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Nestled within six acres of gardens, La Posada De Santa Fe Resort and Spa offers a resort setting within downtown Sante Fe. Close to the city's historic plaza, the property's guest rooms and suites are set within 19th century adobe brick casita-style buildings. The hotel's Spa Sage is an award-winning facility providing treatments inspired by the local healing heritage traditions, and the Julia, a Spirited Restaurant features a vibrant setting with outdoor seating and regional cuisine. In addition to the hotel's on-site amenities, La Posada De Santa Fe is an ideal base for enjoying three upcoming late summer events. Learn more about the events below the photo.
1. 96th Annual Indian Market, August 19 - 20, 2017
The largest Native American arts show in the world features works by 900 artists from more than 200 tribes. Set in the Santa Fe Plaza area, the festival has artwork, special films, demonstrations, dances, music, and food.
2. Fiestas de Santa Fe, September 1 - 10, 2017
A local tradition for more than 300 years, the city's residents gather on the historic plaza for local food, dancing, processions, and parades.
3. Santa Fe Wine and Chile Fiesta, September 27 - October 1, 2017
Offering five days of cooking demonstrations, wine-paired dinners, and a grand wine tasting with sips from more than 100 world-renowned wineries. Plus, the property is partnering with La Crema to host a special dinner at Julia, a Spirited Restaurant and Bar on Friday, September 29, 2017.
The Rosewood Inn of the Anasazi in Santa Fe, New Mexico is a 58-room boutique hotel. Designed to showcase the spirit of the Southwest, the Inn of the Anasazi offers an elegant and modern spin on pueblo life with sculptured stairways, hand-carved doors, sandstone walls, children’s programs, and the gourmet Anasazi Restaurant.
Five Star Alliance Perk: All guests that book with Five Star Alliance receive complimentary daily American breakfast for two at the Anasazi Restaurant, $100 food and beverage credit, and VIP status.
The Inn and Spa at Loretto is a boutique, luxury hotel in Santa Fe immersed in the culture and sophistication of New Mexico. It's award-wining spa offers a full line of massages designed to heal and relax.
Mindful Massage
The spa's most popular massage using medium pressure and multiple techniques to focus on areas of stress or concern. Create a personalized spa massage experience that you and your therapist orchestrate.
Elemental Massage
Unwind with this gentle, relaxing Swedish-style massage that improves circulation and vitality. Pressure can range from light to medium.
Sacred Stone Massage
Surrender to the healing warmth of this ancient spa massage. Heated, smooth volcanic river stones penetrate the deeper layers of your muscles to take you to a new dimension of relaxation.
Sports Enthusiast Massage
A fit body is the most valuable equipment you can bring to your sport! Relieve tension, relax sore muscles and enhance your performance. Using a combination of medium pressure and stretching techniques, our therapists customize the massage focusing on the area most stressed by your sport. Light comfortable clothing may be worn.
Dos Milagros
Two therapists, four hands = pure bliss.
Asian Fusion Massage
A combination of ancient forms of Shiatsu, Thai and Balinese, this massage combines pressure point techniques with rhythmic stretching movements to promote balance and relaxation.
Deep Tissue Massage
Facilitate muscle recovery with this medium to firm massage, designed for athletes in training. Not recommended for those new to massage or visiting high elevations as it may cause extended days of soreness.
Mother-to-Be Massage
Share a moment of serenity with your baby. This massage will ease the discomforts that occur as your body changes. We request your physician’s written consent.
Sole Revival
Enjoy a gentle foot and leg massage created to relax and revitalize tired feet and legs. Disappear from the world while your therapist uses light to medium pressure and massage on the reflex points of the feet and lower legs. A perfect remedy for a day spent hiking or shopping.
Couple’s Massage
The romantic couple's room is the perfect setting for two. See the Spa Coordinator to choose from a selection of spa massage rituals and experiences for your body.
The following additional services can also be added to any massage:
Intuitive Lifestyle Energy Work
Additional energy work to bring your massage to a deeper level of relaxation and healing.
Desert Sage Scrub
Add the spa's signature scrub to any massage for a softening and uplifting experience.
Heavenly High Altitude Relief
Be surrounded in warm inhalation towels, enticing aromas and specific point work designed to alleviate symptoms of high altitude distress.
Sole Revival
Enjoy a gentle foot massage created to relax and revitalize tired feet and legs. Your therapist uses light to medium massage on the reflex points of the feet. A perfect remedy for a day spent hiking or shopping.
Head and Neck Bliss
Focused massage work targeting tension in the head and neck
Desert Quench Bliss
Head and Neck Bliss with the addition of a Shea butter and nutrient rich oil hair conditioner.
