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Raton, New Mexico
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| Once an important stop on the Santa Fe Trail, Raton | Can I make the Raton reservation by phone? We would be |
| (prononuced ra-TONE) is near the Raton Pass into | happy to help you make any Raton hotel reservation by |
| Colorado. Today's visitors can experience the same sense | phone. You can call our toll free number between the hours |
| of wonder that the pioneers must have felt as they observed | of 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Friday (CST). 11 a.m. to |
| the majestic ascent of the mountains. This small city has | 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. |
| pleasant Victorian architecture and a museum depicting life | |
| in Raton in the 1800s. | How can I be sure information about my credit card is |
| | secure? We use secure-socket-layer (SSL) encryption, the |
| You can roughly follow the course of the Santa Fe Trail if | standard encryption on the Internet. This type of encryption |
| you drive southwest on Highway 64 to Cimarron, once one | allows you to feel confident and secure about supplying |
| of the roughest of the Wild West's many rough towns. You | personal and credit card information. |
| might consider having lunch at the St. James Hotel, built in | |
| the 1870s by Henri Lambert, the White House chef for both | Can I book the reservation to stay tonight? Some hotels |
| Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant. Buffalo Bill Cody, | accept reservations until 3:00pm on the arrival day. Only |
| Annie Oakley, Frederic Remington and Zane Grey were | hotels that follow this policy will show when the today's |
| among its guests. The hotel's original bar, today the dining | arrival date is typed into the search form. |
| room, still has 26 bullet holes in its pressed-tin ceiling. (The | |
| hotel staff can direct you to several trail-era sites in the area | Are free shuttles supplied from the airport to the hotel? |
| that you can tour on foot.) The town visitors center has a | Some hotels do offer free shuttle services from the airport |
| friendly staff that can provide a walking tour of the town that | but not all. Please verify this information on the property |
| includes the old jail, historic homes and a restored mill. | information page, if this is import to you. |
| Cimarron is a jumping off spot to get to the Valle Vidal | |
| wilderness, part of the Carson National Forest. | Is there a minimum age requirements to reserve a room? A |
| | minimum age of 18 is required by most hotels to book a |
| Just south of Old Cimarron is Villa Philmonte, the | room. Some require the guest(s) be 21. These |
| Mediterranean-style mansion of the late Waite Phillips, | requirements and other amenities information on the |
| Tulsa oil magnate. It's now the headquarters of Philmont | property "Detail" pages. |
| Scout Ranch, which hosts Boy Scout troops on two-week | |
| outdoor experiences from Memorial Day to Labor Day. The | Is free breakfast available? Some hotels offer free |
| mansion can be toured during the summer. Raton is 175 | breakfast with each room night booked. This information |
| mi/280 km northeast of Albuquerque. | can be found on the property information "detail" page for |
| | your specific property. |
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