San Miguel Mission, Santa Fe's oldest church, sits next to another historic building, the original home of St. Michael's High School, now a state office building. 988-2774 Also known as Aboot About, this company offers walking tours with guides who are archaeologists, artists and anthropologists. In addition to the popular Santa Fe orientation tour, the company offers ghost and mystery walks, literary walking tours, artist and gallery tours and many more walking and driving trips. You can parking in city lots across the street from both hotels. Strollers leave from H agen Dazs Bakery, just off the Plaza at 56 E. San Francisco Street.
Trips take about two and a half hours, and no reservations are needed.
The one-day expedition to Canyon de Chelly flies over the Rio Grande, J mez Mountains, Chaco Canyon, the Bisti Badlands and the Chuska Mountains, then heads down the full length of Canyon de Chelly to land on the Navajo reservation. A Navajo guide meets the travelers for a jeep tour of the famous canyon with its pictographs and ruins. The Mesa Verde expedition flies over colorful plateaus, mesas, buttes, canyons and pueblos. The plane lands in Cortez, Colorado, and visitors proceed by car to Mesa Verde National Park to hike through selected Anasazi cliff houses. All trips are by reservation.