The Mission San Francisco de Asis at nearby Ranchos de Taos was built in 1730 but exhibits a much-admired simplicity of form that looks absolutely contemporary. You may have seen the church in ...

The road returns to the river valley at Ranchos de Taos, home of the famous San Francisco de Asís church. It's a historic landmark, built in the 1800s out of adobe. The entire route from Santa Fe ...