Promesa Chimayo

Arrival (ABQ): March 16, 12:27 PM MDT (afternoon)
Rental car company: HertzConfirmation number: D9084397831 Car type: Ford Taurus(or similar)   Full Size   CarPick-up date: Sunday, Mar 16, 2008 12:57 PM MDTPick-up location:Hertz3400 University SeAlbuquerque,NM 87106Car rental reservation phone number(s):505-842-4235

Closed Sundays and Mondays

Elevation: 6,220 ft.
Chimayo is located at 36°0′12″N, 105°56′25″W (36.003247, -105.940244)[1]..
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 5.5 square miles (14.1 km²).None of the area is covered with water.
Chimayó is located 40 miles south of Taos and 24 miles northeast of Santa Fe, about ten miles east of Espanola in the Sangre de Cristo mountains. It is on Hwy 76, often called the "High Road to Taos" –a scenic route through beautiful old Spanish villages and gorgeous Georgia O'Keeffe-esque landscape vistas.

Each room at Rancho Manzana has been carefully appointed. Fluffy oversize towels, 100% cotton linens and down comforters are standard. Each light and airy room has a queen size bed (one with a twin sofa sleeper), private bath with a shower and your personal deck overlooking the lavender fields. Enjoy a relaxing soak in our hot tub or sit around the outdoor fire on a chilly night. But please, leave your pets at home, we have plenty here for you to enjoy!

A full breakfast is served every morning, with piping hot coffee or tea, orange juice, farm-raised eggs, heavenly oven pancakes, salsas, thick-sliced toast.......Enjoy a hearty morning meal in our spacious country kitchen, outdoors on the deck, or under the ramada, overlooking the flowers, vegetable gardens, apple orchard and chile farm.

So, come experience our secluded country inn rich with history and take advantage of our warm hospitality and good food. We hope you enjoy your visit as much as we will enjoy hosting your stay.

Your hosts,
Jody Kent-Apple and Staff

In the early 1800s tradition passed down through the generations told of a Don Bernardo Abeyta, a member of the Hermandad de Nuestro Padre Jesus el Nazaeno (Penitentes), who was doing the penances of the Society in the hills of El Potero, a separate community which is now part of Chimayo.

In 1810 he found a crucifix which though it was given to the priest at Santa Cruz and taken in procession to their church, kept reappearing at the site of the current Santuario in Chimayo. Between 1814 and 1816, Don Abeyta built an adobe chapel honoring Nuestro Senor de Esquipulas and a shrine to house the "miracle of the cross".

The dirt where the cross appeared was considered to have healing powers. Soon pilgrims began to make their way to the site on Good Friday, some walking barefoot for miles. Today nearly 300,000 pilgrims come per year.

El Santuario was until 1929 a privately owned chapel. However, at that time it was bought by people from Santa Fe and given over to the Archdiocese of Santa Fe.

You may visit the shrine and chapel between 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM from October to April, and between 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM from June to September.

Madrid Casita
(505) 474-4338
Nightly:$69 Single

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