Albuquerque, NM

We stayed near Albuquerque a few days to visit Petroglyph National Monument and Old Town Albuquerque.

We named this one Steve Martin -
it has both the King Tut hat and the
arrow through his head

Petroglyph National Monument has several sections on the west outskirts of Albuquerque with hiking trails at each, but, you can't hike right from the visitor center. You want to go to the visitor center first to get details of the various trails and directions to them.  You must hike to see the petroglyphs but you are rewarded with seeing hundreds of them. This Monument protects over 24,000 petroglyphs and the trails take you to the best clusters of them. We chose to do the Piedras Marcadas Canyon hike and it was great. We saw a lot of drawings unlike any we’ve seen before at the many places we’ve seen petroglyphs. Plus, it was a very pleasant, peaceful hike. We highly recommend a visit here.

The next day we spent a few hours wandering around Old Town Albuquerque and having a nice meal. There are lots of shops, of course, and quite a few restaurants and cafés to choose from. We got there late morning and it was enjoyable walking round the old streets before it was crowded. The San Felipe de Neri Church is the oldest church in Albuquerque and has continuously served the community without interruption since 1706. It stands on the north end of the plaza which, by the time we left early afternoon, was buzzing with activity with live music and tents with vendors. 

San Felipe de Neri Church

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Plaza