La Posada de Santa Fe

La Posada de Santa Fe occupies six acres of historic property one block from the Plaza in the heart of Santa Fe — a remarkable urban resort that combines the sprawling adobe architecture characteristic of New Mexico's capital with the Victorian Staab House, built in 1882 by German merchant Abraham Staab for his wife Julia, whose ghost is said to still occupy Room 256. The resort is a Marriott Tribute Portfolio property managed with care for its historic character; the Avanyu Spa (named for the Pueblo water serpent deity) offers Finnish sauna, steam, and a thermal pool circuit in spaces that reference the adobe building traditions of the Rio Grande Pueblo peoples. The six-acre garden setting — rare for a downtown hotel anywhere in the American Southwest — creates genuine quiet a block from Canyon Road galleries and the Plaza's shops and restaurants.