Welcome to our Albuquerque Guide!

Our quick-guide to Albuquerque offers coverage of local attractions, transport options to the city, critical restaurant reviews, a detailed shopping directory, up-to-date entertainment pages, interactive Albuquerque maps and lots, lots more! To begin exploring our pages, make a selection from the expandable menu to your left, or read about each section in more detail below:

Travel Tips/Tourist Information

A must read for anyone wanting to plan a successful trip to Albuquerque, our Essentials section contains, facts, figures and tips on topics such as public transport, banking customs regulations, car rental, currency, Internet usage and weather. Here, you’ll also find details about tourist information offices in the city, as well as brief details about Albuquerque’s population, time zone and local taxes.

Travelling to Albuquerque

In Planning a Trip, we provide all the information that you’ll need to organise a successful visit to Albuquerque, with details about the city’s Sunport (airport), cheap flights, journeys by coach and other options including driving holidays and trips by train. 

Albuquerque Attractions

With reviews for 20 local attractions, museums and galleries, our Albuquerque sightseeing pages give a comprehensive listing of the city’s most beautiful and interesting places to visit. Included are details of the city’s annual International Balloon Festival, along with interesting and rewarding trips to such attractions as the Rattlesnake Museum, National Atomic Museum, Meteorites Museum and National Hispanic Cultural Center.

Shopping in Albuquerque

Providing links to the very best Albuquerque shops, malls and department stores downtown, we give a breakdown of shopping districts within the city, namely Nob Hill, the historic Old Town, Uptown and the Westside. On each page you’ll find links to popular local malls, including the sprawling Cottonwood Mall containing over 135 individual stores.

Food and Drink in Albuquerque

An easy to follow restaurant and bar guide which gives the low-down on the very best places in Albuquerque to eat, drink and be merry. Included are popular eateries such as the Artichoke Cafe, along with well-established nightspots such as Burt’s Tiki Lounge.

Entertainment in Albuquerque

Find out what’s on in Albuquerque with our cinema and theater guide. With listings and links for the best venues in the city, including multiplexes and the Cottonwood Mall’s Starport Theater, it’s easy to plan a great night on the town!