Activities in Santa Fe
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High Desert Angler
New Mexico’s truly outstanding fishing holes are better accessed from Taos and the Enchanted Circle, but there are plenty of opportunities around Santa Fe, including Abiquiú, Nambé Lakes and Rio Chama. You’ll need a license – available at tack shops like the High Desert Angler, which also sells a large selection of gear and offers guided excursions to private streams (one/two people from $275/350). A one-day, state-required license is $22.
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New Wave River Trips
Busloads of people head up to the Taos Box for white-water river running, but there are also mellow float trips throughout New Mexico and overnight guided rafting trips. Contact New Wave River Trips and stay cool on trips through the Rio Grande Gorge (adult/child half-day $52/42, full day $90/75), the wild Taos Box (full day $115), or the Rio Chama Wilderness (three days $500).
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Santa Fe School of Cooking
If you develop a love for New Mexican cuisine, try cooking lessons at the Santa Fe School of Cooking. Classes, with over 25 options including traditional New Mexican and Southwestern breakfast, are typically between 1½ and three hours long and cost $42 to $80, including the meal.
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Santa Fe Southern Railway
The Santa Fe Southern Railway runs excursions on restored railcars. Its four-hour daytime trips (adult/child from $32/18), departing 11am Friday and Saturday, venture through the high desert and are pulled by working freight trains. Reservations are recommended.
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Hyde Memorial State Park
Hyde Memorial State Park, northeast of Santa Fe near the ski base, offers a number of hikes. Try the 5-mile Borrego-Bear Wallow Loop to Tesuque Creek, which starts at the north end of Hyde Memorial State Park.
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Santa Fe Workshops
Santa Fe Workshops help you develop your inner Ansel Adams awareness at week-long traditional photography and digital imagery workshops (classes $795 to $1200). Meals and lodging are extra.
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Melo Velo Bicycles
If you need to rent a ride, visit Melo Velo Bicycles. It also has information about trails throughout the region and offers half-day to 10-day tours.
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Mellow Velo
Mellow Velo rents bikes, has information about regional trails and does guided rides.
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