Rosewood Inn of the Anasazi

Character and identity

A quarter block from the Plaza and Palace of the Governors, this 57-room adobe property is the most central serious hotel in downtown Santa Fe, designed to echo traditional Pueblo dwellings. Handcrafted doors open onto a lobby of rough-hewn tables, cowhide chairs and a roaring kiva fireplace, with works by contemporary Native American artists (Dan Namingha, Doug Coffin) on sandstone walls. Rooms carry gaslit kiva fireplaces, hand-carved four-posters and pine viga ceilings. Anasazi Restaurant turns out Southwestern cooking with seasonal game (grilled elk, bison, achiote chile-roasted duck), and the small library doubles as a coffee bar by day and a margarita nook by night.

Who's it for

Bottom line

The defining draw is location plus authenticity: nowhere else puts you this close to the Plaza in a building that genuinely feels rooted in the region, with cooking to match. Spend on a fireplace room, come in shoulder season for gallery openings and cooler patio evenings, and use the complimentary blue bicycles or branded Mokes to range out to Canyon Road.