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IF YOU GO WHAT TO DO

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WHERE TO STAY

Abiquiú Inn

21120 Route 84, Abiquiú abiquiuinn.com

Overnight lodging with a lush courtyard and discounted rates for O’keeffe Welcome Center visitors, plus a restaurant and a gift shop.

Mabel Dodge Luhan House

240 Morada Lane, Taos mabeldodge­luhan.com

The 22-room adobe estate to which O’keeffe’s friend Mabel Dodge Luhan invited artists such as O’keeffe, D.H. Lawrence and Ansel Adams; today, it’s a historic inn.

Rosewood Inn of the Anasazi

113 Washington Ave., Santa Fe rosewoodho­tels.com/en/inn-ofthe-anasazi-santa-fe

An elegant boutique hotel in Santa Fe’s historic centre and blocks from the O’keeffe Museum and the New Mexico Museum of Art.

O’keeffe Welcome Center

21120 Route 84, Abiquiú okeeffemus­eum.org/visit/ visitors-informatio­n

Visit the centre for a museum store, classroom facilities and restrooms, and to check in for the Abiquiú Home and Studio Tour or the more in-depth, 90-minute Behind the Scenes Tour.

Ghost Ranch

1708 Route 84, Abiquiú ghostranch.org

At O’keeffe’s former summer painting retreat, check in for a day pass at the main house and find maps of the trailheads or join a history tour on foot or a Georgia O’keeffe Landscape Tour by bus.

Plaza Blanca

About four kilometres down County Road 0155, between Route 84 mile markers 213 and 214 plaza-blanca.com

Now on land privately owned by the Dar al Islam Mosque and open to the public, the White Place (as it translates from Spanish) makes for a beautiful hike on delicate terrain. Free.

Cerro Pedernal

Proceed on Route 84 to Ghost Ranch. As you crest the hill a few kilometres out of Abiquiú, you’ll see on your left, in the distance, the looming, flat-topped peak that was long a muse to O’keeffe.

Taos Pueblo

120 Veterans Hwy., Taos taospueblo.com

This 1,000-year-old Pueblan adobe community is a UNESCO World Heritage site, where guided walking tours are offered seven days a week.

D.H. Lawrence Ranch

506 D.H. Lawrence Ranch Rd., Taos dhlawrence­ranch.unm.edu

About 22 km north of Taos on Route 522 and another 8 km up a mountain on the one-lane dirt D.H. Lawrence Ranch Road, follow the signs to find the quirky, rustic ranch, once owned by writer D.H. Lawrence and his wife.

Georgia O’keeffe Museum

217 Johnson St., Santa Fe okeeffemus­eum.org

At the edge of historic downtown Santa Fe, the museum houses artwork, artifacts and media from O’keeffe’s life. INFORMATIO­N

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