Good non-touristy places to visit in the NM, AZ, southern CO area?
The desert.
Taos
Salida
Bandelier
Ouray
Chaco
Canyon de chelly
They have some pretty epic steam train rides in those places through sexy nature and stuff (the level of sexiness overall is overwhelming at times).
The biggest ones:
http://www.durangotrain.com/ (southwest Colorado)
http://cumbrestoltec.com/ (southwest Colorado/northwest New Mexico)
https://www.coloradotrain.com/ (southwest Colorado)
https://www.thetrain.com/ (northern Arizona)
>>1115258
Are you willing to camp?
What does "non-touristy" even mean? I hate when people ask that question.
>>1115258
>>1115994
This.
If something is interesting, more likely than not, people are going to know about, and hence make it touristy.
Walmart
>>1115258
If you want "non touristy" then go camp on some BLM land.
>>1115258
I've been planning on going for a while, and I had the same question.
>Hopi Reservation capital
>Places in the Navajo Nation like trading posts and Window Rock
>Zuni Pueblo
>Havasupai Reservation hike (only city inside the Grand Canyon, needs reservations FAR ahead of time)
>Oak Flat Campground (Apache sacred site, about to be strip-mined, so it's the center of a political scandal)
>The house from Breaking Bad
>Shiprock
>White Sands
>Dulce (if you're into conspiracy theory shit, people think there's an underground base here)
Any more places? I'm mostly into Indian sites, and going to be out here from 20-28th.
tfw can't make reservations for Havasupai
>>1115994
I agree it's a general term mainly used by noobs.
I'm assuming you mean tourist traps, places that waste half of your day with a BS tour and charge you $ for it.
I live in AZ, been here for two years. AZ has some beautiful terrain so anything outdoors is recommended like camping & hiking. Google Sedona, only a few places like it in the world.
