Lodging

Each enrollee in the Cultural Institute is responsible for making his or her own lodging arrangements. When you call to make your reservations at one of our recommended hotels, please let them know that you are with the “SMU-in-Taos Cultural Institute.”

Once your arrangements are made, please email us at taosci@smu.edu to let us know where you will be staying (even if you are staying in a private residence).

If you cancel your reservation at El Monte Sagrado, please contact Briana Frazier at 214-768-4575.

Highly Recommended

El Monte Sagrado – Homebase for SMU-in-Taos
The SMU-in-Taos Cultural Institute host hotel is El Monte Sagrado. To make a reservation, please contact the hotel directly at 505-836-6700 and use the SMU Group Code: 2607SMUCI.

Casa Benevides Inn
Barbara and Tom McCarthy, owners
More than 30 rooms
One block from the Taos Plaza
casabenavides.com
575-758-1772

Other Suggestions

For a cozy stay in Taos, explore options on Airbnb or Vrbo.

Adobe and Pines Inn
Eight rooms
Four miles from the Taos Plaza
adobepines.com
855-828-7872 or 575-751-0947

Palacio de Marquesa
Eight rooms
One-half mile from the Taos Plaza
marquesataos.com
Hotel: 575-758-4777
Reservations: 1-855-997-8230

Old Taos Guesthouse
Bob & Cady Aspinall, Innkeepers
Ten rooms
Two miles from the Taos Plaza
oldtaos.com
575-758-5448

Hotel Willa
Fifty-one rooms
0.3 miles from the Downtown Historic District
hotelwilla.com
575-305-7711

Hotel La Fonda de Taos
Located on the Taos Plaza (Downtown Historic District)
lafondataos.com
575-758-2211