Welcome to New Mexico
In addition to spectacular scenery, New Mexico features a vibrant tango community and great dancers, with numerous places of interest in and near Albuquerque, Santa Fe & Taos for great side trips, hiking, camping, sightseeing, cultural events and more.
New Mexico's Cultural Treasures
Albuquerque
Petroglyph National Monument
Old Town has 4 nearby museums
Albuquerque Museum
NM Museum of Natural History
National Museum of Nuclear Science and History
Indian Pueblo Cultural Center
National Hispanic Cultural Center of NM
Sandia Peak Tram
Albuquerque Biological Park (zoo, aquarium, botanical gardens, etc.)
Acoma Pueblo ("Sky City") is an historic living pueblo on top of a mesa 60 miles west of Albuquerque.
The drive through the Jemez Mountains to Bandelier National Monument is lovely & could include stops at Zia or Jemez Pueblos enroute &/or Kuaua/Coronado State Monument & Jemez State Monument.
Santa Fe has a huge number of great restaurants, cultural/historic sites & museums, including the Georgia O'Keefe Museum, Site Santa Fe and the Museum of International Folk Art.
Taos & Northern NM, more natural beauty, history & culture.
Chaco Canyon, extradordinary and mysterious ancient site of ancestral Pueblo peoples