Albuquerque - a city though not capital, but large: the largest in the state of New Mexico. To the whole country (and almost to the whole world) it is known as a city of balloons. However, here there are also many museums, and romantic cobbled lanes of the Old City. And besides - a healthy dry climate and 310 sunny days a year.

How to get to Albuquerque

Albuquerque International Airport accepts domestic flights from many states of the country. And the train "Amtrak" can be reached here from Los Angeles or even Chicago.

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Some history

The Spaniards founded the city in the very beginning of the 18th century, and in those days, ordinary people in it farmed, and the garrison carried out service, guarding the important route Kamino Real . During the Civil War, the city was captured by the Confederates, but he did not play any important role in the military or other history of the USA . By 20 century it was a small town known for sheep breeding and good in the sense of lack of humidity climate, because of what attracted consumptive patients . Through Albuquerque pass la the most famous route 66, so that motels and eateries appeared in the city; but it would not have pushed the town to further development, had it not been for the Sandy and Curtland Air Force bases built here at the very beginning of the Second World War . At the beginning of the 21st century, the city already ranked sixth in the fastest growing US .

Entertainment, sightseeing and sightseeing Albuquerque

The old city of Albuquerque is the quarters where the Spanish buildings of the 18th century were preserved; they lie east of the Boulevard Rio Grande and west of downtown. The heart of the Old Town is the main square with administration buildings and churches. Here, the eye is pleased with narrow paved streets, small restaurants, small squares. One of the most important sights of the Old City is the church of San Felipe de Neri, the oldest building in Albuquerque

One of the main attractions of the city and state - This is the suspended cable car of Sandia Peak, which is located to the east of the center. The length of the cable car is about 4 km, and with it you can climb the mountain peak of the same name, more than 3 km up. The duration of the trip is only a quarter of an hour, and from the top of the park offers a stunning view. In addition, there is a restaurant at the top.

Quite a loud popularity Albuquerque was brought a serial Breaking Bad ("All Severe") . In fact, the film was intended to be shot in Los Angeles, but the State of New Mexico offered such beneficial tax benefits that the film crew could not resist .Now the city and its environs even created a kind of tourist route with a length of almost one and a half hundred kilometers: there are 26 key points where the episodes of the series . were shot. "The Breaking Bad Tour" takes travelers all day . And today they are repeating favorite cadres, tossed garage pizza Walters-and-Skyler, eating steaks at the Savoy restaurant from the second season and washing their cars at the octopus washroom .

The Rio Grande Valley Park passes through Albuquerque, forming pleasant shady promenades along the river banks. Here in the tidal forests live beavers, rabbits, geese and so on, and the territory of the park permeates a lot of hiking and cycling routes. The most famous road is Paseo del Bosque, which runs through the park through and through. Here you can also arrange a picnic in a special zone

Museums Albuquerque

There are several museums in Albuquerque and very diverse . The largest of them is the biopark where the zoosad, botanical garden and aquarium . Another good museum - natural science where you can see surprisingly impressive and rare exhibits, including the huge albertosaurus guarded by the main entrance, and tyrannosaurus Rex in the atrium . In the same building are located a planetarium and a widescreen theater . @ Inte it will be a good idea to visit the Museum of Art and History, where the organized tours of the Old City start . Here artifacts related to the colonial past of New Mexico are exhibited, including the armor of conquistadors and an old car, and a pretty sculptural garden . around @ In addition, the historical building of Cassa San Isidro in Corrales belongs to the museum .

Also the museum of atomic science and history is also noteworthy, where it is possible to see, for example, replicas of the atomic bombs of the Second World War - Little Boy and " Fatman ». Vo a whole collection of airplanes, rockets, other aircrafts and even a cannon . A certain curiosity is also caused by the American International Rattlesnake Museum that to the south of the Old Town Square: its administration set a vain goal to collect the largest collection of different kinds of " rattles "in the world . Even in the city there is a cultural center of the Indian pueblo with a small collection of objects and an art gallery, as well as the National Spanish Cultural Center, also with the Museum of Art .

And a few more museums are open on campus territory . This is the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, which is east of University Boulevard . Here two permanent exhibitions are open that demonstrate the development of mankind from primates and the culture of prehistoric tribes of the American south west . Also at the university there is a museum of meteorites and geology that on the hill of Northrop - two small buildings nearby where you can view the exposition of minerals, meteorites and fossils found in the vicinity of . Finally, the University Museum of Art is also worth the attention . Entrance to all three museums is free .

Neighborhoods of Albuquerque

Approximately 15 km west of Albuquerque, in the national park, is the National Petroglyph Monument. You can get there by regular bus as well. This is thirty square kilometers of stony territory, and almost every stone here can be seen ancient engravings - Indian or Spanish. About 25,000 drawings with animals, people, symbolic signs and brand are all about the national monument

Events Albuquerque

Every year the international aeronautical festival . "Fiesta balloons" is considered to be the largest and most significant in the world, and yet - one of the most photographed events in the world . It lasts 9 days at the beginning of October, and at this time about 750 balloons rise in the air . In the evenings, after sunset, the balls do not rise into the air, but They are all illuminated at once with their propane burners, and this is called "the radiance of balloons" - inalloon glow . And during the two days of the festival there is rodeo of special forms, when the most bizarre balloons compete against each other . These days (Thursday and Friday ) the festival attracts the most children who can look at balloons in the form of cartoon characters, animals, clowns and anyone else. . The following characters became permanent participants: cow, cart of first settlers and bee trio .