The Best of Santa Fe

Livibility.com ranked Santa Fe #4 for "The Best Home Base Cities for Adventure Enthusiasts." With 300 miles of bike trails, an extensive wilderness trail, the legendary Santa Fe Margarita Trail and five ski areas within two hours of the historic downtown, Santa Fe has ample outing opportunities for residents. 

Santa Fe has been recognized as the Greenest City in New Mexico by Insurify. This award recognizes the contributions of your residents towards minimizing your city’s carbon footprint through responsible car ownership and driving habits. 

Santa Fe was voted #2 by MovieMaker Magazine as one of the “Best places to live and work as a movie maker”. 

Santa Fe makes top 3 on MovieMaker list

Santa Fe stands out in entrepreneurial ranking: 13th highest percentage for jobs in new companies

USA Today’s 10Best selected Santa Fe as one of the “Best U.S. Destinations for Introverts”.

Santa Fe Opera’s Crosby Theater voted in to the 10 Best Outdoor Music Venues by USA Today’s 10Best Readers Poll

Santa Fe named the #1 World’s Best Places to Photograph: 2015 Readers Poll by Popular Photography Magazine.

Santa Fe places three spas in the USA Today 10Best Top Ten Best Hotel Spas—including two in the top five.

Santa Fe named as one of the Top 7 Destinations for Singles by Bustle.com

ListsForAll.com named Santa Fe one of the Best Vacation Spots in the U.S.

10Best.com awards Santa Fe International Folk Art Market #1 Best Art Festival in the country and ART Santa Fe #4 best.

Santa Fe's Crosby Theater wins #2 best outdoor venue in the country.

Santa Fe Voted America's 7th Best Food City by Conde Nast 2014 Readers.

National Geographic names Santa Fe to top ten list of best high altitude cities in the world.

Santa Fe ranks #1 city for women-owned businesses.

SeniorAdvice ranked Santa Fe as one of the top 20 cities for LGBT seniors

USA Today's 10Best.com readers vote Santa Fe Railyard Arts District #6 in the Country. 

Santa Fe named a top wedding destination by Destination Weddings & Honeymoons Magazine.

TripAdvisor rates Santa Fe vacation rentals among top twenty in the United States.

Santa Fe's Geronimo, ranked best restaurant in New Mexico.

Santa Fe Institute Ranks Among the World's Top Science & Technology 'think tanks'.

Santa Fe ranked #2 City for Art Vibrancy by the National Center for Arts Research.

Trivago names Santa Fe #9 city for best hotels.

Palace of Governors declared a National Treasure.

Ski Santa Fe makes Condé Nast Traveler list of most underrated ski resorts.

The Food Network names Tia Sophia's breakfast burrito one of the best breakfasts in the country.

Chicago's makeitbetter.net rates Santa Fe as a Top Romantic Destination.

Santa Fe Makes top 3 city on MovieMaker list.
Chicago's makeitbetter.net rates Santa Fe as a top romantic destination.

Santa Fe voted #6 best travel-worthy state capital by 10Best.com

Santa Fe makes Travel + Leisure's list of best restaurants for Christmas dining.

The Dallas Morning News highlights Santa Fe in their list of best places to visit with your family in the winter.

Santa Fe makes news in the New York Times. Watch 36 Hours in Santa Fe

Santa Fe Specialties Sing at Tomasitas - USA TODAY

The Santa Fe River and Santa Fe River Park ranked one of Top Ten Great American River Walks.

Conde Nast readers vote for Santa Fe as the best small city to visit in America.

International Mountain Biking Association gives Santa Fe biking trails Silver award. 

VacationHomeRentals.com awards Santa Fe as being a Top 3 City to Travel to with Your Dog.

Sweetwater Harvest Kitchen named Flipkey's restaurant of choice when visiting New Mexico.

Santa Fe ranked most coziest city in the U.S.

USA Today Travel and 10Best Voted Santa Fe as the Best U.S. City for Shopping

The American Lung Association rates Santa Fe is the Second City in the Country with the Cleanest Air

Santa Fe CVB Given Smart Meetings 2013 Platinum Choice Award

TripAdvisor ranks Santa Fe as a top ten city for Pet-Friendly Destinations

SingleTracks ranks The City Different chosen as a Top 10 North American Mountain Bike Association

Santa Fe ranked a Top Trek for families in 2014 by Trekaroo

Readers of a 2013 Conde Nast Poll rank Santa Fe the second best city to visit in the country

Conde Nast ranks Inn of the Five Graces as the best hotel in the southwest

According to Liveability.com Santa fe is a top ten foodie city in the nation

Kiplinger's rates Santa Fe as the #4 best place to live in the country

USA Today names Santa Fe as one of the top mountain biking towns in the U.S.

Santa Fe gets the title of 'Most American' from Travelnerd.com

MensFitness.com rates Santa Fe as one of eight best running cities in the U.S.

We know our Farmers' Market is the best so does Sherman's Travels. They rank us as one of nine top farmers markets in the country

According to MSNLiving.com we are one of 18 cities with the most beautiful people

With new brews popping up all over town, it's no wonder Travel + Leisure rates Santa Fe as one of America's best beer towns

The Today Show calls out Santa Fe as one of top five places for empty nesters to travel

A USA Today Travel reader's poll rates Santa Fe's Canyon Road as second most iconic street in America

Destination Weddings & Honeymoons rates Santa Fe as one of the best wedding destinations in the U.S. Our majestic, southwestern sunsets would make the perfect backdrop for your nuptials

Successful Meetings named the city One of the Top US Art Cities, ranking it second in a stellar list of metro areas, all at least ten times the size of Santa Fe

AARP Magazine included Santa Fe as One of Ten Best Sunny Places to Retire noting the visual and performing arts, great restaurants, many museums and extensive outdoor recreation possible

Travel + Leisure once again called out the city naming Santa Fe One of America's Best Cities for Gay Travel

Liveability.com included Santa Fe in its listing of Top 10 Romantic Cities touting the city's sunny weather, adobe architecture, mix of cultures and many attractions and activities

Santa Fe was named one of Wine Enthusiast Magazine's Top Winter Wine Wonderlands underscoring the city's outstanding culinary scene

Playing off of the city's fun and indulgent side, Travel + Leisure included Santa Fe as One of America's Best Girlfriend Getaways

MotherNature.net included the extensive network of multi-use trails on the edge of Santa Fe known as the Dale Ball Trails in its roundup, 7 of the Best Running Trails in America