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Santa Fe or Sedona?

Posted on 8/1/14 at 4:52 pm
Posted by cajuntiger26
Member since Jan 2013
338 posts
Posted on 8/1/14 at 4:52 pm
Choosing between one in late October early November.
Both look like awesome places...
Just seeing if anybody feels strongly one way or another that may have been to Both?

I want to hike and sightsee which seems better in Sedona, but also would like to walk around town and eat out which seems better in Santa Fe!

Where should I go?
Posted by zacata88
Member since Mar 2014
1682 posts
Posted on 8/1/14 at 4:52 pm to
The surrounding area is beautiful, but the town of Santa Fe feels like a giant tourist trap.
Posted by SabiDojo
Open to any suggestions.
Member since Nov 2010
83953 posts
Posted on 8/1/14 at 4:53 pm to
A friend of mine just came back from Sedona. He loved it. He said it's like another planet it's so beautiful.
Posted by saturday
Pronoun (Baw)
Member since Feb 2007
7117 posts
Posted on 8/1/14 at 4:54 pm to
Sedona.
Posted by canyon
Member since Dec 2003
18506 posts
Posted on 8/1/14 at 4:54 pm to
Sedona > Santa Fe
Posted by ForeverLSU02
Albany
Member since Jun 2007
52164 posts
Posted on 8/1/14 at 4:55 pm to
Sedona
Posted by Starrkevious Ringo
Member since Jul 2014
723 posts
Posted on 8/1/14 at 4:55 pm to
Not a fan of either. They're both serious tourist traps by now.

Perhaps a little less so would be Taos, but for all I know it could be just as bad.

Non-tourist traps out that way get harder and harder to find.
Posted by High C
viewing the fall....
Member since Nov 2012
54017 posts
Posted on 8/1/14 at 4:58 pm to
Can only speak on Santa Fe, but we loved it. Clean, with lots of culture and great food. We actually drove up to Taos the next day. Beautiful drive. Choice of high road (mountains), or low road (runs alongside Rio Grande). Taos is small, secluded resort town. You can research it if you haven't.
Posted by SA4LSU
AZ
Member since Sep 2005
4084 posts
Posted on 8/1/14 at 5:00 pm to
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Sedona > Santa Fe



This
Posted by upgrayedd
Lifting at Tobin's house
Member since Mar 2013
134887 posts
Posted on 8/1/14 at 5:03 pm to
quote:

Sedona


Get your chakra aligned while you wait in traffic!
Posted by lsunurse
Member since Dec 2005
129044 posts
Posted on 8/1/14 at 5:09 pm to
Sedona


Never been to Santa Fe though



Plus....you can drive less than 45 minutes north up to Flagstaff and walk around their little downtown area. Just an awesome little town and more great hiking trails there.
Posted by lnomm34
Louisiana
Member since Oct 2009
12618 posts
Posted on 8/1/14 at 5:10 pm to
Are you a minivan or an SUV kind of guy?
Posted by MillerMan
West U, Houston, TX
Member since Aug 2010
6512 posts
Posted on 8/1/14 at 5:33 pm to
At that time of the year, Sedona for sure. A couple months earlier I would say Santa Fe.
This post was edited on 8/1/14 at 5:36 pm
Posted by Revelator
Member since Nov 2008
58194 posts
Posted on 8/1/14 at 6:55 pm to
I've never been to Santa Fe, but have been to Sedona and can't wait to go back. There are many shops and restaurants on the strip and the views are awesome. Sort of a hippie/ new age town though.
Posted by Spankum
Miss-sippi
Member since Jan 2007
56114 posts
Posted on 8/1/14 at 7:03 pm to
I haven't been to santa fe, but did take nurse's reccomendation while on business in phoenix and went up to Sedona...turned out to be a very cool place to visit. the scenery is just stunning and the drive up through the desert is just as beautiful. I don't care much for hippies, but most there were very nice and a couple showed me "the flatulence of the earth" for just a few bucks...

I would certainly recommend sedona...but it might be pretty cold that time of year, so dress accordingly...
Posted by LSUcdro
Republic of West Florida
Member since Sep 2009
11141 posts
Posted on 8/1/14 at 7:36 pm to
I lived in Prescott for 3 years which is about an hour away from Sedona. I definitely suggest it.
Posted by OTIS2
NoLA
Member since Jul 2008
50216 posts
Posted on 8/1/14 at 7:38 pm to
Sedona is unique and beautiful. Never been to SF.
Posted by blue_morrison
Member since Jan 2013
5143 posts
Posted on 8/1/14 at 7:50 pm to
Sedona. It's like Gatlinburg if you were in a desert
Posted by auggie
Opelika, Alabama
Member since Aug 2013
28165 posts
Posted on 8/1/14 at 9:11 pm to
Santa Fe is a beautiful town, but I think the artsy people may have ruined it.
I have never been to Sedona,but I think it might be almost the same way...from a few things I have heard.

If You like beautiful desert mountain views,incredible color and scenery, in a place without any high brow pretense, go to Moab, Utah.
Posted by 3nOut
Central Texas, TX
Member since Jan 2013
29016 posts
Posted on 8/1/14 at 11:00 pm to
Been to both.

Sedona by a mile. It's a bit odd, but not as fake as Santa Fe IMHO.

The spiritual stuff is spot on. There's a university there that specializes in Metaphysics.

Added benefit of flagstaff being 45 miles away and the Grand Canyon being 2 hours away.

ETA: I heard there had been fires, but did not see anything affected while I was there 2 weeks ago.
This post was edited on 8/1/14 at 11:05 pm
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