Explorer's Guide Santa Fe & Taos: A Great Destination (Seventh Edition) (Explorer's Great Destinations)

This authoritative guide to the historic, mystical hub of the Southwest is highly recommended by Travel + Leisure and New Mexico magazines.

This definitive travel guide by one of New Mexico's most highly-respected and widely-published food and travel journalists will appeal to the traveler who seeks an in-depth experience of northern New Mexico. Niederman knows the major attractions, the off-beat cafés, the luxurious spas, the history, back roads, festivals, and the area's scenic beauty like her own backyard.

Vivid photographs accompany hundreds of personally recommended lodging and dining establishments, along with her insider's tips for the best places to go sightseeing, shop, or just relax. This is the only guide to Santa Fe and Taos that you will ever need. 100 black-and-white photographs and maps

Sharon Niederman is an award-winning Southwestern author and photographer living in northern New Mexico.  She specializes in cuisine, travel, history, women’s history, and spirituality. Her 2012 book, SIGNS & SHRINES: SPIRITUAL JOURNEYS ACROSS NEW MEXICO, received the prestigious Lowell Thomas Travel Writing Award and the Society of American Travel Writers Gold Award. She has twice received the Border Regional Library Association Southwest Book Award for “literary excellence and enrichment of the cultural heritage of the Southwest.” Her debut novel, RETURN TO ABO, was a WILLA Award finalist, and she has received the National Federation of Press Women First Place Award for non-fiction. The NEW MEXICO FARM TABLE COOKBOOK is her 21st book. Her articles have appeared in Sunset, New York Times, Boston Globe, Christian Science Monitor, Albuquerque Journal, Santa Fe New Mexican, Denver Post, and many other publications. She serves on the board of the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum and is past president of New Mexico Press Women and the New Mexico Jewish Historical Society.