36 Hours in Albuquerque - Travel
Free association with "Albuquerque" used to produce "Bugs Bunny" and "that the airport you go through to get to Santa Fe." But the largest city in New Mexico came into its own in recent years. Thank you for tax breaks and large landscapes, the film and television industry is booming: Joss Whedon mega-budget "Avengers" wrapped up here this summer and next year, "Breaking Bad" begins to take its fifth season as a backdrop to Albuquerque. For visitors, urban sprawl may seem daunting, but it is tempered by new trails. On the main street, Central Avenue, the neon glow of Route 66 during peak revitalized neighborhoods pedestrians. And along the banks of the Rio Grande, lush farmland offer an oasis of calm, not to mention the old beans, corn, and to feed bustling city organic movement.
Friday
3:00 p.m.
1. Mother Road
At night, for better or for worse, the city of Albuquerque can be revived a bar crawl bleary seven blocks. Per day, however, you can enjoy the ornate buildings financed by the boom of railroads, such as Pueblo Deco exuberant style KiMo Theatre (423 Central Avenue Northwest, 505-768-3522; cabq.gov / kimo) , which opened a movie palace in 1927 and is now the city's public arts center. Enter the business office to admire wall sconces and chandeliers cow skull pueblo drum. Another attraction of the day: classic stores as Maisel (510 Central Avenue SW, 505-242-6526, skip-maisels.com), an emporium of crafts American Indian is just the place for pick turquoise bolo tie and money. Look for the mural paintings of the 30 above the display windows, by artists from the surrounding pueblos. Opposite is the studio of the old man's hat-Timey of (511 Central Avenue Northwest, 505-247-9605; manshatshop.com) stacked to the ceiling of ten gallons, fedoras and more.
6:00 p.m.
2. Healing potions
Go early for a seat along the edge of the roof to the newest hotel in Albuquerque, the central Parq, a renovated 1926 hospital employees of railways, the disabled tuberculosis and the mentally ill. The menu at the Apothecary Lounge (806 Central Avenue Southeast, 505-242-0040; hotelparqcentral.com). "Not a licensed pharmacy," says the place is the place, he prescribes a dream Margarita made with the juice of prickly pear and elderflower liqueur ($ 11). At sunset, watch the East-Side Sandia ("Watermelon") Mountains turn a luscious shade of pink.
8:00 p.m.
3. Home Grown
For a taste of the old school of Albuquerque, at the head of Golden Crown Panaderia (1103 Mountain Road Northwest 505-243-2424; goldencrown.biz) for empanadas, Mexican-style pizza and bolillos corn with blue or green chili crust ($ 6). Salads ($ 9) are mixed with chopped green of a garden tangled. For dessert, get a classic anise cookies laced biscochito (35 cents, if the owner does not Pratt Hospital Morales hand as you walked in one) and a double shot espresso milkshake ($ 6.05).
10:00 p.m.
4. Beer Run
The wing drinking beer is called Marble Marble Pub (111 Marble Street Northwest, 505-243-2739; marblebrewery.com), which is a bar to eat in New Mexico: benches, players Banjo or salsa drummers, and lots of dogs. Rehydrate, after dancing with a cup of beer in barrels ($ 7). More in the Nob Hill neighborhood, east of the University of New Mexico, the Kellys more established brewery (3222 Central Avenue SE, 505-262-2739; kellysbrewpub.com) is located in a Service Station 1939 Ford. Find a Field, weather permitting, the vintage gas pump and watch the fashion show: flip flops, graying ponytails, tattoos sumptuous.
Saturday
9 hours
5. LUCKY STRIKE
In many cities, a place bowling, farm to table and to produce a chef-owner with references Chez Panisse could add up hipster overload. But in Albuquerque, Place of Ezra (6132 Fourth Street Northwest, 505-344-1917) is just another family restaurant, a three-headed Dennis Apodaca and his clan. Fluorescent-lit room overlooking lucky 66 Lanes, Ezra offers lace blueberry pancakes with pine nut butter ($ 10), and eclectic Mexican dishes (enchiladas duck tomatillo salsa-Serrano, $ 13). Place Sophia (6313 Fourth Street Northwest, 505-345-3935) has a similar menu, and better lighting. And new this year, the Place of Jo (6100-B, Fourth Street Northwest, 505-341-4500) serves burgers and towering powdered red pepper and chips.
