Top New Mexico Food & Drink

Taste the highlights of Santa Fe during this food-themed walking tour. Meet your guide in the centrally located Santa Fe Plaza, and come hungry: you’ll visit multiple local food businesses, where you can enjoy enough samples to add up to a generous meal (plus drinks on the side). As you go, you’ll also see landmarks like the San Miguel Chapel and the Palace of the Governors.

Discover Santa Fe’s must-try bites—and learn about the city’s history and culture—on this decadent walking tour. Meet your guide before lunch at Santa Fe Plaza, and come ready with an appetite: you’ll visit three local eateries, where you can enjoy everything from spicy New Mexican fare to tasty local chocolates. As you go, you’ll also see landmarks like the New Mexico State Capitol, Palace of the Governors, and more.

Dining options in Santa Fe can seem endless, so remove the guesswork and start your day with a memorable meal at a specialty chef’s brunch not found at any restaurant. A local chef trained at the famously Le Cordon Bleu culinary school prepares a seasonal meal using high-quality ingredients that showcase Santa Fe’s unique cuisine drawn from Spanish, Mexican, and Native American flavors.

Get a taste of Santa Fe, and explore the Railyard Arts District by foot, on this guided walking tour. Follow your local guide through the neighborhood, learning about how the arrival of the railroad helped Santa Fe evolve. Stop at four restaurants, and establishments to sample local food, and drinks (included).

If you’re drawn to Taos for its vibrant artist community, get a local perspective on the city’s rich and ever-changing arts scene. Go beyond just the big-name galleries to discover workshops and showrooms tucked into Taos’ quirky backstreets, and learn what has drawn creative types to New Mexico's high desert for centuries. Finish with a treat for your other senses at a small-batch chocolate boutique.

Take a haunted tour of Old Town Albuquerque and learn about the many ghosts who have made the square home. Legends, folklore, ghost stories, and history come to life as you depart on an intriguing excursion through 313 years of haunted history. Historic buildings and dark alleys conceal long-forgotten secrets of battles, murders, hangings, hidden cemeteries, and more.

Watch daylight appear above the Rio Grand Valley during a sunrise hot air balloon ride from Albuquerque, and see the first rays illuminate the rugged Sandia Mountains. Take in stunning aerial views and dip low enough to skim the Rio Grande, then rise back up above the desert landscape. Touch town after a 1-hour flight, and begin the day with sparkling wine and a light continental breakfast before returning to your launch site.

Rather than wandering around alone, explore Albuquerque's Old Town in the company of someone who knows it best and can provide context. This small-group walking tour introduces you to the legends, lore and colorful characters of this historically rich neighborhood while taking you to all the most important landmarks.

Watch sunset ignite the Rio Grande Valley on a hot air balloon ride from Albuquerque, and see the evening light transform the Sandia Mountains and desert landscape. Enjoy commentary from your pilot throughout the flight, and spot the region’s landmarks as you soar above the rugged terrain; dip low to skim the Rio Grande and capture unforgettable, aerial images of New Mexico’s largest city. Touch back down after a 1-hour flight, then linger over an elegant picnic of sparkling wine and snacks before returning to your launch site.

Visit three of Santa Fe’s destination restaurants—and enjoy a gourmet, multi-course dinner, complete with wine pairings—during this local-led food tour. Meet your guide in the late afternoon right in the central Santa Fe Plaza, and come hungry: you’ll visit top-rated restaurants, and will enjoy high-end, New Mexican dishes at each, plus wine and drinks. In between, spy local landmarks and learn about Santa Fe’s history and food culture.

Our beer tours get you behind-the-scenes at area breweries. We also take the guesswork out of deciding where to go. ABQ has 30+ craft breweries. At each brewery we visit you tour the facility and get to see how beer is made. Your knowledgeable beer guide will regale you with tales of the history, science and art of brewing. You'll get to taste several different styles at each brewery, hand-selected for your tastes by your beer guide.

Brewery and distillery tour led by experienced brewers/distillers. It is an interactive, hands-on and multisensory tour. The tour is followed by sampling spirits and/or beer in our intimate tasting room.

Combine dinner with entertainment and enjoy an evening in Albuquerque unlike any other by attending America's largest interactive murder mystery comedy dinner show. While dining on a delicious four-course meal you'll play the part of a sleuth by attempting to solve a crime and rein in the prime suspects who are hiding in plain sight.