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Travel Bug Specialty Book Store, Coffee Shop and Taproom

★4.6Google rating(217 reviews)
Travel Bug Specialty Book Store, Coffee Shop and Taproom
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Known For

Travel maps and cold beer under the same unhurried, sun-filled roof

Travel Bug pulls off the triple act of bookshop, coffee shop, and taproom inside a bright, vintage-interior space that somehow makes all three feel intentional rather than scattered. It's the go-to for trip planning that turns into an accidental afternoon.

🕐Best time to visit: before a road trip when you need both a guidebook and a send-off pint

839 Paseo De Peralta, Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA

Our Take

Travel Bug earns its score by doing three things at once — rare specialty books, a proper coffee shop, and a taproom — without any of them feeling like an afterthought. That combination inside a bright, vintage space makes it one of Santa Fe's more genuinely surprising finds, and a charming spot that earns the detour.

The Vibe

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Downtown

839 Paseo De Peralta, Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA

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