Known as the “City Different,” Santa Fe supports both historic culture and modern technology, all while offering an outstanding quality of life for both young and old. Founded in 1610, Santa Fe is the oldest state capital in the country.

Nestled in the foothills, at the southern tip of the Rocky Mountains at an altitude of 7,000 feet, the city is near the Rio Grande River, Cochiti Lake, and the Sangre de Cristo mountains and surrounded by thousands of acres of national forest and wilderness. Beyond all of the special art events and tours, the city’s art galleries, more than 230 of them, embrace an art scene built over the last 100 years on the backs of many of America’s most noted artists. In combination with the area’s long history of Native American and Spanish art forms, the city has earned a well deserved reputation as one of the most important art destinations in the country.

For outdoor adventures, Santa Fe is only a short distance away from multiple national parks, including Bandelier National Monument, with its ancestral Pueblo dwellings, and Carlsbad Caverns, with its magnificent underground caves. If you are a golfer, hiker, fisher, camper, or skier, you will find exceptional locales nearby for all these activities and more

Reprinted, with permission of the publisher, from 50 FABULOUS GAY-FRIENDLY PLACES TO LIVE (www.FabCities.com) © 2005 Gregory A. Kompes. Published by Career Press, Franklin Lakes, NJ. 800-227-3371. All rights reserved.