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Casa Sofia: Taos Ski Getaway Getaway
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9.8 out of 10
Exceptional
3 bedrooms2 bathroomsSleeps 6130.1 sq m
Popular amenities
Explore the area
Arroyo Seco, NM
- Taos Plaza20 min drive
- Kit Carson Park20 min drive
- Taos Pueblo22 min drive
- Taos, NM (TSM-Taos Regional)20 min drive
Rooms & beds
3 bedrooms (sleeps 6)
Bedroom 1
1 Queen Bed
Bedroom 2
1 Queen Bed
Bedroom 3
1 Queen Bed
2 bathrooms
Bathroom 1
Bathtub or shower · Toilet
Bathroom 2
Bathtub or shower · Toilet
Spaces
Deck or patio
Kitchen
Balcony
Outdoor play area
Garden
Dining area
About this property
Casa Sofia: Taos Ski Getaway Getaway
Visitors report a magic about Casa Sofia, nestled at the foot of Taos Mountain in the beautiful Sangre de Cristo Mountain range. One of the oldest adobe homes in the charming rural village of Arroyo Seco, Sofia holds the history of the region as her namesake did. On Ski Valley Road, a short walk to the village shops, galleries and fine places to eat, a 15-minute drive to the world famous Taos Ski Valley and a 15-minute drive to the Town of Taos. Country setting with horses across the way and buffaloes grazing nearby on Pueblo land.
Casa Sofia has all the contemporary conveniences of home and is decorated with a multi-cultural mix of arts & crafts from the Southwest. Spacious living room with kiva fireplace, master bedroom with bath, 2 additional bedrooms with bath, all with queen beds. The 3rd bedroom is reached through its neighbor bedroom or from a door to the outside, making the walk-through optional.
The Taos area offers a host of activities including world-class skiing, hikes to mountain wildflowers and waterfalls, white water rafting, hot air ballooning, gold panning, tennis, mountain biking. Taos Pueblo, a 10-minute drive, is the oldest continually occupied structure in North America offering tours, horseback riding, artisan shops and seasonal ceremonies and festivals open to the public. In town there is a rich choice of museums, restaurants, shops, a cinema – including a weekly art film series – classes and workshops. The Taos Film Festival takes place in March; the World Poetry Bout in June; the Solar Music Festival in July, Fiestas in August, the Fall Arts Festival in September; the Balloon Festival in October; the Winter Holidays are alight with luminarias.
Case Sofia, cool in summer and snug in winter, provides a lovely retreat for a slow read, revising a manuscript, painting from the roof or doing nothing at all. Climb the stairs or sipapu ladder to the roof deck and sit back for the gorgeous light show of a northern New Mexico sunset, and later, look back on your day in the hot tub under New Mexico's famous star-filled sky.
Casa Sofia has all the contemporary conveniences of home and is decorated with a multi-cultural mix of arts & crafts from the Southwest. Spacious living room with kiva fireplace, master bedroom with bath, 2 additional bedrooms with bath, all with queen beds. The 3rd bedroom is reached through its neighbor bedroom or from a door to the outside, making the walk-through optional.
The Taos area offers a host of activities including world-class skiing, hikes to mountain wildflowers and waterfalls, white water rafting, hot air ballooning, gold panning, tennis, mountain biking. Taos Pueblo, a 10-minute drive, is the oldest continually occupied structure in North America offering tours, horseback riding, artisan shops and seasonal ceremonies and festivals open to the public. In town there is a rich choice of museums, restaurants, shops, a cinema – including a weekly art film series – classes and workshops. The Taos Film Festival takes place in March; the World Poetry Bout in June; the Solar Music Festival in July, Fiestas in August, the Fall Arts Festival in September; the Balloon Festival in October; the Winter Holidays are alight with luminarias.
Case Sofia, cool in summer and snug in winter, provides a lovely retreat for a slow read, revising a manuscript, painting from the roof or doing nothing at all. Climb the stairs or sipapu ladder to the roof deck and sit back for the gorgeous light show of a northern New Mexico sunset, and later, look back on your day in the hot tub under New Mexico's famous star-filled sky.
