Some trips simply don’t fit well.
The family reunion brings three generations together, but they do not want to be on top of each other.
A group of old friends wants to share a trip, but each needs space at the end of the day.
The creative retreat offers communal work alongside personal downtime during vacation.
Moreover, these trips require a compound. Indeed, Dos Hermanas, seven designed casitas arranged around a beautifully landscaped courtyard in downtown Santa Fe, is exactly that vacation.
The best group trips require a compound – a place to come together and a place to retreat. Dos Hermanas was built for exactly that balance.
Organizing a group vacation plan
Seven Casitas, One Compound – The Group Travel Equation
Dos Hermanas can accommodate groups of up to 20 guests across all seven casitas. Each casita has its own private entrance, its own fully equipped kitchen, and its own outdoor seating area. Guests who need space to themselves have it. The shared courtyard – with its central fountain, flagstone paths, and mature plantings – gives the group a common space that no hotel lobby could replicate.
This combination is rare and genuinely valuable. Most group travel options force a choice: either everyone is together in a large rented house with no private retreat, or everyone is in separate hotel rooms with no genuine gathering space. Dos Hermanas offers both simultaneously – private casitas for rest and recovery, a shared courtyard for the moments that make a group trip worth taking.
Group booking tip → All seven casitas can be reserved together for exclusive compound use. Contact the Dos Hermanas team directly to discuss group rates and availability. The compound accommodates up to 20 guests across seven individually designed spaces.
The Courtyard: Where the Group Gathers
The heart of the Dos Hermanas group experience is the shared courtyard. In late August, when the summer plantings are at their fullest and the afternoon monsoon storms have kept the garden lush and green, the courtyard is the most beautiful version of itself. The fountain runs. The papel picado flags catch the breeze. The bistro tables and garden seating offer spots for every kind of gathering: morning coffee, evening conversation, afternoon shade after a long day in the city.
Group guests consistently describe the courtyard as the unexpected highlight of their Dos Hermanas stay – the place where the trip actually happened, the setting that turned a collection of activities into a genuine shared experience.
Santa Fe as a Group Destination – More Than You Expect
Santa Fe rewards group travel in ways that many destinations do not. The city’s combination of world-class museums, a legendary gallery corridor, extraordinary food culture, outdoor trails, and the Santa Fe Opera season means that a group with diverse interests can find genuine satisfaction – together and separately – without anyone having to compromise.
From Dos Hermanas, every major Santa Fe experience is within easy reach on foot or a short drive. The Plaza is two blocks away. Canyon Road is a fifteen-minute walk. The Railyard is accessible in the same. For groups that want to explore together, Dos Hermanas is the ideal staging ground. For groups where different members want different things on different days, it is the place everyone comes back to happily.
Ideal Group Occasions at Dos Hermanas
Over the years, Dos Hermanas has hosted family reunions where three generations shared the compound, and each found their version of a perfect Santa Fe day. Friend groups celebrating milestone birthdays and anniversaries. Book clubs, writing retreats, and artist residencies that needed communal space for the work and private space for everything else. Corporate off-sites where the goal was genuine connection rather than conference room productivity.
What all of these groups had in common: they left with something they didn’t have when they arrived. Not just memories of Santa Fe – but memories of each other in Santa Fe. Of the courtyard at golden hour and of the morning someone made breakfast for everyone in the communal spirit of the compound. Of the evening no one wanted to end.
That is what Dos Hermanas makes possible – and it is genuinely difficult to find anywhere else.
Planning a group trip to Santa Fe?
Seven casitas. One courtyard. Up to 20 guests. The compound that makes group travel worth it.
Dos Hermanas Compound | Downtown Santa Fe, NM
Dos Hermanas Compound SF | Seven Individually Designed Casitas | Downtown Santa Fe, New Mexico