Experience America’s “Best City” with Four Seasons Resort Rancho Encantado Santa Fe

For the first time in award history, Santa Fe ranked as the best US city in the 2025 Travel + Leisure World’s Best Awards, achieving the #1 position on the list of readers’ 15 favorite cities in the United States 2025. Guests of Four Seasons Resort Rancho Encantado Santa Fe can experience the city’s award-winning combination of art, culture, regional cuisine and dramatic natural beauty from the property’s setting in the Sangre de Cristo foothills, situated 7,000 feet (2,100 metres) above sea level and offering more than 300 days of sunshine.

"Santa Fe is a destination both timeless and transformative,” says Melissa Sims, General Manager of Four Seasons Resort Rancho Encantado Santa Fe. “Four Seasons offers the best of both worlds, with an inspiring setting close to hiking, adventure and winter skiing, yet within a short distance from the Plaza and its artistic, cultural and culinary energy.”

Acclaimed Art and Culture

With more than 250 galleries, the highest concentration of any city its size, Santa Fe is a cultural mecca synonymous with artistic ventures. Many of the galleries are within a two-mile (3.2 kilometre) radius on the iconic Canyon Road, allowing art enthusiasts to explore the bevy of studios on foot.

The signature Art Concierge program at Four Seasons Resort Rancho Encantado makes it easy for guests to explore Santa Fe’s international treasures. Led by Mike McKosky, a fixture in the Santa Fe fine art scene since opening InArt Santa Fe in 2006, the Art Concierge program provides a range of services exclusively available to Resort guests. Guests can customize an itinerary based on their style, budget, desired artwork, and length of visit to ensure a seamless shopping expedition to source items for their collection. The Art Concierge also can coordinate artist meet-and-greets, plus private showings or after-hours experiences at some of the city’s top galleries.

Adventure Awaits

Adding to the international appeal of Santa Fe are the unique landscapes and immersive cultural excursions available to visitors. Guests of Four Seasons can access customized experiences with the onsite Adventure Center, the only one of its kind in the city. All tours are catered for each individual guest and are led by expert guides. Exclusive offerings include the Tsi’pin Ruins Tour, an eight-hour expedition with a geologist and archaeologist, venturing to ancient Indigenous dwellings. Situated atop a mesa, the dwellings are delicately and respectfully explored for a one-of-a-kind encounter at Tsi-p'in-owinge, a Cultural Heritage Site.

Wellness and Mind-Body Connection

Serving as the ultimate self-care escape, The Spa offers high-desert healing harnessing the healing power of the land and the sky, and situated on a spiritual vortex. Those seeking serenity will find The Spa unmatched in its wellness offerings and restorative treatments, many incorporating botanicals and healing rituals of northern New Mexico. Signature therapies include the Mountain Spirit Purification ritual, incorporating sage smudging and an adobe-clay body mask, and the Journey to Abiquiu, taking guests on an immersive experience where yoga, meditation, mindfulness, and sense of place meet. Following the Spa, guests can enjoy a quite swim or relax on a shaded lounger at the year-round outdoor swimming pool surrounded by high desert landscapes and expansive skies.

Santa Fe Opera

A highlight of summer in Santa Fe is the acclaimed Santa Fe Opera, which runs June 27 through August 23, 2025. The 68th Festival Season features 38 performances, and two special evenings of Apprentice Scenes, offering a balanced and varied repertory of new, lesser-performed as well as standard works. Located within minutes of the Opera, guests of Four Seasons Resort Rancho Encantado enjoy exclusive ticket pricing, as well as complimentary transportation to and from the performances. Terra restaurant opens early with a special pre-set Opera dinner menu prior to each show, while Terra bar offers a menu of special cocktails correlating to each featured performance. Guests also can take part in a Santa Fe Opera tradition, the Opera Tailgate. Offered for USD 100 per person, not inclusive of tax and fees, the menu includes a selection of shareable charcuterie, fruit, cheese, Mediterranean-inspired bites and a selection of sweet treats.

Culinary Creativity and Appeal

Four Seasons Resort Santa Fe is home to Terra, its signature restaurant where global influences meet regional delights as imagined by Executive Chef Gregory Joseph. As the oldest European community west of the Mississippi and settled as a province of New Spain, Santa Fe’s culinary landscape is a blend of Spanish, Native American and Mexican influences and flavours – all reflected in Terra’s unique menus.

On-Property Amenities

While on property, guests can experience a variety of complimentary programming including daily guided hikes along the Camino Encantado trail, yoga in the Movement Studio, culinary demonstrations and seasonal activations for children. Complimentary s’mores are available upon request, and daily at the Terra Firepit, while the seasonal Fireplace Butler is on call to light the casita guest room fireplaces with freshly scented piñon wood. Also available is a complimentary daily shuttle that departs every hour for the famed Santa Fe Plaza.

Getting to Santa Fe

Travelers from Dallas, Denver, Houston and Phoenix enjoy direct flights into Santa Fe Regional Airport, with a new direct flight launching from Los Angeles this fall and seasonal service directly from Chicago this December. Convenient service also is available from cities nationwide into Albuquerque International Sunport, located 65 minutes from the destination.

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