La Fonda de Taos, 108 South Plaza, Taos 87571, New Mexico, USA
La Fonda de Taos 
108 South Plaza, Taos 87571, New Mexico, USA
+1 505 7582211, +1 505 7588508
http://www.hotellafonda.com
108 South Plaza, Taos 87571, New Mexico, USA
+1 505 7582211, +1 505 7588508
http://www.hotellafonda.com
General and in-room facilities and services available at La Fonda de Taos
summer garden
summer terrace/patio
conference room
fax services
rooms for non-smokers
luggage storage
phone at the reception
garage places on site
quiet surroundings
credit/debit cards accepted
common TV room
television set in room
internet connection in room
heating in room
air conditioner in room
mini bar in room
tea and coffee making facilities
refrigerator in room
kitchenette in room
en-suite/private bathroom
Some excerpts from the website of La Fonda de Taos that might be useful
Taos Weekend Golf Spa Getaway. The historic Hotel La Fonda de Taos, Taos Country Club and Joseph’s Table Restaurant invite you to an exciting romantic getaway. Come enjoy the challenge of high desert golfing by day, rejuvenation at night, and history and hospitality at all times. Two nights in a La Fonda King Plaza room. Dinner for two at Josephs Table. 18 Holes of golf at the Taos Country Club for two persons. One hour massages for two in the hotel facilities. Complimentary Starbuck's coffee and teas in Noula's Coffee Shop. 100.00 dinner certificate. *100.00 dinner certificate. **Package price can be adjusted based on the number of people. Package Price: $759/ two people. Plus applicable taxes. A credit card deposit of $200.00 is required at time of reservation. Cancellation without penalty with 7 day notice. Please contact Steven Slick at for reservations, further details, or modifications to this package. New Mexico Fly Fishing Package. The Hotel La Fonda de Taos and Solitary Anglers have teamed up to offer the ultimate destination fly fishing package. Spend the day on many of northern New Mexico's pristine trout waters (half or full days available). After an exciting and productive day of fishing, return to the beautiful, historic Hotel La Fonda and experience a relaxing one hour massage. Evening finds you enjoying a glass of fine wine at the Butterfly Bar in Joseph's Table Restaurant followed by dinner prepared by culinary artist, chef Joseph Wrede. After dinner, relax by the fire in our mezzanine off the lobby, retelling tales of how you outsmarted a 20 New Mexico Brown Trout. Retire to your luxurious King Plaza room and arise in the morning to a cup of Starbuck's Coffee or tea in Noula's coffee shop to start your new day. Two nights in a King Plaza room at historic Hotel La Fonda de Taos. One day of fishing with the Solitary Anglers. One hour massage in the La Fonda's facilities. One dinner gift card at Joseph's Table Restaurant ($100 value). *Includes lunch, flies, and all leader/tippet materials. A full day is 6-8 hours of fishing/instruction. Private water guiding requires $70.00 rod free per person. **Includes two one hour massages. Package Price Total (2 people): $899 plus applicable taxes. A credit card guarantee is required for reservations. Cancellations expected with at least 7 days notice. No shows penalized 10% of package price. for reservations or to discuss any questions or desired modifications to this package. join us at Hotel La Fonda
Taos New Mexico Skiing, Fishing, and More. With 350 days of sunshine, thousands of square miles of national forest, miles and miles of trails for alpine skiing, mountain meadow cross-country, snowmobiling, biking and hiking, combined with numerous clear mountain fishing creeks and the Rio Grande River rafting, canoeing, tubing and fly-fishing, there is no reason not to get out and play in. Taos Ski Valley with its world-class skiing is only a short 20 minutes away with some of the best trails in the Rockies, whatever your level of ability. Red River Ski Area, Angel Fire Resort and Sipapu Ski Area are a short drive away. Cross-country Skiing. Groomed mountain meadows in our backcountry wilderness at the Enchanted Forest Cross Country Ski Area. Above the Taos Ski Valley on Williams Lake Trail breathtaking! Bring the whole family to the Taos Youth and Family Center ice arena. Tee Time! Well arrange it for you. Taos Country Club, championship, 18-hole links-style golf set amongst gently rolling desert sagebrush and arroyos provide an ever-changing panoramic view of New Mexico's most spectacular peaks. Take a float trip or challenge the class IV rapids on the Rio Grande River. Ride the rapids for half day at Pilar or full day with lunch through the Taos Box. Native Sons Adventures. The Racecourse on the Rio Grande River, wow! Fly-fishing heaven! Take lessons, a guide or on your own to any one of countless locations. Casting? Cool mountain creeks will delight you with native brown trout. 27-mile South Boundary Trail or the West Rim Trail along the Rio Grande Gorge are just two of the countless trails that offer the best for a casual scenic ride or a thrill seekers challenge. Gearing Up Bike Shop. Hit the trails! Its a hikers paradise with so much to choose from. Well help you find just the right one. Up, up and away! Several companies with years of experience are available to take you on this breathtaking ride across the mesa, over the gorge. Ride the mountain wilderness or the open ranges of the high mountain desert and slip down to the cool Rio Grande Gorge for a picnic.
