Santa Fe for Kids
Santa Fe For Family Travel: Santa Fe offers the traveling family a different sort of vacation.
Instead of walking the mall there are centuries old Anasazi villages to explore.
Rather than a roller coaster there is mountain biking. In place of the world's biggest
ball of twine there is the world's largest collection of folkart. Not to mention relics of the Old West,
a close-up look at traditional and modern Native American life and sweeping landscapes dramatic enough to
hold the attention of most any anxious teen.
Here are some suggested Santa Fe attractions for families:
The Santa Fe Southern Railroad
does 3 hour excursion trips with a stop in Lamy, NM the turn around point on
period cars including a dome car and an outdoors flat car. There is very little in Lamy except a nice place
to sit and have a picnic but the trip always is popular.
Ph:505-989-8600.
El Rancho de Las Golondrinas
is the perfect kids place - a living museum of Spanish Colonial life located on
the old Camino Real. The museum is on 200 acres filled with 18th century buildings, a mill pond, plenty of animals
and lots of hands on demonstrations like rope making, yarn spinning, etc. by folks dressed in period clothes.
Ph: 505-471-2261.
Bandelier National Monument
- Anasazi cliff dwellings with a 1 mile interpretive trail that wanders in and out
of the carved out rooms, ceremonial caves and kivas. There is also a long trail system through this 32,000 acre
archeological site.
Ph: 505-672-3861.
The Santa Fe Children's Museum
is open to everyone and is a very neat place
that puts an emphasis on learning through doing. There are all kinds of different
'stations' plus a large, one acre, outdoors area with a performance area, greenhouse with
animals, garden, water garden, etc. This is very well run and a wonderful
spot that many visitors don't discover.
Ph: 505-989-8359.
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