From La Fonda's Lobby to Four Santa Fe Chocolate Counters
A three-hour walk that opens with chocolate history in La Fonda's lobby, then tastes its way through four downtown shops.
The walk starts indoors. Your guide meets you at the concierge desk of La Fonda on the Plaza, and the listing has the group spend roughly the first 40 minutes in the hotel's historic lobby on the history of chocolate. Only after that talk do the tastings begin, at four local chocolate shops across downtown Santa Fe.
The operator frames the story as a journey from the ancient Southwest to Europe and beyond, and says the talk covers how Santa Fe's own crossroads of cultures shaped it. This listing books it as a private tour, so the group on the walk is yours.
One booking takes up to twelve travelers, and at least four of them have to be adults aged 18 to 64. Children aged 7 to 12 join at no charge.
Santa Fe Chocolate Tasting and History Exploration TourPrivate three-hour walk from La Fonda's lobby to four downtown chocolate shops, on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays at 11:00 AM.www.viator.comChocolate as a Drink, Then a Stop at Old Adobe
Kakawa Chocolate House gets about 20 minutes on the listing. The stop is built around chocolate elixirs and a taste of how chocolate was originally served, and the listing says you meet the owners there. Kakawa's own shop sorts its elixirs into Mesoamerican, historic European and contemporary. Kakawa is on Paseo de Peralta; the listing places the other three chocolatiers near the Plaza.
The listing also sets aside about ten minutes for a history stop it describes as an old adobe residence and the oldest Spanish mission church in the city. The point it pins is the Oldest House on East De Vargas Street.
Three Chocolatiers Close to the Plaza
The listing gives about 45 minutes to three chocolatiers near the Plaza. Chocolate En La Plaza is the one it singles out for making chocolate bean to bar. Chocolate and Cashmere sits at 109 East Palace, an address the listing ties to the Manhattan Project. Señor Murphy Candymaker, spelled Senior Murphy's on the listing, says on its own site that Neil Murphy started it in 1971.
The listing promises chocolate samples at a few of the stops, so plan on buying anything you want to carry home.
The Booking Needs Four Adults
This version runs on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays, with one departure at 11:00 AM. As of October 17, 2026, the booking form accepted a party only once it held at least four travelers in the 18 to 64 adult band. On that same check, four travelers aged 65 or over, or three adults with one senior, were turned away by the form.
Teenagers aged 13 to 17 and seniors up to 85 can join an eligible group at the adult price, and children aged 7 to 12 come at no charge. The form has no age band below seven.
Pace, Shoes and Health Notes
Plan on about three hours, with walking between every stop. The listing asks for at least a moderate level of physical fitness and recommends comfortable shoes and a bottle of water. It also advises against the walk for travelers with spinal injuries, poor cardiovascular health, or a pregnancy. Service animals are allowed.
A review published in August 2026 called the guide "very considerate" of a family group's "walking pace, dietary tastes and sensitivities."
Cancel at least 24 hours before the start for a full refund.
📍 Meet in the lobby of La Fonda on the Plaza, 100 East San Francisco Street, beside the concierge desk, where the guide waits with a sign at 11:00 AM.