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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, turquoise, Pueblo pottery, and Navajo textiles 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 Jewelry and Native ArtSilver, turquoise, and Pueblo work
The most important shopping category in Taos. Where to find authentic Native American jewelry, Pueblo pottery, Navajo rugs, and silver work, and how to tell the real thing from the knock-off.
View Jewelry and Native ArtOne 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 GalleriesOld 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 PharmaciesWalmart, Smith's, and more
Full supermarket options in Taos. Smith's, Walmart, and other large-format grocery stores. Useful when you need a cart, not a boutique.
View SupermarketsAce 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 HardwareMost of the good shopping is concentrated in a walkable half-mile. Taos Plaza is the center. Bent Street runs north off it. Kit Carson Road runs east. The John Dunn Shops are a pedestrian courtyard just north of the Plaza. Ledoux Street, one block southwest, is where the serious galleries and museums cluster.
Ranchos de Taos, four miles south on Hwy 68, has Chimayo Trading del Norte at the Saint Francis Church Plaza and is worth the short drive for anyone interested in serious Southwestern antiques and Native work. The Arroyo Seco village, north toward Taos Ski Valley, has a small concentration of boutiques and galleries worth stopping in on the way up or down the mountain.
These guides cover Taos, Ranchos de Taos, El Prado, and Arroyo Seco. Taos Ski Valley shopping is covered in the Taos Ski Valley guide.
