Inn of the Turquoise Bear

Experience true Santa Fe, New Mexico style and comfort at our #1 ranked B&B! Seven of our nine guest rooms have private entrances from our acre of lush terraced gardens. All just a short walk from the historic Santa Fe plaza, our bed and breakfast invites you to explore, relax, and rejuvenate.

Nestled under towering pines with views of the Sangre de Cristo mountains, our inn is iconic Santa Fe. Our quintessential rambling adobe estate was once the home of Witter Bynner, American poet, writer and scholar. For almost 50 years, Witter helped to shape the richness of the Santa Fe arts culture with his close friends and frequent guests: O’Keeffe, Cather, Millay, Lawrence, Stravinsky, O Henry and many others. Experience in our 9-bedroom estate the smell of piñon burning in your kiva fireplace, the 40-inch mud adobe walls, meandering stone walkways, and colorful gardens, which inspired these literary and musical legends in their art. We provide an exceptional Santa Fe lodging experience and also host special events and offer honeymoon packages.

Meet guests and make friends while you delight in scrumptious multi-course gourmet breakfasts, house-baked, tea-time treats and evening wine reception.

Just moments away from the inn, Santa Fe offers world-class dining, art galleries, shopping, performance arts, music, opera, hiking, and skiing. Our inn is the perfect home-base for exploring the Land of Enchantment including O’Keeffe Country, Taos, Native American Pueblos, wineries, and the endless charms of Northern New Mexico.

Our private room entrances, location, beautiful grounds, historic adobe estate, attention to detail, and gracious service sets us apart as one of the most magical ways to experience Santa Fe…for the first-time or a lifetime.

Inn of the Turquoise Bear occupies the home of Witter Bynner (1881-1968), who for almost 50 years was a prominent citizen of Santa Fe, New Mexico, actively participating in the cultural, artistic, and political life of the city. Noted as a poet, translator and essayist, Bynner was a staunch advocate of human rights, especially of Native Americans, women, and other minorities. Bynner created his rambling adobe villa, constructed in Spanish-Pueblo Revival style, from a core of rooms that date to the early 1800’s. It is now considered one of Santa Fe’s most important historical estates. With its signature portico, towering pine trees, magnificent rock terraces, and lush gardens filled with lilacs, wild roses, and other flowers, the inn offers guests a bucolic retreat close to the center of Santa Fe. Bynner and Robert Hunt, his companion of almost 40 years, were famous – or infamous – for the riotous parties they hosted in this estate, referred to by Ansel Adams as ‘Bynner’s bashes.’ Their home was regarded as the center for the gathering of the creative and fun loving elite of Santa Fe and visitors from New York and around the world.