwellings and see for yourself why humans have been attracted to this gorgeously stark landscape for thousands of years, then book this tour today!

Every Thursday - Monday | 9AM - 3:30PM | April through November 2023
$250 per person + tax
*Includes entry fees into Taos Pueblo and a traditional pueblo style lunch. Gratuity for H.I. Guide and Taos Pueblo Guide not included.

Chaco Canyon Day Tour

DIFFICULTY RATING: 2 (1 = Easy | 3 = Moderate | 5 = Difficult)

Transport yourself into another world, at Chaco Canyon! This UNESCO World Heritage Site and National Park lies on top of the southeastern Colorado Plateau’s physiographic province in the San Juan Basin and had a diverse thriving culture from 850 A.D. to 1250 A.D. It served as the heart of spiritual and ceremonial practices for the Chacoan people.

Experience this major ancestral Puebloan center of migration, grand construction, and cultural integration and see why Chaco is a fascinating place of mystery.

Offered Every Saturday, March - November
$325 per person + tax
Hotel Chaco guests $299 Tour Price per person & Hotel Chaco Packaged Room Rate $189 (Jul - Dec) Rate, tax + fees

Holiday Traditions in Old Town

DIFFICULTY RATING: 1 (1 = Easy | 3 = Moderate | 5 = Difficult)

Join us for an unforgettable holiday experience in the heart of Albuquerque. Steeped in culture and tradition you will experience the true spirit of Albuquerque on these enchanting evenings. December in Albuquerque’s Historic Old Town is the perfect season to open your senses to the magic of New Mexico.

DECEMBER 21, 22 + 23
$275 per person + tax*
*Includes a festive dinner at the High Noon Restaurant and Saloon, transportation to the ABQ BioPark and admission to The River of Lights at the Albuquerque Botanical Gardens.