Taos New Mexico Restaurant. The most original restaurant in New Mexico. - Santa Fean Magazine. Joseph Wrede, 2000 Best New Chef Award - Food Wine Magazine The future voice of modern American cuisine. - London Times The plates rival those in any of Manhattan's best restaurants. - The New York Times Serving some of the Southwest's best food. - Denver Post. Welcome to Joseph's Table. the first incarnation of Joseph's Table (1995-2002), my driving creative motivation was to bring fruit, both dried and fresh - nuts and such crunch - and primary protein from the earth's fattest lands, most crowded skies, and bluest seas to the high desert of New Mexico. o, the present Joseph's Table, I am discovering New Mexican inspired cuisine. I do maintain the idea that if the products are grown or harvested locally (in New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas), then the cuisine is contemporary Southwestern even if the preparation is French, Italian, or Asian influenced. The air and soil impart a region's purest flavor. I now combine a culinary education in French techniques, my Italian-German family sensibility, and the exoticism of Japanese culinary stylization. I collaborate with the best Southwestern Chef de Cuisine in the state of New Mexico, Damon Simonton. I run my kitchen like a band, and hire the best players in the area. Presently, Damon and I are pushing each other to move Southwestern cuisine into new configurations. - Chef Joseph Wrede. Joseph's Table is located in Taos, New Mexico, on the historic Taos Plaza, inside the Hotel la Fonda de Taos. We're open for lunch and dinner seven days a week. Serving lunch from 11:30 am to 2:30 pm, and dinner 5:30 pm to 10:00 pm. To view menus and more information about Joseph's Table and Butterfly Bar please visit http://www.josephstable.com. Located on the historic Taos Plaza, inside the Hotel la Fonda de Taos. phone 575.751.4512 www.JosephsTable.com
Note: Call hotel at 800-833-2211 if availability is not shown. Description: (see photo above) Standard room with luxury linens and one (1) queen bed, double occupancy. Plaza view by request…cannot guarantee…limited availability. ALL ROOMS ARE NON-SMOKING. Amenities: Full Hand Tiled Bath, Hair Dryer, Iron/Board, Clock Radio, Cable TV, DSL Internet, Phone Voice Mail, Free Local Calls, Wake Up Service, Daily Housekeeping, Ceiling Fan Free Onsite Parking. Complimentary Starbucks Coffees Teas, Bottled Water, USA Today Newspaper. Admittance to the famous D.H.Lawrence Forbidden Art Collection.