10:30
6. ROLLING ON THE RIVER
Sixteen miles of paved bike happiness, hugs Paseo del Bosque trail of the Rio Grande plains of the city. Pick up your wheels in Bicycles Happy Stevie (4583 Corrales Road, 505-897-7900; corralesbikeshop.com, from $ 25 per day) - perhaps a retro three-speed tandem? Stevie may suggest a zigzag path along the irrigation canals lined with trees Corrales, a village in the city to reach the track. A destination is Los Poblanos Farm Shop (4803 Boulevard Northwest Rio Grande, 505-938-2192), which stores the lavender soaps and ointments.
3:00 p.m.
7. Clang, clang, clang
Even if a tour bus false carriage does not normally appeal to you, hop on Adobe-look ABQ Trolley (303, Romero Street Northwest 505-240-8000; abqtrolley.com). The two owner-operators (called and other readers and rings the bell) the return wave of happy locals and the breath of Chuck Berry as they cruise Route 66. The tour features sites for "Breaking Bad" and tales of a young Bill Gates, who co-founded Microsoft with Paul Allen here before he returned to Seattle. Special outputs from Albuquerque tradition in the form of interviews on public art, ghost stories around Halloween, and visits to see Luminarias holiday, the paper lanterns, which cast a light bag on winter nights .
6:00 p.m.
8. RED MEAT
Carne adovada - pork cooked in earthy New Mexico red chili - is the engine of Mary & Tito (2711 Northwest Fourth Street, 505-344-6266; maryandtitos.com). His recipe has not changed in decades, nor has its decoration - qualities greeted with a Classic Award 2010 James Beard America. Try the carne adovada, wrapped in puff pastry and fried ($ 6.95).
Sunday
5:45
9. UP IN THE AIR
Since 1972, when the first ball called Fiesta, Albuquerque was the sky balloon, with wind and sun friendly ample. Take a flight with Rainbow Ryders dawn (505-823-1111; rainbowryders.com, from $ 150). The overview covers Sandias and dormant volcanoes, but most remarkable is the sense of drift a few meters above the muddy waters of the Rio Grande. Your ride includes snacks and champagne - a tradition balloon, through the French roots of the sport - but you'll want to strengthen you in the Grove (600 Central Avenue SE, 505-248-9800; thegrovecafemarket.com) before your next stop . Go for the pancakes with raspberry jam from a local farm ($ 8.25) and a chocolate scone day ($ 2.50).
10 hours
10. WORSHIP
Free espresso fuels the congregation of the Church of Beethoven (1715 Fifth Street Northwest, 505-234-4611; churchofbeethoven.org), Sunday morning in a series of chamber music (15 $) founded in 2008 by cellist Felix Wurman just two years before his death. His vision of a weekly ritual, without the restrictions of religion has become one of the most beloved of the city of musical events. Arrive early to score the best seats, a row of chairs thrift store easily on a wall of the converted warehouse space of art.
Noon
11. Tower of Power
Stop at the National Hispanic Cultural Center (1701 Fourth Street Southwest, 505-246-2261; nhccnm.org) to see Frederico Vigil 4000 square foot mural covering the inside of a defensive tower and Adobe representative three millennia of culture Hispanic. It was unveiled last fall, after almost a decade of work. The varied collection of contemporary art center is free on Sundays.
1:00 p.m.
12. Sweet and spicy
No trip to Albuquerque is complete without a meal (or more) in 40 years Frontier Restaurant (2400 Central Avenue Southeast, 505-266-0550; frontierrestaurant.com), which occupies the best part of a block of city. The walls are adorned with portraits of Frontier John Wayne and cabins occupied by all social strata of the city. Standard order at the counter: The breakfast burrito with bacon ($ 5.89), fresh orange juice ($ 2.50) and a killer sweet roll ($ 1.69), dripping liquid goo cinnamon. You can even take a pint of frozen New Mexico green chili ($ 4.19) at home on the plane.
IF YOU GO
Agriturismo, New Mexican style: Los Poblanos Inn (4803, Rio Grande Boulevard Northwest, 505-344-9297; lospoblanos.com, from $ 165) is attached to an area larger than the supply of organic Farm Town-part program. The brick and adobe rooms impeccable balance with textile Alexander Girard, and sumptuous breakfast and dinner (guests only) represent the products of the farm.
