Preparing your trip to Santa Fe: advices & hints - things to do and to obey

1. Local shops and stores get open not later than 9:30 and serve visitors until at least 17:30. Usual days off are considered to be Saturday and Sunday. Many supermarkets and shopping centers are open during weekends with prolonged working hours.

2. Shopping fans should keep in mind that commonly price tags contain a mark «sales tax» which means that the price is indicated excluding taxes. Full prices for goods should be specified in advance. .

3. Young people looking for visiting of local bars and restaurants should take care of documents of identification as there are acting age restrictions for selling of alcohol drinks and spirits. The rule touches upon local stores selling alcohol as well. On Sundays the stores are commonly closed.

4. Local restaurants and cafes welcome tips an amount of which will totally depend on the class of the eating establishment. A waiter of the restaurant should be rewarded with 10-15% of total amount of the bill meanwhile in a small café a rounding up to any convenient sum will be quite enough to reward a waiter.

5. One will need a standard set of documents to rent a car. A cost of rent will totally depend on a brand and a model of a chosen car and will be about 40USD at the least. Copyright www.orangesmile.com

6. The only type of public transport available in the city is a bus. Local buses are running to any desired district of the city as well as to some suburban areas of the resort. In the evening tourists are recommended to opt for taxi service. A car can be taken from a specialized parking lot or called by phone.

7. Street call boxes offer the most profitable rates for intercity and international calls. The call boxes accept special plastic cards which are sold in any news stall. Hotels charge the highest rates for calls.

8. Cash and other valuables should better be kept in a safe in a hotel room. The city has adopted a system of cashless transfers. All international credit cards are accepted. Cash will be needed at the market places and in small shops. Tourists are advised to have enough of change in that case.

9. The utility supplied voltage is 110V. All the hotels and inns are equipped with European standard sockets. All the connectors and adapters for electronic units can be bought directly in a hotel or in one of the specialized household stores.