Hacienda de los Martinez

One of the few existing Spanish Colonial haciendas, or "Great Houses", you can take a self-guided tour of this wonderful old place, with its numerous rooms surrounding two courtyards. Besides being a good representation of architecture from the time, the numerous examples of period furnishings and interesting artifacts such as wagons, a recreated blacksmith shop, a collection of religious art, and a weaving room give you a sense of what frontier life was like here in the early 19th century.

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Address

708 Hacienda Rd

Getting there

off of Ranchitos Road a few miles southwest of the plaza

Hours

Mon-Sat 10AM-4PM, Sun noon-4PM

Price

$8 adult, $7 seniors, $6 student, children under 5 free

Website

taoshistoricmuseums.org (opens in a new tab)