It took 184 years to create the perfect hotel. There has been an Inn on the current site of La Fonda de Taos as early as 1820. The first establishment, called the St. Vrain Mercantile Store, supplied locals and travelers alike with everything from tack and seed, rooms and a saloon. Numerous fires over the next 60 years changed the face of Taos Plaza again and again. Fortunately the hotel escaped these tragedies. The Taos hotel property changed hands many times, but always had rooms and a bath for the weary travelers that no doubt were exhausted from the long and strenuous trek on the rough roads to this remote and most beautiful mountain community. In 1880 Aloysius Liebert built the Columbian Hotel Bar here on the south side of Taos Plaza. Aloysius was a leader in the close-nit community and the hotel and bar naturally became a gathering place where dances were held in the spacious lobby. Robert Pooler and his wife, the former Maclovia Mares, purchased the hotel and bar in 1900 and ran it together until a disgruntled customer who had been kicked out of the establishment for being drunk and disorderly shot Robert to death in the Columbian Bar in 1909. The hotel was run by Maclovia and her heirs until they sold it in the late 1920s. It was during the first part of the 20th century that the face of Taos began to change and become an important art colony. On their way to Mexico on September 4, 1898 two young artists, Ernest Blumenschein and Bert Phillips, broke their wagon wheel just north of Taos. Blumy as he came to be called, road into town on horseback with the broken wheel to have it repaired and became enchanted with Taos and its natural beauty, its colorful cultures and the light. These were the founding members of the Taos Society of Artists and many of their peers followed. Phillips and Blumy, and several other members of Taos Society of Artists met at the hotel for breakfast and cards (Long John Dunn ran his roulette wheel in the Columbian) on a regular basis and hung many of their paintings in the lobby of the hotel. Thus began the tradition of the hotel as an art center, a tradition that continues today with the Gallery La Fonda located in the hotel lobby. 1922 brought brothers James and John Karavas, along with James wife Noula and their 5-year-old son Saki, to Taos in search of the American promise of a better life. They had emigrated from Greece to New York where Saki was born. On arrival in Taos they leased the restaurant in the Columbian Hotel. By the end of the decade they purchased the hotel from Maclovias heirs. After completing major renovations, which included adding a second and third story to this pueblo revival style building, the brothers open the La Fonda, Spanish for the Inn, in 1937. After the death of his father James, Saki Karavas bought out his uncles interest in the hotel in 1953 and ran the hotel until his death in 1996. Saki was a serious art collector and quite a Taos figure. His love for women and his charisma earned him the title of the Don Juan of Taos. He was also a big fan of D.H. Lawrence and owned several first editions of his literary works. When Frieda Lawrence died in August of 1956 her estate, which included the Lawrence Forbidden Art paintings, passed on to her then husband Angelino Ravagli. Later that same year Angelino sold them to Saki and he displayed them in his office along with innumerable other paintings and photos and one could pay a dollar or two to view them. Today the Forbidden Art Collection hangs in its own gallery at the hotel. Never married, Saki bequeathed his hotel and the paintings to his good friend, George and Cordelia Sahds family. The Sahds, themselves entrenched in Taos history (George Sahd founded the Ranchos Trading Post around 1938), began renovation of the hotel in 1998. While some future plans include a penthouse with full living quarters, out-door hot tub and roof-top deck, renovations on all rooms and interior are complete in 2002, making the oldest into Taos new upscale hotel and preserving a Taos treasure. For decades the hotel has been a gathering place for local, national and international artists, writers, film celebrities and political dignitaries. Such celebrities include, Prince Peter of Greece, Judy Garland, Georgia OKeefe, Tennessee Williams, Millicent Rogers, Mabel Dodge Luhan, Lady Dorothy Brett, Robert DeNiro, Dennis Weaver, Dennis Hopper Peter Fonda, Julia Roberts, Rock Hudson and numerous others. Join us on your next stay in and count yourselves as part of living history.
