Not Santa Fe. Not Taos. Why Albuquerque Is the New Mexico Trip to Put on Your Bucket List.
For most visitors to New Mexico, a stop in Albuquerque has long been a necessity not a choice: The city's 'Sunport' is the region's primary air hub. Destinations with cachet lay farther north—tony Santa Fe, the state's rhinestone-cowboy capital, or Taos, the high-desert outpost famous for luring boho legends like D.H. Lawrence and Dennis Hopper. Albuquerque ranks low on most travelers' to-do lists, even after its starring role in the series 'Breaking Bad' and hundreds of millions of investment from Netflix, including a 108-acre production facility.
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