Santa Fe.
Santa Fe's independent inventory is deep — adobe compounds, hacienda-style inns, and the quietly impeccable Five Graces. Heritage Hotels & Resorts (Hotel Chimayó, Hotel St. Francis, El Rey Court) sits at five properties — right on the line. We include where appropriate. The chain hotels on Cerrillos Road are excluded.

Inn of the Five Graces
The Seret family's adobe-and-Silk-Road compound — 24 rooms, Forbes 5-star, Tibetan rugs and carved doors.

Ten Thousand Waves
A Japanese onsen spa-hotel in the foothills — 13 suites, Izanami restaurant, outdoor ofuro tubs.
Bobcat Inn
A 1960s adobe on 10 high-desert acres south of town — eight rooms, courtyard fire pit, coyote-country quiet.

El Rey Court
A 1936 motor court on old Route 66, reimagined 2018 — La Reina bar, saltwater pool, mezcal-scene.

Inn on the Alameda
Walking distance to Canyon Road and the Plaza — 71 rooms, kiva fireplaces, family-owned since 1986.