La Fonda on the Plaza
The inn at the end of the Santa Fe Trail — a 1922 Pueblo-Revival landmark on the Plaza, hand-painted headboards, a skylit courtyard restaurant, tenure since 1607 on the site.
A rustic-Americana interior, in a historic inn, with a restaurant worth booking on its own. Google guests rate it 4.5★ across 2898 reviews.
October through April. Summer in the desert is punishing — book it only if you love the heat.
Very good. A genuinely good independent hotel — the sub-scores tell you if it's your kind.
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La Fonda on the Plaza is a rustic americana hotel in Santa Fe, NM, part of the Santa Fe. The inn at the end of the Santa Fe Trail — a 1922 Pueblo-Revival landmark on the Plaza, hand-painted headboards, a skylit courtyard restaurant, tenure since 1607 on the site.
It sits in our Rustic Americana category, occupying a historic inn, with a scholarly · historic mood and a material palette that leans stone & timber, brass & velvet. 180 rooms. Independently owned and operated. The restaurant is notable on its own merits.
On the property
- Activities: HIKING, BONFIRE, POOL, TENNIS.
A full review is still ahead
We haven’t published our first-person write-up of La Fonda on the Plazayet. When we do, it’ll land in the same voice as our Piaule, Troutbeck, and Inness reviews. In the meantime, the facts on the right and the tags above will tell you most of what we know.
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A rustic-Americana interior, in a historic inn, with a restaurant worth booking on its own.
Walkable from The Plaza.
Google guests rate it 4.5★ across 2898 reviews.
A luxury rate (from about $350/night) for the room, setting and kitchen you get.
50-plus rooms.
Based on the data we have so far; expect small revisions as guest reviews and our editorial deepen.
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