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Amenities
Hot tub
Kitchen
Washing machine
Dryer
Free WiFi
Outdoor space
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House Rules
Check in after 4:00 PM
Check out before 11:00 AM
Children
Children allowed: ages 0–17
Events
No events allowed
Pets
No pets allowed, service animals permitted
$25 Pet fee night
Smoking
Smoking is not permitted
Important information
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
On-site parties or group events are strictly prohibited
Host has indicated that there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property
Host has indicated that there is a smoke detector on the property
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher and a first aid kit
We should mention
A car is recommended for transport to and from this property
About the area
Arroyo Seco
Located in Arroyo Seco, this holiday home is in a rural area. San Francisco de Asís Church and John Dunn Bridge are local landmarks, and the area's natural beauty can be seen at Río Grande del Norte National Monument and Carson National Forest. Kakawa Chocolate House and Twirl Toystore and Playspace are also worth visiting. Make sure you get close to the area's animals with activities such as game walks and birdwatching.
Arroyo Seco, NM
What's nearby
- Taos Mountain Casino - 19 min drive - 17.8 km
- Taos Plaza - 20 min drive - 19.2 km
- Kit Carson Park - 20 min drive - 18.9 km
- Taos Pueblo - 22 min drive - 19.6 km
- Rio Grande Gorge Bridge - 24 min drive - 26.0 km
Getting around
Restaurants
- Midtown Market and Lounge - 12 min drive
- Pizanos - 10 min drive
- Farmhouse Cafe - 12 min drive
- Taos Cow - 18 min walk
- Toribios - 10 min drive
Frequently asked questions
About the host
Hosted by Madison Gardner
Why they chose this property
A dream led us to Casa Sophia.
It was the winter of 1997. We’d retreated from the constant hum of city life to the home of generous friends out on Taos Mesa. Our first night, silent snow began falling as I sat by a cozy kiva fire reading Pumpkin Seed Point, a book by the Southwest author Frank Waters. I read it straight through. It’s Frank’s tale of his three-year stay on the Hopi mesa studying the ancient cosmology of the Hopi.
Mind-altered, I fell asleep and dreamed of a library room where people stood in conversation, including a slender man I took to be Frank and his fourth wife Barbara, a Jungian psychotherapist with big, blonde hair. I could see through Frank to the bookshelves behind him, and I imagined that he was both there and not there.
In the morning I found the Waters’ number in the Taos phone book and stammered to the person who answered that I’d been reading Frank’s book in the night and wondered if I might thank him for it. She thanked me for the thought and said that Frank had died in 1995. Might she be Barbara? Yes, she was.
“Are you a Jungian psychotherapist by any chance?” I asked her.
“Yes I am,” she answered with perfect grace.
“Do you happen to have blonde hair?”
“Yes I do!”
“I’ve been dreaming about you and Frank all night!” I told her, not quite believing any of this.
“I think you’d better come up here so we can meet!” she said, believing all of it. “Come up as soon as the snow melts a little.”
And so we did. We were met by a Barbara and a committee of her dogs at the door of their historic adobe across the road from Pueblo land. “I think you’re supposed to live here,” Barbara said, “and there’s a house for sale around the corner.”
And so we bought the house, naming it for the original owner Sofia, who finished raising her ten children on her own after her husband froze with his sheep one sub-zero winter in Idaho.
It was the winter of 1997. We’d retreated from the constant hum of city life to the home of generous friends out on Taos Mesa. Our first night, silent snow began falling as I sat by a cozy kiva fire reading Pumpkin Seed Point, a book by the Southwest author Frank Waters. I read it straight through. It’s Frank’s tale of his three-year stay on the Hopi mesa studying the ancient cosmology of the Hopi.
Mind-altered, I fell asleep and dreamed of a library room where people stood in conversation, including a slender man I took to be Frank and his fourth wife Barbara, a Jungian psychotherapist with big, blonde hair. I could see through Frank to the bookshelves behind him, and I imagined that he was both there and not there.
In the morning I found the Waters’ number in the Taos phone book and stammered to the person who answered that I’d been reading Frank’s book in the night and wondered if I might thank him for it. She thanked me for the thought and said that Frank had died in 1995. Might she be Barbara? Yes, she was.
“Are you a Jungian psychotherapist by any chance?” I asked her.
“Yes I am,” she answered with perfect grace.
“Do you happen to have blonde hair?”
“Yes I do!”
“I’ve been dreaming about you and Frank all night!” I told her, not quite believing any of this.
“I think you’d better come up here so we can meet!” she said, believing all of it. “Come up as soon as the snow melts a little.”
And so we did. We were met by a Barbara and a committee of her dogs at the door of their historic adobe across the road from Pueblo land. “I think you’re supposed to live here,” Barbara said, “and there’s a house for sale around the corner.”
And so we bought the house, naming it for the original owner Sofia, who finished raising her ten children on her own after her husband froze with his sheep one sub-zero winter in Idaho.
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