Channel your inner Georgia O’Keeffe: Journey through sun-drenched, high desert Santa Fe.

With galleries, restaurants, new agey spas, and enough turquoise to pave the streets, this 400-year-old city perched 7,000 feet above sea level at the base of the Rocky Mountains’s Sangre de Cristo range lives up to its nickname, The City Different.

Cuddle in a casita (and sip wine on your private patio) slightly off the beaten path at El Farolito Bed & Breakfast Inn.

For cozy casual, Casa Cuma Bed & Breakfast serves gourmet eats on the flower-filled patio and has innkeepers so kind you won’t want to leave.

Luxury digs like La Fonda on the Plaza abound. Toast sunset from its bell tower overlooking downtown. 

Ten Thousand Waves is a mountain spa with clothing-optional private and public hot baths and the most mind-altering massages (four hands, ashi anma style on the foot) this side of the Pacific. The Yasuragi Head & Neck Treatment is legal ecstasy.

Pray for rain at the opulent St. Francis Cathedral, where you can practically feel the history dripping from its stained glass windows.

Collect a baggie of sacred red dirt from El Santuario de Chimayó for healing physical or spiritual ailments. Considered the Lourdes of America, the village is filled with pilgrims from around the world.

Mosey over to Cafe Pasqual’s, named after the patron saint of cooks, for huevos rancheros with green or red chili sauce and to-die-for corned beef hash. For an authentic Spanish experience, check out El Farol, the oldest cantina in town, where locals and tourists yell “olé” during the nightly selection of live jazz, salsa, or flamenco dancing.

Pair a lime margarita with spicy green chili stew alfresco at The Shed, housed in an adobe hacienda dating back to 1692. 

Satisfy your craving for art, pottery, jewelry, and design inspiration at one of many boutiques and galleries. Jackalope has a huge selection of gifts and home accessories with artisans on-site. Or buy a cup of joe and best seller from Collected Works Bookstore & Coffeehouse. And, yes, you do need a new piece of turquoise from a Native American artist on the sidewalk of the Palace of the Governors.