Fiesta New Mexico 2025

• Registration.  All registrants must be active members of the Porsche Club of America and must sign a liability waiver at  check-in.  Registration is open from January 15, 2025 through April 18, 2025.

  • Registration Fees  Each person signing up for the Fiesta must pay a registration fee of $325.00. Registrants must be active PCA members, but they may also register a guest who does not have to be your PCA co-member. 

    • All registrations will be accepted, but be aware that some events fill quickly and then go to a “waitlist” status. 

    • When you register online, you must pay with a MasterCard, VISA, or Discover in US funds. If you cannot register online, please email us at fiesta2025@rrrpca.com  to schedule a time to complete your registration.

    • Please make sure to read the Cancellation Policy for Fiesta and also for the hotel. 

• Check-In   Registrants should check in for Fiesta on Thursday, May 22, between 4 and 8 PM or Friday, May 23, between 9 AM and 4 PM, at the La Fonda Hotel on the Plaza. 

• Welcome Reception will be held on Thursday, May 22, 4:00 - 8:00 pm at the La Fonda Hotel.

• Concours on the Plaza  Join in on the fun of this year's 2025 Fiesta Concours d’Elegance at the Santa Fe Plaza. Cars will be organized based on year and model, so you are competing against Porsches similar to your own. As space is limited, only Porsche vehicles will be allowed to participate in the Concours on the Santa Fe Plaza on Friday morning, May 23, 2025. The first 75 registrants who indicate that they would like to participate in the Concours will be accepted.  We will be keeping track of these numbers and will advise you if we have run out of space on the Plaza for the Concours.  All entries will be eligible for a People's Choice Award.

Tours.  You have choices to make when registering regarding which scenic guided drives you wish to take.  The number of cars for each tour will be limited.  

• Friday afternoon - Turquoise Trail.     This drive will afford participants the spectacular scenery of the Cerrillos Hills and the foothills of the Sandia Mountains as we make our way down the Turquoise Trail National Scenic Byway to Sandia Crest.We will take St. Francis Dr. south from the staging area to I-25. Don't worry about missing the group at traffic lights and stop signs, as there will be plenty of time to rejoin the group on the open roads once we are out of town. Travel on I-25 southbound for about five miles to the Cerrillos Road exit. Take the exit to south NM 14.  Now the fun begins.

NM 14 South, aka the Turquoise Trail, is a popular drive for Porsche enthusiasts in the Roadrunner Region. The road rises and falls, twists and turns as we pass through the old mining towns of Cerrillos, Madrid and Golden. Keep your eyes open in Madrid for pedestrians on the road and galleries, restaurants, and shopping you might want to check out on the way back.

Along the way we pass the Ortiz Mountains and the San Pedro range on your left.   At the time of this being written, a large roundabout is being constructed at the turn to go up to the crest.  We will make whatever adjustment necessary to proceed safely through the area.  We will take a quick pit stop before we head up to the Crest.  The road to the Crest is a well-maintained mountain road that rises nearly 4,000 feet in 16 miles. At the top we will  have a spectacular view of Albuquerque and much of the surrounding region that will be our playground for the next several days.

To return to Santa Fe, we will turn around and return via Highway 14 in reverse - This road is so good we can't help but drive it twice! 

• Saturday morning: Pecos National Historic Park.     The Pecos Valley has long been a backdrop that invites contemplation about where our civilization comes from and where it is going. Join some of your Fiesta New Mexico friends as we take a trip back in time more than 1000 years. What is now the Pecos National Historic Park is a natural and cultural crossroads through which hunters, gatherers, traders, missionaries, immigrants, soldiers, ranchers and other travelers passed and lived. It is primarily known for preserving the remnants of Pecos Pueblo, a significant Native American settlement, and the site of the Civil War Battle of Glorieta Pass.

Following our drivers’ meeting in the west lot of De Vargas Center, we will depart Santa Fe.  There is no back roadway to Pecos, so our route will take us on St. Francis drive to I-25, then south and east for the 25-minute drive to the park.  There is no entrance fee to the park.  We will meet up with our park ranger for a group tour that leaves from the Visitors Center.  

The Ancestral Sites Trail -- a short walk around the pueblo and an abandoned mission -- showcases the remnants of kivas, adobe structures, and ceremonial spaces, offering insight into the daily lives and rituals of the Pueblo people.  When you’ve made it to the end of the trail, you’ll be at the Spanish Mission Church built in the 1700s.   The paved trail at the park is not difficult and the entire walk is about a mile long.  Walking shoes are recommended, especially if you want to climb the ladder into one of the reconstructed kivas.  www.nps.gov

• Saturday All-day.  Wild Rivers Scenic Byway.      Views of the Sangre de Cristo mountain range and the geological wonder of the Rio Grande gorge await drivers, guests and their Porsches on this tour.  The tour will take the group beyond Taos to the unique Wild Rivers Recreation Area.      

We will begin our day gathering at the west lot at DeVargas Center.  From here we join US 285 for a scenic stretch including passing the world-famous Santa Fe Opera.  The highway passes through the town of Pojoaque and on to Espanola.  Along the way we pass through several Native American pueblos.  We will make a rest stop just north of Espanola at Ohkay Owingeh Casino and Visitors Center.  

From there the road drops into the Rio Grande Canyon at Velarde.  We follow the Rio Grande for many miles until the road rises up out of the canyon and reveals a magnificent vista of the gorge.  This canyon has been carved from the surface over millions of years.  

We will arrive in Taos where we will stop for lunch at the Guadalajara Grill.  After lunch, we continue through the town of Taos.  North of town, NM 64 joins NM  522 through Questa, where NM 378 intersects and takes us to the Wild Rivers Recreation Area.  

Wild Rivers Recreation Area is a beautiful, scenic and hidden treasure 800 feet above the confluence of the Rio Grande and Red River, both designated wild and scenic rivers.  The newly constructed road to the Visitors Center and to the spectacular 360-degree vista at La Junta Overlook where the wild rivers join was made for Porsches and makes for a spirited drive. A ranger will meet us for a guided tour. There is no entrance fee to the park.  

This drive will enliven your senses to all that is northern New Mexico.

• Landmarks/Gimmick Rally. The Landmarks/Gimmick rally will require following a route in the vicinity of Santa Fe, but does not depend on driving speed, the time it takes or when you start and end.  It does require a navigator to read route instructions and read/answer gimmick questions simultaneously along the route.  You will receive your rally packet Sunday morning between 9:30 - 10:15 am in the Santa Fe Room at La Fonda on the Plaza.  The answer sheets must be turned in by 3:00 pm.

• Awards Banquet.  You will have a choice of entree for the banquet Sunday evening.  Awards will be presented to the winners of the Concours classes, and the Landmark/Gimmick Rally. And to top everything off, we will have a live Charity Auction which  is DIFFERENT. The image we are using for Fiesta is an original painting of a RRRPCA member's car by automotive artist Matthew Holtzmann.  BUT the auction winner will have his/her own car photographed and a painting, up to 24" x 36" with a custom background, created for them. Matthew has an extensive portfolio of images he has sold over the past 10 years. His work can be seen at: https://www.kolbedesigns.com/
   

Hotel Info
La Fonda on the Plaza
Address:  100 E San Francisco St, Santa Fe NM 87501
Web site:  http://www.lafondasantafe.com

The FIESTA GROUP RATE CODE WILL BE PROVIDED UPON COMPLETION OF EVENT REGISTRATION