Three Perfect Days in Santa Fe, New Mexico Santa Fe, known as The City Different; is 7,200 feet above sea l evel. It therefore possesses the exa 1ed geo graphy of having the highest alti tude of a+y U.S. state capital. Santa Fe is also the oldest capita c·ty in the coun1ry - founded in 161 0 by Don Pedro de Peralta. W 1 i1 i1s stor ied hi stor y, sign ature pu ebl o-sle architecture, abundant ar t galleries a+d museums, and innova1ive. wor 1 ld-dass r estaurants, spendi ng a few days in this charming city is an excel le+t choice. That Santa Fe has over 300 sunny days a year and very friendl y residents - perhaps those l ast two things are related - makes Sa+ta Fe even beer. Whil e Santa Fe has a municipal a irport, from the coasts i1's oſten simpler to fly to Albuquerque, New Mex·co's 1 largest city, ad arr i ive t o its sparkling, modem a+d etflcien1 airport F ro m Albuquerque, it's an easy, onhour highway jaunt to downtown Santa Fe. And the 75-mph speed l imit is a+ automobil ist joy for those used to craw ling on crowded urban freeways. e d In perhaps Santa Fe's premier l ocation, T he Terrace at La Fonda has 15 luxe rooms and sui tes on i ts con cierge wing attached to the main hotel. La Fonda on the Pl aza. Each uni que room at Tlle Terrace has original ar t, ha+dcrafted furnishings and enormous balconies. My room faced the legendary an d Moo rish influenced Cathedral Basil ica o f St. Franci s of Assisi, and other rooms face either the Loretto Chapel - housing the l a+dmark N iraculous" cir cu l ar stai rcase - or 1he Sangre de Chr isto Mountains. wh·ch is the beg 1 inning of the Rocky Mou+ta·n range.