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ALBUQUERQUE ATTRACTIONS AND INFORMATION
Our friendly front desk staff can assist with planning and information on a variety of activities in Albuquerque and throughout the state of New Mexico. Call 800-665-7002
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It' just a short walk from the Casas de Suenos Hotel to the Albuquerque Old Town Historic District, best museums, local shops, restaurants, The Albuquerque Botanic Gardens, Aquarium, Rio Grande Zoo and much more! Enjoy the best of what Albuquerque has to offer just a short distance from our hotel.
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Old Town Historic District: Old Town has been the heart of Albuquerque since the city was founded here in 1706. Today, historic Old Town is our cultural center, with seven museums and more than 300 shops, galleries and restaurants...
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Albuquerqe Museum of Art and History. Eplore local and international exhibitions fo Art, Education Culture and local hisorty...
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Albuquerque Museum of Natural History: Includes a planetarium, The Dynatheator, Shops and Cafe...
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Explora, Childrens Museum: Interactive adventures in science technology and art. Fun for all ages...
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Albuquerque Rio Grande Zoo: Founded in 1927, the 64-acre Rio Grande Zoo offers visitors close encounters with more than 250 species of exotic and native animals...
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Albuquerque Aquarium: The Albuquerque Aquarium takes visitors on a journey down the Rio Grande from Albuquerque to it's mouth in the Gulf of Mexico...
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Hint: Walk to the Aqaurium and take the Bio Park Train from the Aquarium to Tingley Beach, the Rio Grande Zoo and back.
 **Train does not run on Mondays and you must buy your combo tickets at the aqurium ticket office by 12:00pm each day.
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Tingley Beach: Features three fishing lakes, a model boating pond and a train station with gift shop and food service...
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Rio Grande Nature Center: The the park offers opportunities to experience 270 acres of woods, meadows and farmland flourishing with native grasses, wildflowers, willows and cottonwoods...
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Albuquerque Botanic Gardens: Located across the plaza from the Albuquerque Aquarium and bordered on the west by the famed Rio Grande and the largest cottonwood gallery forest in the world, the lush and peaceful Rio Grande Botanic Garden is an oasis in the desert...
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Indian Pueblo Cultural Center Museum: Beginning with the Emergence stories of the Pueblos, visitors are led through a brief history and background of what now comprise the 19 Pueblos of New Mexico...
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Albuquerque International Ballon Museum: The Anderson-Abruzzo Albuquerque International Balloon Museum presents the development of ballooning through historic, scientific and artistic objects reflecting world-wide achievements in this field...
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Albuquerque National Hispanic Cultural Center: The National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC) is dedicated to the preservation, promotion, and advancement of Hispanic culture, arts, and humanities. Since our grand opening in 2000, we have staged over 25 art exhibitions and 500 programs in the visual, performing, and literary arts...
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Hint: Take the New Mexico Rail Runner from Albuquerque to the Santa Fe Plaza and enjoy a day in Santa Fe shopping, sightseeing, dining and more!
 **The Train runs from the Downtown Alvarodo Transportation Center Albuqueruqe, to the Santa Fe Rail Depot. There are several Santa Fe attractions such as museums, restaurants, galleries, shops, and the famous Santa Fe Plaza within easy walking distance of the Santa Fe Railyard Station. There are also shuttles leaving from that station that will take you to area destinations. Those shuttles are free with a Rail Runner ticket. Use the ABQ RIDE bus transportion system once you get to Santa Fe to access the Santa Fe Plaza, Canyon Road, Museums, Capital Buiding and other parts of Santa Fe. Vist the New Mexico Rail Runner Site for more information and to purchase tickets;
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Acoma Sky City: The Acoma Sky City Pueblo is considered to be the oldest continuously inhabited city in the US. Located 65 miles west of Albuquerque off of I-40, Sky City offers spectacular scenery and Vistas. Your visit to Acoma includes the Cultural Center and Museum and an up close and personal tour of the Pueblo on top of 367 foot Sandstone Mesa...
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Bandalier National Monument: 1 Hour from Albueruqeu off the Spectacular Jemez Trail, Bandelier's human history extends back for over 10,000 years when nomadic hunter-gatherers followed migrating wildlife across the mesas and canyons. By 1150 CE Ancestral Pueblo people began to build more permanent settlements. Reminders of these past times are still evident in the park as are the strong ties of the modern Pueblo people...
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Salinas Mission Trail Pueblo:
Once, thriving American Indian trade communities of Tiwa and Tompiro speaking Puebloans inhabited this remote area of central New Mexico. Early in the 17th-century Spanish Franciscans visited the area and found it ripe for their missionary efforts...
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Chaco Canyon National Monument:
Between AD 900 and 1150, Chaco Canyon was a major center of culture for the Ancient PUeblo People. Chacoans quarried sandstone blocks and hauled timber from great distances, assembling 15 major complexes which remained the largest buildings in North America until the 19th century...
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The Puye Cliff Dwellings are the ruins of an abandoned pueblo, located in Santa Clara Canyon on Santa Clara Pueblo land near Española, New Mexico. The site was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1966. Between AD 900 and 1580 up to 1500 Indians lived in the area where they hunted game and cultivated food. Native people Peoples first settled in the area in the late AD 900s...
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Taos Pueblo (or Pueblo de Taos) is an ancient pueblo belonging to a Taos (Northern Tiwa) speaking Native American tribe of Pueblo people. It is approximately 1000 years old and lies about 1-mile north of the modern city of Taos, New Mexico, USA. The Red Willow Creek, or Rio Pueblo de Taos (also called Rio Pueblo), is a small stream which flows through the middle of the pueblo from its source in the Sangre de Cristo Range. A reservation of 95,000 acres is attached to the pueblo, and about 1,900 people live in this area...
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Hint: Walk to Albuquerque "Old Town Plaza" and Take the New Albuqueruqe Trolley on a 66 Minute "Best of Albuquerque Tour"...
 **An approximately 66-minute, 18-mile introduction to Albuquerque. ABQ Trolley Co. provides regular service from April 1st – October 31st.
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