For over 20 years, Pamela Lanier's Albuquerque, New Mexico Travel Guide has been your connection to Albuquerque's tourism community with invaluable details on local attractions, restaurants, shopping, museums, history, outdoor recreation and more.
Things To Do In Albuquerque
There is so much to do in Albuquerque for bed and breakfast travelers. The outdoor recreation is plentiful in Albuquerque, primarily due to the incredible weather. Adventurous visitors are delighted with the various hiking trails, the pleasurable horseback riding and the thrill of rock climbing and mountaineering. Plus, Albuquerque is very well known for its great cycling trails. If you're bed and breakfast lodger who happens to be a cyclist and is in search of a challenge, take a 15-mile ride through the center of the city and along the Rio Grande on the Paseo del Bosque trail. Albuquerque is undeniably a golfer's paradise with phenomenal views, courses for all levels and reasonable fees.
Since Albuquerque is the hot air balloon capitol of the world, consider seeing the beauty of New Mexico's landscape from the sky. Watch the sunset on a romantic early evening hot air balloon ride, or perhaps you would like to see the sun come up over the Rio Grande first thing in the morning. After all, the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta has been the largest hot air balloon gathering on earth for more than three decades. Numerous bed and breakfast fans lodge in Albuquerque specifically for this event each year. Bed and breakfast travelers come to participate in or to share in the excitement of observing 700 of the most magnificent hot air balloons float into the breathtaking New Mexico skies.
As parts of your itinerary don't forget to include a spine-tingling ride on the Sandia Peak Aerial Tramway, it's the world's longest passenger Ariel tramway. The 2.7-mile ascent to the 10,378-foot Sandia Peak is remarkable and if the timing is right you may even catch sight of some bobcats below or a golden eagle in flight.
Bed and breakfast travelers who enjoy delectable wine are in for a treat. New Mexico is the country's oldest wine making area where some of the best award-winning wines are produced. Albuquerque wineries offer tours and wine tasting throughout the year for visitors to enjoy. There are also some very interesting walking tours of Old Town and spooky ghost tours sponsored by the Southwest Ghosthunters Association.
When it's time for some exciting nightlife, downtown Albuquerque is where you want to be and on the famous Route 66 there are fabulous restaurants, nightclubs and theaters. For even more entertainment, just ten minutes from downtown there's a casino where you can gamble the night away. The chic nightspots, eclectic shops, dazzling dining and galleries are all located in Nob Hill. And when your thrilling night comes to an end, unwind in an Albuquerque bed and breakfast. There you will get the rest you need to start another exciting day in Albuquerque, New Mexico. To find an Albuquerque bed and breakfast fit for you, browse LanierBB.com.
