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Dobson House sits at 7,000 feet on a 100 foot hill in a rift valley overlooking the Rio Grande Gorge, near natural hot springs. All around, there are mountains and desert. We offer luxurious accommodations and superb food. You can sit and look at the mountains in all directions. Or you can hike, bike, fish, raft, ski, climb, visit the Taos Pueblo, take a llama trek, ride the Cumbres and Toltec Railroad, explore Bandelier National Monument or walk around Taos Plaza which is 13 miles south of us. The house is a 6,000 square foot solar adobe with natural adobe walls and stone floors. It is furnished in a comfortable southwestern style, and features the owners' contemporary art collection. Breakfast is served overlooking the gorge in the 1600 square foot common room, which is circular and surrounded by glass. Guests are welcome anytime in the common room - it's great for bird watching or just looking at the mountains. There's even a baby grand you are welcome to play. |
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Awards & Accolades The Dobson House has been rated one of the world's ten best alternative energy tourism sites by Discovery Channel's Travel unit.
We are honored to have been named one of the Featured in a new episode of Offbeat America
Featured on the cover of New Mexico Magazine January 2008, Featured in Elle magazine, May 2007
Featured as an eco tourist destination in the |
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From the common room, you can see the Jemez Caldera above Los Alamos, San Antonio Mountain (the largest free standing mountain in the US), Ute Mountain (on the Colorado border), about 50 miles of the Sangre de Cristo Range just to the east, and a few miles of the Rio Grande Gorge north of Taos. You can walk to the gorge and down the old stagecoach trail to Manby Hot Springs on the river. We serve a full breakfast and refreshments in the afternoon. Wake up to hot coffee or tea outside your door. Begin your day with juice, fresh fruit, Mexican baked eggs served with chicken apple sausage and Texas pecan biscuits or cornmeal cakes with applewood smoked bacon. Fresh rhubarb rolls, peach muffins, sweet potato pone, and ricotta cheese pancakes are more of the cook's specialties. Afternoon refreshments include local goat cheeses, focaccia, fresh fruit and assorted beverages. |
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Amenities include an extensive library of books about the history of the Taos area, maps, guide books of driving, hiking and biking tours and an eclectic collection of fiction and non fiction. Gift certificates are available to celebrate a very special occasion - wedding, anniversary, birthday. Gift baskets may also be ordered. Recreation and Activities include ballooning, crosscountry and downhill skiing, fishing, hiking, biking, bird watching, climbing, kayaking, rock climbing, llama treks, bird watching, and white water rafting. |
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Manby Hot Springs ~ Taos Pueblo ~ Taos Ski Valley ~ Wheeler Peak ~ Cumbres & Toltec Railroad
Bandelier National Monument ~ Millicent Rogers Museum ~ Wild Rivers Recreation Area
Picuris Pueblo ~ Art galleries ~ Taos Wool Festival ~ Taos Balloon Festival
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Dobson House Bed & Breakfast P.O. Box 1584 El Prado, New Mexico 87529 (575) 776-5738 email: 
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