Day 3/Part II - First Afternoon and Evening in Santa Fe, December 21, 2021

Our Hotel in Santa Fe, the Eldorado Hotel

The Eldorado Hotel is very nice and we were quickly checked in to our room on the patio-roof. A bit on the cold side though to enjoy the patio. It would be great any other season, I’m sure. We quickly got organized in our hotel room to walk to the Historic Plaza before it became too dark. We wanted to check out a place to eat and we were able to make a reservation for 7:00PM at a small Mexican restaurant called The Shed. Very lucky as they were really booked.

Jim In Front Of Our Hotel, The Eldorado Hotel
Farolitos From Our Room Patio At The Eldorado Hotel
Discovering Santa Fe's Historic Plaza
Bronze Inset In The Door Of St Francis Cathedral

We enjoyed seeing all the Christmas lights and the farolitos (also called Luminarias) that are set up on buildings and along the streets when possible. We checked out a couple of shops but everything is quite expensive (all for tourists, of course).

As the sun went down, it became quite nippy, so we went back to our hotel to dress in much warmer clothing before heading out to the restaurant, The Shed. The food was very good and we both enjoyed the tamales. So difficult to find tamales outside the Southwest. Of course, I also had a homemade Marguerita!

After eating we spent more time on the Historic Plaza to take more pictures of the holiday lights in Santa Fe.

After a nice evening walking around the plaza taking pictures, we went back to the hotel for a very nice night sleep.