Chimayo, NM Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

The quaint mountain village of CHIMAYÓ , 25 miles north of Santa Fe at the junction of Hwy-503 and Hwy-76, is the site of New Mexico's most famous Spanish colonial church, the 1816 Santuario de Chimayó (daily May–Sept 9am–6pm; Oct–April 9am–4pm). Known as the "Lourdes of America" for the devotion of its many pilgrims, this round-shouldered, twin-towered adobe beauty squats behind an enclosed courtyard; a pit in the floor of a small room to one side holds the "holy dirt" for which the site is venerated. A smaller and more ramshackle chapel nearby … more »