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Taos Private Walking Tours: Personalized Artist Narratives
4.7
69 Ratings
Taos
Personalized walking tour with acclaimed Taos artist, author, guide, and raconteur Sam Richardson.
Personalized walking tour with acclaimed Taos artist, author, guide, and raconteur Sam Richardson.
Duration:
1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Taos Plaza - Walking narrative about Taos history and culture, art scene, points of interest, and historical figures. Hear about frontier scout Kit Carson, Padre Martinez (the Ben Franklin of New Mexico), R.C. Gorman (Taos most famous artist from the past), and socialite Mabel Dodge Lujan (the Gertrude Stein of Taos), among others.
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- Taos Plaza - Walking narrative about Taos history and culture, art scene, points of interest, and historical figures. Hear about frontier scout Kit Carson, Padre Martinez (the Ben Franklin of New Mexico), R.C. Gorman (Taos most famous artist from the past), and socialite Mabel Dodge Lujan (the Gertrude Stein of Taos), among others.
- R.C. Gorman Navajo Gallery - R.C. Gorman was the first Native American to have his own gallery. He was Taos most famous and successful artist.
- The Michael McCormick Gallery - Mike Vargas paints beautiful New Mexico saints. All originals. No two alikes
- Dona Luz Street - The Red Light district during the wild west days.
- Bent Street - Historic street where Governor Bent was assasinated during the revolt of 1847
- John Dunn Way - Historic street where outlaw John Dunn has four saloons and a gambling hall
- Veteran’s Memorial - Memorial statues with narrative by your guide about Taos veterans and Taos Pueblo veterans
What's Included
- Guided walking tour of Taos
- Insights into local history and culture
- Exploration of Taos’ vibrant art scene
- Stories of Taos’ historical figures
- Guided walking tour of Taos
- Insights into local history and culture
- Exploration of Taos’ vibrant art scene
- Stories of Taos’ historical figures
Location
South Plaza
We begin at the statue of Padre Martinez on the Taos Plaza
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.7
(69 Ratings)
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Pete_l
Sep 26, 2024
Taos History Walking Tour - Sam our tour guide was very knowledgeable and entertaining. He really loves Taos and had a lot of personal stories to share.
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Denise_r
Sep 11, 2024
An historical tour including all the colorful characters that shaped this town - We had a very interesting walking tour of Taos. Our guide, Sam, toured us through Taos with interesting stories about the colorful characters that shaped the town's history. We especially enjoyed the artistic journey through 3 generations of artists. We were able to enjoy the rest of our day trying out many of Sam's recommendations. It was a great value and it exceeded our expectations. We would definitely recommend this tour as a great way to introduce you to this amazing town.
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Getaway61257473815
Aug 29, 2024
Delightful - We so enjoyed our time with Sam today. His stories and visuals (including his own drawings), together with walking around to the sites, brought the history of Taos to life. It was interesting to visit several galleries of local art and to actually meet a couple of the artists.
I hope to come back to Taos, I will engage Sam again. I suspect he has many more stories to tell.
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Rebecca_e
Aug 1, 2024
Sam’s Taos Tour - Enjoyed Sam’s stories, personality and humor. Also, he took an interest in our group members. Only suggestion for improvement would be to speak a little louder. Sometimes traffic noise drowned out his voice. Overall, very enjoyable.
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Meraz
Jul 30, 2024
GREAT, informative tour with Sam! - Sam who is a vet, artist, makes jam AND a storyteller was a delightful and informative guide. Yes, he took us into some art galleries but Taos’ evolving history is woven into artist who came and changed the timbre of the city. We were really glad to have had this experience with Sam. Oh and yes, we were a group of 8 but none fo that impacted the enjoyment of the tour.
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Gale_w
May 4, 2024
A must tour in Taos! - Sam did a fantastic job on our tour. He took us into several galleries giving us info on the owner/artist before we entered. The artists provided background and details about their work. Sam was entertaining and so knowledgeable about Taos history. He gave us a challenge to see a few movies involving Taos scenes and the actors involved in the movies. Also a written list of books about Taos that we could read to learn more. Sam was indeed a tour guide extraordinaire! This tour is worth every penny and more. I encourage everyone who will visit Taos to book this tour!
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Shannonandmichaels
Mar 13, 2024
Fun and interesting walking tour - We had a fun and educational walking tour of Taos. Sam our tour guide was friendly and interesting. Learning something new made our vacation memory that much more special!
Thank You
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Susan_s
Sep 21, 2024
The Taos Plaza - The small portion with history stories. Sam knows a lot of the shopkeepers/artists, and showed us those stores.
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Texasclaire
May 8, 2024
Okay. - As others have said, this is NOT a private tour, which I thought I was paying for. I was surprised and not particularly happy that we spent time in several private galleries (which is my bad for not carefully reading the info on this site). We also went into an artist's collective, where Sam led us to his own artwork. Also as others have mentioned, there was no real pressure to buy but I felt a bit uncomfortable.
The entire tour was in an area directly around the plaza which was fine since there's a lot of history close in. Sam also gave us a reading list. It was all okay but I can only give a 3 out of 5.
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Conifergirl
Apr 14, 2024
Not a Private Tour - NOTE: This is not a private tour. The description says 'Private' and 'one-on-one' but we were included with 6 others and told that it was for a single guide (?) and that the description needed to be corrected on the website. Otherwise, nice gentleman, lives in Taos so he also shared personal stories.
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