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Santa Fe, NM · Santa Fe

Inn of the Turquoise Bear

The 1880s adobe home of poet Witter Bynner, where Georgia O'Keeffe and Igor Stravinsky were house guests — eleven rooms up a quiet Santa Fe hillside.

Rustic AmericanaHistoric InnScholarly · HistoricStone & Timber
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7.8/10Very good.How we score
Why we’d stay

A rustic-Americana interior, in a historic inn. Google guests rate it 4.9★ across 244 reviews.

Best for
familieshikers
Not for
late nights outbringing the dog
Best time to go

October through April. Summer in the desert is punishing — book it only if you love the heat.

Our verdict

Very good. A genuinely good independent hotel — the sub-scores tell you if it's your kind.

Rate
from about $250/night
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Inn of the Turquoise Bear is a rustic americana hotel in Santa Fe, NM, part of the Santa Fe. The 1880s adobe home of poet Witter Bynner, where Georgia O'Keeffe and Igor Stravinsky were house guests — eleven rooms up a quiet Santa Fe hillside.

It sits in our Rustic Americana category, occupying a historic inn, with a scholarly · historic mood and a material palette that leans stone & timber. 11 rooms. Independently owned and operated.

On the property

  • Activities: HIKING, BONFIRE.

A full review is still ahead

We haven’t published our first-person write-up of Inn of the Turquoise Bearyet. 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.

See similar hotels: more Rustic Americana hotels · every Santa Fe hotel · more historic inn conversions

The Le Hotelist Score
7.8/10
Very good.
Assessed September 2026
Design7.2

A rustic-Americana interior, in a historic inn.

Location7.1

A quiet spot near the center of things.

Service9.2

Google guests rate it 4.9★ across 244 reviews.

Value8.4

In line with the mid-luxury field (from about $250/night) for the room, setting and design you get.

Quiet7.5

10–25 rooms.

Based on the data we have so far; expect small revisions as guest reviews and our editorial deepen.

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