Taos New Mexico Skiing, Fishing, and More. With 350 days of sunshine, thousands of square miles of national forest, miles and miles of trails for alpine skiing, mountain meadow cross-country, snowmobiling, biking and hiking, combined with numerous clear mountain fishing creeks and the Rio Grande River rafting, canoeing, tubing and fly-fishing, there is no reason not to get out and play in. Taos Ski Valley with its world-class skiing is only a short 20 minutes away with some of the best trails in the Rockies, whatever your level of ability. Red River Ski Area, Angel Fire Resort and Sipapu Ski Area are a short drive away. Cross-country Skiing. Groomed mountain meadows in our backcountry wilderness at the Enchanted Forest Cross Country Ski Area. Above the Taos Ski Valley on Williams Lake Trail breathtaking! Bring the whole family to the Taos Youth and Family Center ice arena. Tee Time! Well arrange it for you. Taos Country Club, championship, 18-hole links-style golf set amongst gently rolling desert sagebrush and arroyos provide an ever-changing panoramic view of New Mexico's most spectacular peaks. Take a float trip or challenge the class IV rapids on the Rio Grande River. Ride the rapids for half day at Pilar or full day with lunch through the Taos Box. Native Sons Adventures. The Racecourse on the Rio Grande River, wow! Fly-fishing heaven! Take lessons, a guide or on your own to any one of countless locations. Casting? Cool mountain creeks will delight you with native brown trout. 27-mile South Boundary Trail or the West Rim Trail along the Rio Grande Gorge are just two of the countless trails that offer the best for a casual scenic ride or a thrill seekers challenge. Gearing Up Bike Shop. Hit the trails! Its a hikers paradise with so much to choose from. Well help you find just the right one. Up, up and away! Several companies with years of experience are available to take you on this breathtaking ride across the mesa, over the gorge. Ride the mountain wilderness or the open ranges of the high mountain desert and slip down to the cool Rio Grande Gorge for a picnic.
Taos New Mexico Restaurant. The most original restaurant in New Mexico. - Santa Fean Magazine. Joseph Wrede, 2000 Best New Chef Award - Food Wine Magazine The future voice of modern American cuisine. - London Times The plates rival those in any of Manhattan's best restaurants. - The New York Times Serving some of the Southwest's best food. - Denver Post. Welcome to Joseph's Table. the first incarnation of Joseph's Table (1995-2002), my driving creative motivation was to bring fruit, both dried and fresh - nuts and such crunch - and primary protein from the earth's fattest lands, most crowded skies, and bluest seas to the high desert of New Mexico. o, the present Joseph's Table, I am discovering New Mexican inspired cuisine. I do maintain the idea that if the products are grown or harvested locally (in New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas), then the cuisine is contemporary Southwestern even if the preparation is French, Italian, or Asian influenced. The air and soil impart a region's purest flavor. I now combine a culinary education in French techniques, my Italian-German family sensibility, and the exoticism of Japanese culinary stylization. I collaborate with the best Southwestern Chef de Cuisine in the state of New Mexico, Damon Simonton. I run my kitchen like a band, and hire the best players in the area. Presently, Damon and I are pushing each other to move Southwestern cuisine into new configurations. - Chef Joseph Wrede. Joseph's Table is located in Taos, New Mexico, on the historic Taos Plaza, inside the Hotel la Fonda de Taos. We're open for lunch and dinner seven days a week. Serving lunch from 11:30 am to 2:30 pm, and dinner 5:30 pm to 10:00 pm. To view menus and more information about Joseph's Table and Butterfly Bar please visit http://www.josephstable.com. Located on the historic Taos Plaza, inside the Hotel la Fonda de Taos. phone 575.751.4512 www.JosephsTable.com
Note: Call hotel at 800-833-2211 if availability is not shown. Description: (see photo above) Standard room with luxury linens and one (1) queen bed, double occupancy. Plaza view by request…cannot guarantee…limited availability. ALL ROOMS ARE NON-SMOKING. Amenities: Full Hand Tiled Bath, Hair Dryer, Iron/Board, Clock Radio, Cable TV, DSL Internet, Phone Voice Mail, Free Local Calls, Wake Up Service, Daily Housekeeping, Ceiling Fan Free Onsite Parking. Complimentary Starbucks Coffees Teas, Bottled Water, USA Today Newspaper. Admittance to the famous D.H.Lawrence Forbidden Art Collection.
