Canyon Road & Eastside

Canyon Road is Santa Fe's gallery district and one of its calmest areas to spend time alone. It's safe and relaxed, but poorly lit at night with limited sidewalks, so plan evening rides and watch your bag in crowds.

Canyon Road is a narrow half-mile lane where historic adobe homes have become more than a hundred galleries, studios and restaurants, with sculpture gardens in the courtyards. It makes for an easy afternoon alone, wandering from gallery to gallery. The surrounding Eastside is a quiet residential area of adobe houses and cottonwoods. Galleries close in the late afternoon, so the road is quiet in the evening except around the restaurants. For much of its length there are no sidewalks, so cars and pedestrians share the road, and lighting is limited. Pickpocketing can happen in crowds on Friday evenings and during festivals, so keep bags closed. Walking back to the Plaza after dinner is normally fine on the main roads, but a rideshare makes sense late at night.