Sam is a wonderful resource for all things historical in Taos. We thoroughly enjoyed his stories, aided by his collection of pictures and art. He helped us appreciate the art and culture around us.

Had mixed expectations for the tour as the reviews were well and truly mixed with some bad ones sliding in citing Sam's inability to keep politics out of it, others claiming he showed their family indecent images, and still others whining about how he focused the tour on his own artwork. All comments were true, but not accurate. He definitely has strong political views but as long as we didn’t provide an opening, he didn’t venture too far down that road. The indecent images? Well, D.H. Lawrence, the author of Lady Chatterly’s Lover, after relocating to Taos, took up painting nudes. Sam showed us a picture of one (no frontal imagery at all) and briefly discussed the scandal involved with Lawrence’s new career. As far as his artwork was concerned, yep, he had it, and lots of it. It was, appropriately enough, used as visual aids during the tour. Portraits, buildings, film posters, etc. While we aren’t ready to give the tour five stars, it was quite informative and, in general, enjoyable. I must point out that part of the reduced rating is through no fault of his own. At the time of our tour there was considerable construction in the area that not only interfered with getting to the meetup, but in some areas actually interfered with the tour. Bottom line? It's worth the time, but remember it's a person's view of history and viewpoints may vary.

We so enjoyed our time with Sam today. His stories and visuals (including his own drawings), together with walking around to the sites, brought the history of Taos to life. It was interesting to visit several galleries of local art and to actually meet a couple of the artists. I hope to come back to Taos, I will engage Sam again. I suspect he has many more stories to tell.

Sam who is a vet, artist, makes jam AND a storyteller was a delightful and informative guide. Yes, he took us into some art galleries but Taos’ evolving history is woven into artist who came and changed the timbre of the city. We were really glad to have had this experience with Sam. Oh and yes, we were a group of 8 but none fo that impacted the enjoyment of the tour.

Sam was awesome! This tour was a great way to get oriented to downtown Taos as a first-time visitor. I went back to several of the places we covered and got a good sense of Taos's history and culture. Sam is an engaging and well-versed guide. I highly recommend this experience.

As others have said, this is NOT a private tour, which I thought I was paying for. I was surprised and not particularly happy that we spent time in several private galleries (which is my bad for not carefully reading the info on this site). We also went into an artist's collective, where Sam led us to his own artwork. Also as others have mentioned, there was no real pressure to buy but I felt a bit uncomfortable. The entire tour was in an area directly around the plaza which was fine since there's a lot of history close in. Sam also gave us a reading list. It was all okay but I can only give a 3 out of 5.

NOTE: This is not a private tour. The description says 'Private' and 'one-on-one' but we were included with 6 others and told that it was for a single guide (?) and that the description needed to be corrected on the website. Otherwise, nice gentleman, lives in Taos so he also shared personal stories.

We had a fun and educational walking tour of Taos. Sam our tour guide was friendly and interesting. Learning something new made our vacation memory that much more special! Thank You

Stayed at La Dona Luz B&B - a spectacular and historic inn within walking distance of everything. Enjoyed excellent restaurants, galleries, museums, and skiing.

We were unable to attend because of snow storm- unable to connect with anyone to cancel- very disappointing- would like a refund- but don’t know how to do that

We take tours everywhere we go because it’s such a great way to learn about a city. Sam did a great job on this tour sharing the history of Taos and the plaza in town. He had some great stories and since he’s an artist himself, he had some personal drawings to illustrate them, which was fun. He shared some interesting facts about movies that were either shot in the area or about the area and being movie buffs, we liked that. His stories about Dennis Hopper led us to visit his grave in Taos and that was something unexpected and very cool. I highly recommend taking this tour and spending some time with Sam if you visit Taos.

Sam was personable, very knowledgeable, and funny. The tour was entertaining and educational. Highly recommended!

We had a great tour of Taos proper with Taos Walking Tours led by Sam Richardson, an artist, writer and story teller. In addition to a charming guide fitting characteristically into the local Taos scene, a great story teller with his hand drawn picture of local characters of the past. Do not pass up this tour.

Sam was great, very knowledgeable & showed many pictures, photos & drawings of subjects he spoke about. We also enjoyed the other couples on the tour.

Sam was a great tour guide. I learned learned a lot about New Mexico's history. It was educational and entertaining.