Soak
Immerse yourself in one of the spa's beautiful over-sized tubs infused with aromatherapy, rose petals, and soothing salts. Soak alone or with a loved one.
Signature Aroma Therapy
The Spa at Loretto's Aromatherapy blends used for centuries to improve overall health and relieve tension, essential oil blends can turn any massage into a fragrant indulgence. Choose from our house crafted oil blends: Earth, Fire, Water, Air or Spirit.
The Inn and Spa at Loretto sits at the end of the historical Old Santa Fe Trail. Built on the site of the Sister's of Loretto girls' school, the Inn shares its grounds with the famed Loretto Chapel. The chapel is home to the spiral staircase known as the Miraculous Staircase. Why is it a miracle? Because no one knows who built it, or how they built it.
When the Loretto Chapel was completed in 1878, there was no way to reach the choir loft. The sisters consulted carpenters, but the craftsmen agreed that the only solution was a ladder. Since the chapel is small, the ladder would take up too much space.
Legend has it that the Sisters of the Chapel made a novena to St. Joseph, the patron saint of carpenters. On the ninth day of prayer, a man appeared looking for work. He was hired, completed the circular staircase, and then disappeared. The Sisters searched fruitlessly for the carpenter. Unable to find him, some concluded that the man was St. Joseph himself, having come in answer to the sisters' prayers.
In addition to the mystery of who built it, the staircase is a construction mystery as well. The stunning staircase has two 360 degree turns and no visible means of support. Also, it is said that the staircase was built without any nails.
Hotel St. Francis is named for the patron saint of Santa Fe. The historic hotel embodies the authentic spirit of old Santa Fe, with handcrafted wood furniture by local artisans inspired by the Palace of the Governors, and a palette of natural colors reflecting the days of Santa Fe's early Franciscan missionaries.
In the last month of 2012, Five Star Alliance is counting down the Top 30 Luxury Hotels and Resorts worldwide, as decided by you, our luxury travelers! Be sure to check in with us daily to keep up with our countdown and explore a few of the absolute best and most luxurious hotels in the world for your future travels!
#11 on our list of top hotels is Inn of the Anasazi. Here are a few fun facts about this property:
-The Forbes four-star, 58-room boutique hotel is an elegant expression of Southwestern style with massive hand-carved doors, sculptured stairways and sandstone walls that whisper of prehistoric Pueblo living.
-The Library houses a generous collection of books on Southwestern art, history & culture.
-Private dining is offered in the award-winning Anasazi Wine Cellar. Located on the lower level of the hotel, the intimate venue is an unforgettable setting for hosting up to 12 guests.
-Golf, skiing, mountain biking, fishing, white-water rafting, hiking and day trips to nearby Taos or Bandelier National park are just a few of the many activities to choose from in or nearby Santa Fe.
- Every room at the Inn of the Anasazi evokes the creative spirit of the Anasazi people, the Native American tribe that once inhabited much of New Mexico. Handcrafted doors, sculptured stairways and sandstone walls all work together to create an intimate and traditional Pueblo atmosphere.
- Ideally located on Santa Fe Plaza, the hotel is the perfect jumping-off point to explore the unique, cultured charm of the surrounding city.
- Kiva-shaped gas fireplaces, which warm the room to a cozy temperature during the cooler desert nighttime, are featured in every room, along with great four-post beds that even come with a special stepping stool to help release you from an unendingly downy sleep.
- The hotel offers daytrips to the Rocky Mountains and closer skiing at Taos and other local mountains.
- Similarly, explore the Grand Canyon, Canyon de Chelly, and White Sands National Monument all within a few hours of the Inn.
- Take a trip through the skies and land at the Canyon de Chelly for a horseback ride led by a Navajo tour guide.
Take advantage of last minute summer savings at La Posada de Santa Fe Resort & Spa, a haven of Adobe-style architecture, lovely gardens, and outdoor fireplaces in the very heart of Sante Fe, New Mexico. The AAA Four Diamond hotel has announced an exceptional offer only available July 23-31 and August 7-18, 2011. Get 30% off deluxe accommodations with rates starting at $209 per night. Plus, save 20% at the RockResorts Spa and 10% at the hotel's acclaimed restaurants. Immerse yourself in the magic and mystery of the Southwest: explore the ancient pueblos of El Sanctuario de Chimayó, fly by hot-air balloon, brave the white waters of the Rio Chama or Rio Grande. Or simply explore the art galleries and shopping available in beautiful Santa Fe, then finish the day with a blissful spa treatment at La Posada de Santa Fe. Book today!