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“...head over to your lodging, Hacienda del Cerezo ($600, including
three gourmet meals, tennis courts, and horseback riding). Conde Nast
Traveler put this luxurious, ten-suite inn on its list of the twelve Xanado
places in the United States. The luxury guest ranch, built in the style
of Old Mexico, sits on 300 secluded acres of land northwest of Santa
Fe. The inn features massive wood doors, hand-carved beams, and a
kiva fireplace burning with the aroma of native pinon. The main room
is built around a central courtyard planted with fruits trees -- apricot,
cherry, plum, and apple -- and aspens, pinons, and flowering shrubs
and annuals. Each guest suite includes a private, enclosed patio, fireplace,
saltillo tile floors, ceiling beams, two person Jacuzzi, and its own
motif. Choose the Corazon room, which offers views of the Sangre de
Cristo or Jemez mountains and oversize baths. The inn also offers a
tennis court, a stable for horseback riding, a swimming pool, and an
outdoor spa.”
“Enjoy a candlelit dinner in the Great Room at the Hacienda del Cerezo,
with views of the sun setting over the Jemez mountains and soft strains
of classical guitar in the air. Dine on licensed replicas of the china
designed and used by the Santa Fe Railway in the 1930’s, with flatware
that matches the period of the china called the 1937 First Love
silver service. The menu includes appetizers such as ancho-chile-corncrusted
oysters with black-eyed pea salsa and jalapeno hollandaise, and
seviche of sea scallop with herbed avocado aioli and golden caviar. For
the main course, savor Thai coconut chicken wrapped in bok choy with
black sesame noodles, sorrel puree, and summer squash. Or dine on
lamb loin with goat cheese, sweet potato puree, scalloped potatoes,
and a zinfandel reduction. For the grand finale, share the flambe fried
plaintain atop a chocolate torte or the mango creme brulee with toasted
coconut.”
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