57 suites and rooms in a four-storey adobe building half a block north of the Santa Fe Plaza — Rosewood's New Mexico flagship since 1991, with kiva fireplaces in 47 of the 57 keys and the Anasazi Restaurant under one of the most decorated New Mexican kitchens of the last two decades.
"57 keys in a four-storey adobe building half a block off the Santa Fe Plaza — Rosewood's only Southwest property since 1991, the closest luxury hotel to the Cathedral Basilica, and the most-considered Plaza-block address in the city."
Rosewood Inn of the Anasazi opened in 1991 as Rosewood's first foray into the American Southwest and remains the only Rosewood property in New Mexico. The four-storey adobe-style building sits at 113 Washington Avenue — half a block north of the Santa Fe Plaza, directly across from the Cathedral Basilica of St Francis of Assisi, and on the same Plaza-block walking grid that holds the Loretto Chapel, the Palace of the Governors, and the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. The location is the structural distinction: no other luxury hotel in Santa Fe is closer to the Plaza, and the four-storey footprint means most upper-floor rooms have at least partial views toward the Sangre de Cristo mountains east of the city.
The 57 keys run across four floors of adobe-clad rooms in a deliberately small-footprint configuration — the building was designed by the late Rob Atkins (the New Mexican architect who handled most of the higher-end Santa Fe luxury commissions of the late 1980s and 1990s) to read as a vertical extension of the Pueblo-Revival vocabulary that Santa Fe's HC&PD ordinance enforces across the Plaza district. Forty-seven of the fifty-seven keys hold a working kiva fireplace — the corner-of-the-room conical adobe hearth that is the signature feature of the New Mexican luxury room — and the entry-tier Casita rooms (the smallest category at 28 sqm) include the same fireplace, four-poster bed, custom-loomed Navajo textiles, and Native American art commissions as the larger Suite Anasazi (60 sqm) and the Penthouse Suite (110 sqm with private terrace).
Operationally Rosewood has held the Anasazi Restaurant — the in-house fine-dining venue under chef Edgar Beas — at consistently the most-decorated New Mexican kitchen in the city for two decades. The kitchen runs a Southwest tasting register that builds against the Pueblo and Navajo culinary heritage (blue corn, posole, three-chile mole, and the Hatch green-chile programme that Anasazi has standardised into the city's most-considered tasting menu) plus a structured wine list focused on Spanish vintage Riojas and high-altitude New Mexican vineyards. The Anasazi Bar runs a tequila-and-mezcal programme of about 80 bottles that is the most-considered single-spirit collection in any Santa Fe hotel.
The structural reason returning guests cite for the Inn of the Anasazi over the Plaza-adjacent alternatives is service density rather than architectural distinction. The 57-key footprint with a Rosewood-trained service team gives a butler-grade response level that the larger Plaza-area hotels (La Fonda's 180 keys, La Posada's 157 keys, Eldorado's 219 keys) cannot replicate. Walking distance to the New Mexico Museum of Art, the Palace of the Governors, the Loretto Chapel, the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, and the Canyon Road gallery district is the same from any Plaza-block hotel — but only the Anasazi is structurally a small luxury operation. For an anniversary trip that wants the Plaza heritage register at small-property scale, a writer's solo retreat that takes Canyon Road as the daily walking circuit, or a literary-Santa-Fe stay that wants Rosewood's service signature, the Inn of the Anasazi is the most-considered choice.
The Penthouse Suite is the milestone unit at the Inn of the Anasazi — top-floor positioning, private terrace facing the Sangre de Cristo mountains, the largest kiva fireplace in the property, and the only suite with a separate sitting room and a dedicated butler. Anniversary stays are typically structured around three nights with an Anasazi tasting-menu evening, a private gallery walk-and-private-collection viewing on Canyon Road, and a spa-with-private-fireplace afternoon.
For a writer or solo traveller for whom Santa Fe's Plaza-block density is the trip's register, the Inn of the Anasazi's 57-key footprint and butler-grade service signature give a level of personal-attention-and-walkability that the larger Plaza hotels cannot match. The single-occupant Casita-tier room is competitively priced for a solo stay; the Anasazi Restaurant counter is happy to seat one; the Canyon Road and museum walking circuit gives the trip a structure the property's small footprint complements.
113 Washington Avenue
Santa Fe, NM 87501
United States
113 Washington Avenue, half a block north of the Santa Fe Plaza, walking distance to all major Plaza-block landmarks
57 keys across 4 adobe floors
47 of 57 keys have working kiva fireplaces
Casita Room: 28 sqm
Suite Anasazi: 60 sqm
Penthouse Suite: 110 sqm with terrace
From USD 580/night Casita Room
Check-in: 3:00 PM
Check-out: 12:00 PM
Rosewood since 1991; only Rosewood Southwest property
Open year-round; Albuquerque ABQ airport 70 min, Santa Fe SAF 15 min
Half a block off Santa Fe Plaza
Across from Cathedral Basilica of St Francis
Anasazi Restaurant (most-decorated NM kitchen)
Anasazi Bar (80-bottle tequila-and-mezcal programme)
Working kiva fireplaces in 47 keys
Walking distance to Canyon Road gallery district
Free WiFi throughout
From USD 580/night for the entry-tier Casita Room; Suite Anasazi from USD 950; Penthouse Suite with private terrace from USD 2,200. The Inn of the Anasazi books two to three months out for the Indian Market (August), Spanish Market (July), and Christmas-and-New-Year peak windows; September-October stable-weather window carries the most-considered rate-to-experience ratio.
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