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HeyTaos · Shopping
Taos has been a trading town for centuries. The good stuff is still here: Native American jewelry made by the people wearing it, serious galleries, galleries pretending to be gift shops, gift shops that are actually great, and yes, a Walgreens if you need one. Everything is organized so you can find what you came for.
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The thing Taos does that nowhere else does: silver and turquoise sold directly by the artists who made them, in a town that has been doing this for a hundred years. If you only have time for one category, make it this one.
View JewelryOne of the oldest art colonies in America
Taos has been drawing serious painters since the 1890s. The galleries here range from blue-chip Southwestern masters to working studio artists selling directly. A guide to the ones worth your time.
View Art GalleriesBuy directly from the maker
Painters, sculptors, and photographers living and working in Taos who sell outside the gallery system. Where to find their work, their gallery placements, and how to buy straight from the source.
View Artist StudiosOld Southwest, old furniture, old finds
Spanish Colonial furniture, antique Navajo textiles, frontier collectibles, vintage turquoise, and serious dealers who know what they have. Where to look and what to expect.
View AntiquesBohemian, Western, and everything in between
Taos dresses like it means it. Boutiques with hand-selected pieces, Western-influenced fashion, Magnolia Pearl, linen, and the kind of clothing you did not know you needed until you saw it.
View ClothingTake something home
Not all of it is turquoise magnets. A guide to what is actually worth buying as a souvenir in Taos, where the good T-shirts are, and what to skip.
View SouvenirsFor everyone on your list
The shops that do not fit neatly anywhere else: eclectic, global, fair-trade, locally made, and genuinely interesting. The ones worth walking into even when you are not looking for anything.
View Gift ShopsFunctional art
Pueblo pottery, wood-fired stoneware, studio ceramics. Taos and the surrounding villages have been producing serious pottery for a thousand years. The shops and studios where you can take some home.
View PotteryFor the house
Navajo-style blankets, Southwestern table linens, hand-thrown dishware, weavings, and the kind of home goods you buy in Taos and spend the rest of your life explaining to guests.
View Home GoodsLocal history, Southwestern writing, and more
Taos has a real bookstore. It also has signed copies of John Nichols, a deep shelf of Southwest history and Pueblo culture, and enough to keep you reading through any ski week.
View BooksBefore you hit the trail
Ski rentals, trail gear, fishing licenses, and the shops that outfit people for the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, the Rio Grande, and everything between the mesa and the summit.
View Outdoor GearChile, pinon, local provisions
Where to buy Chimayo red chile, pinon coffee, blue corn, green chile sauce, local honey, and other New Mexico provisions to bring home. The stuff you cannot find anywhere else and will spend the next year ordering online.
View Food ShopsFull grocery, natural food, and co-op
The full grocery options in Taos County: from the natural food co-op to the major supermarkets. Useful if you are self-catering, stocking a vacation rental, or just need to buy snacks before the drive to the gorge.
View Grocery StoresWalgreens, Smith's, and independents
Where to fill a prescription, pick up sunscreen before the mountain, or find the ibuprofen you forgot to pack. Locations and hours for Walgreens, Smith's pharmacy, and the independent options in Taos.
View PharmaciesAce Hardware, Randall, and supplies
If something broke, if you need propane, if you are building something in the high desert, or if the rental cabin needs a lightbulb. The practical supply options in Taos County.
View HardwareThe center of it all
Where: Downtown, around the Plaza
Gift shops, Native art, local goods, and the John Dunn Shops pedestrian courtyard, all within a five-minute walk of the Plaza.
View the Plaza DistrictPedestrian, shaded, walkable
Where: One block north of the Plaza
Boutiques, fiber and textile shops, menswear, and jewelry, packed into one charming walkable block just off the Plaza.
View Bent StreetTaos' gallery row
Where: East off the Plaza
The highest concentration of serious fine art galleries in Taos, plus home goods, textiles, and Native American jewelry.
View Kit Carson RoadFour miles south
Where: Hwy 68, near San Francisco de Asís Church
Home to Chimayo Trading del Norte and serious Southwestern antiques, a short drive south of downtown.
View Ranchos de TaosOn the way to the mountain
Where: NM-150, toward Taos Ski Valley
A small mountain village with mercantile, weaving, and jewelry shops worth the stop on the way up or down NM-150.
View Arroyo SecoThe main corridor
Where: Hwy 68/522, running through town
Larger outfitters, imported furnishings, and boutiques spread along the main road running north and south through Taos.
View Paseo del PuebloMost of the good shopping is concentrated in a walkable half-mile, six distinct stretches, each with its own character. Taos Plaza is the center. Bent Street and the John Dunn Shops run north off it. Kit Carson Road runs east and holds the serious gallery row. Ranchos de Taos, four miles south, has Chimayo Trading del Norte at the Saint Francis Church Plaza. Arroyo Seco, north toward Taos Ski Valley, has its own small concentration of boutiques. Paseo del Pueblo Norte and Sur, the highway running through town, carries the larger outfitters and import shops.
Ledoux Street, one block southwest of the Plaza, is where the Harwood Museum, the Blumenschein Home, and the serious gallery-museum cluster sit. It is a cultural walk more than a shopping stop, covered in the Art Galleries guide.
These guides cover Taos, Ranchos de Taos, El Prado, and Arroyo Seco. Taos Ski Valley shopping is covered in the Taos Ski Valley guide.
