Karen of Santa Fe Walking Tours -- Karen Childers — Local services in Santa Fe

If you want a generic walking tour of Santa Fe, there are other tour guides. If you want someone who shares her passionate historical knowledge, makes you visualize the time period of various events with aid of old photographs, and is patient for you to swallow it all in; then a tour by Karen Childers is a must treat. I stumbled across Karen’s webpage after being dissatisfied with reading about other “cookie cutter” walking tours. At the end of the tour, you will have a deep imprint of Santa Fe history by visiting various churches, buildings and walking the historical streets. Along the way, she will point out her favorite top tier restaurants. Heed her suggestions, make a reservation or contact her beforehand and you will not be disappointed. I can’t wait to get back to Santa Fe and ask Karen to organize a tour of...

If you have the opportunity, take Karen's Walking Tour of Santa Fe!

Karen's enthusiasm for her adoptive town really shines through. Our tour started in the town center where we were able to grab some tea/coffee to take with us on the cold day we visited. Here, Karen was able to point out many buildings of interest and importance to Santa Fe.

Karen was easy to chat with and shared many interesting tidbits about the town history and buildings that you would not get simply by roaming around on your own. She managed to bring Santa Fe history to life for us. Karen was super informative and passionate about the city's rich history.

If you want to do more than just be a tourist in Santa Fe, we highly recommend Karen's...

We cannot recommend Karen's tours enough! She was incredibly knowledgable and professional, crafting a really incredible experience that should be the go-to first stop on any tour to Santa Fe. Karen has an incredibly thorough knowledge of local art and history and can answer just about any question you toss at her - from culinary to geology and more. On top of all this, she's a very warm and friendly person who radiates passion for what she does. We would love to do another tour on...