It took 184 years to create the perfect hotel. There has been an Inn on the current site of La Fonda de Taos as early as 1820. The first establishment, called the St. Vrain Mercantile Store, supplied locals and travelers alike with everything from tack and seed, rooms and a saloon. Numerous fires over the next 60 years changed the face of Taos Plaza again and again. Fortunately the hotel escaped these tragedies. The Taos hotel property changed hands many times, but always had rooms and a bath for the weary travelers that no doubt were exhausted from the long and strenuous trek on the rough roads to this remote and most beautiful mountain community. In 1880 Aloysius Liebert built the Columbian Hotel Bar here on the south side of Taos Plaza. Aloysius was a leader in the close-nit community and the hotel and bar naturally became a gathering place where dances were held in the spacious lobby. Robert Pooler and his wife, the former Maclovia Mares, purchased the hotel and bar in 1900 and ran it together until a disgruntled customer who had been kicked out of the establishment for being drunk and disorderly shot Robert to death in the Columbian Bar in 1909. The hotel was run by Maclovia and her heirs until they sold it in the late 1920s. It was during the first part of the 20th century that the face of Taos began to change and become an important art colony. On their way to Mexico on September 4, 1898 two young artists, Ernest Blumenschein and Bert Phillips, broke their wagon wheel just north of Taos. Blumy as he came to be called, road into town on horseback with the broken wheel to have it repaired and became enchanted with Taos and its natural beauty, its colorful cultures and the light. These were the founding members of the Taos Society of Artists and many of their peers followed. Phillips and Blumy, and several other members of Taos Society of Artists met at the hotel for breakfast and cards (Long John Dunn ran his roulette wheel in the Columbian) on a regular basis and hung many of their paintings in the lobby of the hotel. Thus began the tradition of the hotel as an art center, a tradition that continues today with the Gallery La Fonda located in the hotel lobby. 1922 brought brothers James and John Karavas, along with James wife Noula and their 5-year-old son Saki, to Taos in search of the American promise of a better life. They had emigrated from Greece to New York where Saki was born. On arrival in Taos they leased the restaurant in the Columbian Hotel. By the end of the decade they purchased the hotel from Maclovias heirs. After completing major renovations, which included adding a second and third story to this pueblo revival style building, the brothers open the La Fonda, Spanish for the Inn, in 1937. After the death of his father James, Saki Karavas bought out his uncles interest in the hotel in 1953 and ran the hotel until his death in 1996. Saki was a serious art collector and quite a Taos figure. His love for women and his charisma earned him the title of the Don Juan of Taos. He was also a big fan of D.H. Lawrence and owned several first editions of his literary works. When Frieda Lawrence died in August of 1956 her estate, which included the Lawrence Forbidden Art paintings, passed on to her then husband Angelino Ravagli. Later that same year Angelino sold them to Saki and he displayed them in his office along with innumerable other paintings and photos and one could pay a dollar or two to view them. Today the Forbidden Art Collection hangs in its own gallery at the hotel. Never married, Saki bequeathed his hotel and the paintings to his good friend, George and Cordelia Sahds family. The Sahds, themselves entrenched in Taos history (George Sahd founded the Ranchos Trading Post around 1938), began renovation of the hotel in 1998. While some future plans include a penthouse with full living quarters, out-door hot tub and roof-top deck, renovations on all rooms and interior are complete in 2002, making the oldest into Taos new upscale hotel and preserving a Taos treasure. For decades the hotel has been a gathering place for local, national and international artists, writers, film celebrities and political dignitaries. Such celebrities include, Prince Peter of Greece, Judy Garland, Georgia OKeefe, Tennessee Williams, Millicent Rogers, Mabel Dodge Luhan, Lady Dorothy Brett, Robert DeNiro, Dennis Weaver, Dennis Hopper Peter Fonda, Julia Roberts, Rock Hudson and numerous others. Join us on your next stay in and count yourselves as part of living history.
