Seven Directions Cultural and Sustainable Tours offers customized journeys throughout the American Southwest.
Company owner Patrizia Antonicelli is based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and prides herself on offering authentic experiences designed for individual travelers' interests and needs.
”We are a sustainable tourism enterprise committed to making a low impact on the environment and the Native cultures we represent. We engender a positive learning experience with our guests that mandate each comes away from our excursions with an enlightened view about the land and the people,” Patrizia explains.
”Each tour is different: short or long, for a few people or a group, the trip is designed to introduce travelers to a land and to cultures that are very rich and inspiring.”
Seven Directions can arrange personalized journeys around Santa Fe or further a field in New Mexico and surrounding states. Tours can be designed for special interests, such as Indian and Hispanic cultures, archeology, astronomy, or cuisines. Knowledgeable educators speak English, French, and Italian.
In the Southwest, visitors experience a rich and diverse history that began thousands of years ago with the Old People who inhabited these lands to the first European explorers and settlers who arrived at the beginning of the 16th Century. Their cultures and heritage to this day are present in everyday life. The nature, topography, and environments that make up this region are some of the most unrestricted, mysterious, and inspiring that can be found throughout the globe – complete with dramatic canyons, looming mountain ranges, and clear star-filled night skies.
Comfort and hospitality are offered by magnificent resorts, secluded lodges, exclusive ranches, charming inns and one-of-a kind private homes and villas. Traditional and innovative cuisines are created by renowned chefs. Seven Directions’ guests have as much time as they wish to take advantage of the wealth of unusual shopping, arts, and entertainment opportunities offered by these Southwest environs.
In 2005, my husband and I spent some time in Santa Fe researching an article for Ranch & Coast, San Diego’s luxury lifestyle magazine, where I am the travel editor. I shared our experiences in “What’s New in New Mexico?”
I look forward to returning to the land of Georgia O'Keeffe, pueblos, Native American crafts, opera under the stars – and so much more. And this time, I’ll wisely let Patrizia be my guide.
Click to see more images of Santa Fe and Taos.
Photo credit: ADAMS / HANSEN STOCK PHOTOS.
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