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Christmas in Santa Fe is an interesting and unique 6-day luxury adventure tour of the beautiful winter sights in and around Santa Fe, New Mexico. You’ll travel from Los Angeles to Santa Fe and back aboard four restored cars from the golden age of rail travel. When you arrive in Santa Fe your luggage will be transferred to La Fonda Hotel, a former Fred Harvey property that is right on the Plaza. This fine hotel will be your home for 3 nights.
The holiday-theme tours include Chimayo and Taos, with its thriving artist colony and Pueblo, which is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in North America. Tours will be timed so you may enjoy the spectacle of hundreds of farolitos lining walks, walls and windowsills. Dress warmly, because there will most certainly be brisk!
Call 877-929-7245 today to book your Christmas in Santa Fe vacation.
- All meals while traveling aboard the private cars, including full bar service.
- Listed tours with listed meals.
- Hotel accommodations at La Fonda in Santa Fe.
- Transfers between your hotel and the train.
The ‘train within a train’ will consist of Colonial Crafts, a former Pennsylvania sleeper-lounge; Silver Rapids, a roomette bedroom sleeper from the California Zephyr; Silver Lariat, a vista-dome diner lounge, also from the California Zephyr; and Silver Solarium, a vista-dome sleeper-lounge-observation car from the California Zephyr.
All guests will have sleeping car accommodations, and meals aboard the train will be prepared fresh by our chefs in our kitchen, and served on fine monogram china on California Zephyr table linens.
Accommodations aboard the train include roomettes, each sleeping 1 person; bedrooms, accommodating 2 people, and drawing rooms, accommodating up to 3 people. Each sleeper is equipped with one or more guest showers. The combination of cars provides an exceptional amount of public space, and the professional staff will see to it that your on-board experience is an outstanding one.
Day 1 - December 13: Private railcars will be on the rear of Amtrak train #4, the Southwest Chief. Guests may board at Los Angeles Union Station, Fullerton, Riverside, or San Bernardino. Departure time from Los Angeles is 6:45 PM. You’ll have a gala Welcome Aboard cocktail party, followed by dinner, as you make your way out of the basin and across the desert. Bars in Colonial Crafts and Silver Solarium will be open until midnight to accommodate revelers.
Day 2 - December 14: As the sun rises, you speed across the northern Arizona plateau, through Flagstaff, Winslow, and the Painted Desert, on your way to Albuquerque and Santa Fe. A buffet breakfast will be available from 7-9. You’ll have about 40 minutes to stretch our legs in Albuquerque, and inspect the jewelry and other wares being sold by native American artists on the station platform. Luncheon will be served upon your departure from Albuquerque. At Lamy, approximately one hour past Albuquerque, the train cars will be removed from the Southwest Chief and taken into downtown Santa Fe. Arrival in Santa Fe will be about 3:30 PM. You’ll transfer your luggage to La Fonda Hotel for your 3 nights stay. The rest of the day is yours to enjoy. La Fonda is right on the Old Plaza, which will be festively decorated with thouhsands of lights in the trees.
Day 3 - December 15: Today is a leisurely day. You’ll do a late morning city tour and a tour of a bronze foundry where some of the area’s exquisite statues are made. You’ll also take a city tour stopping to visit the Georgia O’Keefe Museum and have a festive holiday meal at one of Santa Fe’s many fine restaurants. After dinner comes a tour of the city’s lights.
Day 4 - December 16: Mid-morning sees you heading to Chimayo, where you’ll briefly visit the old Spanish Community, then enjoy lunch before heading on to Taos. In Taos you’ll tour the Pueblo, continuously inhabited for over 1,000 years. Perhaps a stroll around the Taos Plaza, then dinner and return to your hotel in Santa Fe.
Day 5 - December 17: Enjoy a ‘morning off’ to explore Santa Fe. Perhaps a last stroll on Canyon Dr, to pick up that artwork you saw earlier? After check-out, luggage will be transferred back to the train in preparation for your 12:30 PM departure from the station. Luncheon will be served upon departure. Our cars will be added to the Southwest Chief about 2:25 PM.
Enjoy hors d’Oeuvres and cocktails in the lounges as our train speeds west into the setting sun through green sagebrush country accented with high red mesas. You’ll have a special last night out dinner then bars will remain open until midnight for the night-owls.
Day 6 - December 18: Enjoy the ride down Cajon Pass into the LA basin, and relax with a cup of coffee while watching commuters battle the freeways on their way to work. Breakfast will be available from 6 until 8 AM. Scheduled arrival in Los Angeles is 8:20 AM, where your adventure ends in the same place it began 6 days ago.
Departure Dates:
Per Person Rates:*
- Bedroom (Double Occupancy): $3,799
- Roomette (Single Occupancy): $3,799
- Drawing Room (Triple Occupancy): $3,533
* Single hotel suppliment is $395 per person.
Guests must be able to walk and negotiate steps, either on their own, or with assistance, as the historic private railcars do not accommodate wheelchairs. Redcap assistance is available at major stations.
This tour features extended durations at high altitude. The city of Santa Fe is at an altitude of 7,300 feet. Check with your doctor if you have any questions about your body’s ability to cope with these altitudes or activities. Plan to pack some warm winter clothing. The layer system works best. The historical averages are between a low of 10 and a high of 40 degrees F.
We strongly urge guests to obtain travel insurance, if you are not already covered. Travel insurance protects you and gives coverage for many unexpected problems, including trip cancellation or interruption, trip delay, missed connections, itinerary change, emergency medical, medical evacuation, lost or delayed baggage, accidental death or injury, and more.
Call 877-929-7245 today to book your Christmas in Santa Fe vacation.
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