From the first time my parents’ car crested the last hill on New Mexico State Road 68 en route to Taos, and the depths of the Rio Grande Gorge emerged in view, I was hooked. As a New Mexican, I’ve spent more than 30 years visiting the northern New Mexico town of Taos, where I enjoy dining on local cuisine, browsing contemporary art galleries, hiking the peaks around Taos Ski Valley, and rafting the Rio Grande rapids. As time has passed, the town’s unique charm has remained, but its popularity has only grown.

Indigenous peoples have inhabited the lands here since time immemorial, and today, the residents of Taos Pueblo welcome visitors to a stacked-adobe village whose architecture is synonymous with the Southwest. Creatives have long felt called to this area, from the likes of Ansel Adams, who turned his lens on the wide buttresses of St. Francisco de Assisi Mission Church, to Georgia O’Keeffe, who first visited in 1929.

One of the best ways to take in the local culture and enjoy the architecture is by staying in a Taos Airbnb. In this way, travelers get the chance to embrace elements of the town’s character, from its regional design to its counter-culture scene captured in the sustainable Earthships dotting the vast sagebrush mesa beneath mountain peaks. Whether you’re following your creative muse, want to embrace the desert landscape, or are eager to get a taste of Southwestern living, these are the best Taos Airbnbs to visit right now.

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