Built in 1939 by New Mexico native Conrad Hilton, downtown intelligent Andaluz (125 Second Street NW, 505-242-9090; hotelandaluz.com, from $ 149) reopened in 2009 after a period eco-five years of review. The 107 rooms earth tones, with their faux-Moorish doors and Frette linens, welcomed the visit of Hollywood royalty.
Friday
3:00 p.m.
1. Mother Road
At night, for better or for worse, the city of Albuquerque can be revived a bar crawl bleary seven blocks. Per day, however, you can enjoy the ornate buildings financed by the boom of railroads, such as Pueblo Deco exuberant style KiMo Theatre (423 Central Avenue Northwest, 505-768-3522; cabq.gov / kimo) , which opened a movie palace in 1927 and is now the city's public arts center. Enter the business office to admire wall sconces and chandeliers cow skull pueblo drum. Another attraction of the day: classic stores as Maisel (510 Central Avenue SW, 505-242-6526, skip-maisels.com), an emporium of crafts American Indian is just the place for pick turquoise bolo tie and money. Look for the mural paintings of the 30 above the display windows, by artists from the surrounding pueblos. Opposite is the studio of the old man's hat-Timey of (511 Central Avenue Northwest, 505-247-9605; manshatshop.com) stacked to the ceiling of ten gallons, fedoras and more.
6:00 p.m.
2. Healing potions
Go early for a seat along the edge of the roof to the newest hotel in Albuquerque, the central Parq, a renovated 1926 hospital employees of railways, the disabled tuberculosis and the mentally ill. The menu at the Apothecary Lounge (806 Central Avenue Southeast, 505-242-0040; hotelparqcentral.com). "Not a licensed pharmacy," says the place is the place, he prescribes a dream Margarita made with the juice of prickly pear and elderflower liqueur ($ 11). At sunset, watch the East-Side Sandia ("Watermelon") Mountains turn a luscious shade of pink.
8:00 p.m.
3. Home Grown
For a taste of the old school of Albuquerque, at the head of Golden Crown Panaderia (1103 Mountain Road Northwest 505-243-2424; goldencrown.biz) for empanadas, Mexican-style pizza and bolillos corn with blue or green chili crust ($ 6). Salads ($ 9) are mixed with chopped green of a garden tangled. For dessert, get a classic anise cookies laced biscochito (35 cents, if the owner does not Pratt Hospital Morales hand as you walked in one) and a double shot espresso milkshake ($ 6.05).
10:00 p.m.
4. Beer Run
The wing drinking beer is called Marble Marble Pub (111 Marble Street Northwest, 505-243-2739; marblebrewery.com), which is a bar to eat in New Mexico: benches, players Banjo or salsa drummers, and lots of dogs. Rehydrate, after dancing with a cup of beer in barrels ($ 7). More in the Nob Hill neighborhood, east of the University of New Mexico, the Kellys more established brewery (3222 Central Avenue SE, 505-262-2739; kellysbrewpub.com) is located in a Service Station 1939 Ford. Find a Field, weather permitting, the vintage gas pump and watch the fashion show: flip flops, graying ponytails, tattoos sumptuous.
Saturday
9 hours
5. LUCKY STRIKE
In many cities, a place bowling, farm to table and to produce a chef-owner with references Chez Panisse could add up hipster overload. But in Albuquerque, Place of Ezra (6132 Fourth Street Northwest, 505-344-1917) is just another family restaurant, a three-headed Dennis Apodaca and his clan. Fluorescent-lit room overlooking lucky 66 Lanes, Ezra offers lace blueberry pancakes with pine nut butter ($ 10), and eclectic Mexican dishes (enchiladas duck tomatillo salsa-Serrano, $ 13). Place Sophia (6313 Fourth Street Northwest, 505-345-3935) has a similar menu, and better lighting. And new this year, the Place of Jo (6100-B, Fourth Street Northwest, 505-341-4500) serves burgers and towering powdered red pepper and chips.
10:30
6. ROLLING ON THE RIVER
Sixteen miles of paved bike happiness, hugs Paseo del Bosque trail of the Rio Grande plains of the city. Pick up your wheels in Bicycles Happy Stevie (4583 Corrales Road, 505-897-7900; corralesbikeshop.com, from $ 25 per day) - perhaps a retro three-speed tandem? Stevie may suggest a zigzag path along the irrigation canals lined with trees Corrales, a village in the city to reach the track. A destination is Los Poblanos Farm Shop (4803 Boulevard Northwest Rio Grande, 505-938-2192), which stores the lavender soaps and ointments.
