You can also choose to visit Taos Pueblo, the only living Native American community designated both a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a National Historic Landmark. Explore the multi-storied adobe buildings that have been inhabited for over 1000 years.

Or you can choose to recover from yesterday’s bike ride by staying in town and visiting the art galleries and enjoying a green chile burger. 27 miles.

DAY 5: We leave town behind and bike into the countryside today, exploring true Georgia O’Keeffe territory. We’ll follow the Rio Grande River down to our accommodations at the historic Ojo Caliente Mineral Springs. There you can relax with an optional soak, massage or herbal wrap. 28 – 65 miles.

DAY 6: We’ll begin the day with a quick ride to the town of Abiquiu. After a picnic lunch, we’ll tour the former home of artist Georgia O’Keeffe. This unique 18th century hacienda offers a glimpse into the life of this outstanding woman. She was famous for her brilliantly colored paintings of adobe homes set against deep blue skies and close-up images of blossoming lilies and poppies. 30 miles.

DAY 7: After a shuttle to Los Alamos, we’ll get on our bikes to ride to Bandelier National Monument. A quick hike brings us to the striking cliff dwellings and remains of ceremonial kivas of the ancient Pueblo people. Situated in Frijoles Canyon, Bandelier is one of the most famous archeological sites in the country.

After a farewell picnic lunch, we’ll shuttle back to Santa Fe to say our good-byes. We’ll arrive at the Santa Fe airport or our starting hotel by 3:30pm. 19 miles.

Come experience the flavor, the culture, the feeling of enchantment here that you won’t find any other place. The Land of Enchantment exhibits a quality of light that is almost magical and has attracted artists for hundreds of years. We will ride through the badlands where eroding red rock has created extraordinary shapes in the landscape. Dramatic scenes will unfold before you: cottonwood-lined river valleys, golden aspen covered hillsides, and dry, rugged canyons and mesas.

DAY 1: We meet in Santa Fe at 3:00pm for a rental bike fitting. Then we’ll have an orientation at 5:30pm followed by our first dinner together. Feel free to arrive early and explore this city, one of the most popular travel destinations in the country. It’s nestled in the beautiful Sangre de Cristo Mountains and averages 325 sunny days a year. 0 miles.

DAY 2: After a hearty breakfast, we’ll begin our first bike ride to Chimayo. We’ll visit the legendary shrine El Santuario de Chimayo known for its healing powers for centuries. Thousands of pilgrims make their trek to this sacred site every Easter. And we’ll have time to explore a 9th generation family-run weaving shop. Spanish colonists brought their weaving skills with them when they first settled in this fertile land in the 1600s. 31 miles.

DAY 3: We’ll bike the High Road to Taos Scenic Byway today. Our ride takes us past artist studios where the Milagro Beanfield War movie was filmed, past a famous pottery gallery, and an adobe church dating back to the 1700s. We’ll bike through the pine and aspen forests of Santa Fe National Forest and watch the terrain change to open plain and scrub desert. We’ll end the day in the artist colony of Taos, staying overnight in the heart of town for the next two nights. 49 miles.

DAY 4: Our layover day in Taos will be a day of options. You’ll be able to choose to bike a loop route through the quiet villages of Arroyo Hondo and Arroyo Seco. Along the way, you can take in beautiful views of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Or you can take the chairlift to the top of Taos Ski Village for a hike or horseback ride.