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Pecos Pueblo once thrived as an important trading center for the Plains Indians and the Rio Grande Pueblo Indians. Known as Cicuye, the Pueblo was a regional superpower. In the late 1500s, Spanish conquistadores and Franciscan priests arrived to settle New Mexico. Their objective was to convert the Native people to Catholicism and to expand the Spanish Empire. To this end, they built massive Mission Churches near many Pueblos, including Pecos.
Visit Pecos and learn about the history and culture of the Native American people. Walk through the ruins of the Pueblo and appreciate the profound impact that the Spaniards had on this part of the world.
Our 6-hour adventure includes a stop at the Kozlowski Trading Post along the Old Santa Fe Trail and a short walk, time permitting at the Glorieta Battlefield Trail.
Bandelier National Monument is home to a number of ancient Pueblo Ruins, the remains of villages that were established in the Pajarito Plateau of the Jemez Mountains from the early 1100s until the mid 1500s. Tyuonyi Pueblo, located in Frijoles Canyon, is thought to have had 400 rooms and 3 kivas. Along the cliff walls, visitors can climb into cavates, view a talus home, and ponder over what the petroglyphs may have meant to the people who once inhabited the area. Visiting Bandelier is an exhilarating adventure for adults and children.
Join us on a tour of the main section of Bandelier National Monument, enjoy a picnic lunch and conclude with a stop at Tsankawi, another important ancestral site located 12 miles away.
