Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic in the Caribbean country. Most visitors to SANTO DOMINGO understandably make a beeline for the Zona Colonial, Santo Domingo’s large, substantially intact colonial district, home to dozens of wonderful old buildings and a dramatic setting right on the river.
Chimayo, NM
The CHIMAYÓ quaint mountain village, 25 miles north of Santa Fe at the intersection of Hwy-503 and Hwy-76, is the site of the Spanish colonial New Mexico’s most famous church, 1816 Santuario de Chimayó. Known as the “Lourdes of America” for the dedication of many pilgrims, this bent, twin-towered beauty crouching behind adobe compound, a hole in the floor of a small room on one side holding the “holy land” for the revered site. Smaller and more dilapidated little chapel near the statue of Santo Niño, the Lost Child – more than a puppet, if you’re honest – to whom pregnant women bring gifts such as small pairs of shoes.
Taos, NM
Taos is a fun place to visit. Just as museums, galleries and shops that fit Santa Fe, still offers the charm of speed and not in hurry, and a sense of place of meeting between Pueblo, Hispanic and American culture. His reputation as an art colony began in the late nineteenth century, with the arrival of the painter Joseph Henry Sharp. He was soon joined by two young New Yorkers, Bert Phillips and Ernest L. Blumenschein; legend has it that they lost their wagon wheels outside Taos when they went into Mexico in 1898, and they are very fond of them never got round to go.
Albuquerque, NM
Sprawling at the heart of New Mexic, where the main east-west road and rail routes cross both the Rio Grande and the old road south to Mexico, ALBUQUERQUE is, with half a million people, the state’s only major metropolis. Though many tourists dash straight from the airport up to Santa Fe, without a thought for Albuquerque, the “Duke City” has a good deal going for it.
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Santa Fe, NM
As upward of a million and a half tourists every year descend upon a town of just sixty thousand inhabitants, Santa Fe has inevitably grown somewhat overblown; long-term residents bemoan what’s been lost, while first-time visitors are inclined to wonder what all the fuss is about.
