Experts' Choice Award El Rancho de las Golondrinas
What the experts agree on
This 200-acre living history museum recreates 18th-19th century New Mexico with authentic adobe buildings, a hacienda, chapels, and village structures. Despite being near Santa Fe, its rural setting feels like stepping back in time to the territorial
Lonely Planet "Built as a fortified residence along the Camino Real, the 'Ranch of the Swallows' is nearly as old as Santa Fe itself." Full review
Frommer's "Today, it's a living 18th- and 19th-century Spanish village, comprising a hacienda, a village store, a schoolhouse, and several chapels and kitchens. " Full review
Travel + Leisure "El Rancho de Las Golondrinas (“The Ranch of the Swallows”) is a historic ranch-turned-living history museum near downtown Santa Fe, though its rural surroundings make it feel worlds away, What’s more, a visit to this 200-acre site, which is dotted with striking adobe buildings, feels like a step back in time to New Mexico in the 1800s"
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Fodor's "Sometimes dubbed the "Colonial Williamsburg of the Southwest," El Rancho de las Golondrinas ("Ranch of the Swallows") is a reconstruction of a small agricultural village with buildings..." Full review