3:00 p.m.
7. Clang, clang, clang
Even if a tour bus false carriage does not normally appeal to you, hop on Adobe-look ABQ Trolley (303, Romero Street Northwest 505-240-8000; abqtrolley.com). The two owner-operators (called and other readers and rings the bell) the return wave of happy locals and the breath of Chuck Berry as they cruise Route 66. The tour features sites for "Breaking Bad" and tales of a young Bill Gates, who co-founded Microsoft with Paul Allen here before he returned to Seattle. Special outputs from Albuquerque tradition in the form of interviews on public art, ghost stories around Halloween, and visits to see Luminarias holiday, the paper lanterns, which cast a light bag on winter nights .
6:00 p.m.
8. RED MEAT
Carne adovada - pork cooked in earthy New Mexico red chili - is the engine of Mary & Tito (2711 Northwest Fourth Street, 505-344-6266; maryandtitos.com). His recipe has not changed in decades, nor has its decoration - qualities greeted with a Classic Award 2010 James Beard America. Try the carne adovada, wrapped in puff pastry and fried ($ 6.95).
Sunday
5:45
9. UP IN THE AIR
Since 1972, when the first ball called Fiesta, Albuquerque was the sky balloon, with wind and sun friendly ample. Take a flight with Rainbow Ryders dawn (505-823-1111; rainbowryders.com, from $ 150). The overview covers Sandias and dormant volcanoes, but most remarkable is the sense of drift a few meters above the muddy waters of the Rio Grande. Your ride includes snacks and champagne - a tradition balloon, through the French roots of the sport - but you'll want to strengthen you in the Grove (600 Central Avenue SE, 505-248-9800; thegrovecafemarket.com) before your next stop . Go for the pancakes with raspberry jam from a local farm ($ 8.25) and a chocolate scone day ($ 2.50).
10 hours
10. WORSHIP
Free espresso fuels the congregation of the Church of Beethoven (1715 Fifth Street Northwest, 505-234-4611; churchofbeethoven.org), Sunday morning in a series of chamber music (15 $) founded in 2008 by cellist Felix Wurman just two years before his death. His vision of a weekly ritual, without the restrictions of religion has become one of the most beloved of the city of musical events. Arrive early to score the best seats, a row of chairs thrift store easily on a wall of the converted warehouse space of art.
Noon
11. Tower of Power
Stop at the National Hispanic Cultural Center (1701 Fourth Street Southwest, 505-246-2261; nhccnm.org) to see Frederico Vigil 4000 square foot mural covering the inside of a defensive tower and Adobe representative three millennia of culture Hispanic. It was unveiled last fall, after almost a decade of work. The varied collection of contemporary art center is free on Sundays.
1:00 p.m.
12. Sweet and spicy
No trip to Albuquerque is complete without a meal (or more) in 40 years Frontier Restaurant (2400 Central Avenue Southeast, 505-266-0550; frontierrestaurant.com), which occupies the best part of a block of city. The walls are adorned with portraits of Frontier John Wayne and cabins occupied by all social strata of the city. Standard order at the counter: The breakfast burrito with bacon ($ 5.89), fresh orange juice ($ 2.50) and a killer sweet roll ($ 1.69), dripping liquid goo cinnamon. You can even take a pint of frozen New Mexico green chili ($ 4.19) at home on the plane.
IF YOU GO
Agriturismo, New Mexican style: Los Poblanos Inn (4803, Rio Grande Boulevard Northwest, 505-344-9297; lospoblanos.com, from $ 165) is attached to an area larger than the supply of organic Farm Town-part program. The brick and adobe rooms impeccable balance with textile Alexander Girard, and sumptuous breakfast and dinner (guests only) represent the products of the farm.
Built in 1939 by New Mexico native Conrad Hilton, downtown intelligent Andaluz (125 Second Street NW, 505-242-9090; hotelandaluz.com, from $ 149) reopened in 2009 after a period eco-five years of review. The 107 rooms earth tones, with their faux-Moorish doors and Frette linens, welcomed the visit of Hollywood royalty.
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