Espanola, New Mexico

Española sits in the Rio Grande valley of north-central New Mexico, in the high country between Santa Fe and Taos where the river runs past mesas and the Sangre de Cristo range rises to the east. The area carries deep Hispanic and Pueblo roots, with old plaza villages, adobe churches, and a landscape of cottonwood bosque and red-rock hills. It makes a central base for travelers exploring the mountains, pueblos, and art towns of the northern part of the state.