Byjaybrooks

Jane Butel Cooking School has been voted as one of the top four cooking schools by Bon Appétit magazine. This school offers weekend classes to food enthusiasts who want to learn how to cook authentic Southwest Border cuisine. You can join these classes and interact with other food lovers to whip up some of the greatest salsas, tamales, and blue-corn chiles rellenos this side of Mexico. You will also get to cook a full dinner and enjoy perfect Margaritas while learning to cook Southwestern style.

Experience the most significant annual hot-air balloon festival in the world at the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. For nine days, a hundred thousand spectators gather to watch 600 magnificent hot-air balloons take off. The most spectacular moment of the festival is the mass accession of hundreds of hot-air balloons filling the sky at once. Walk among the moving picture, which shows hot air balloons lifting gently through the crisp, fall air. If you're more of a night owl, experience the magic of a balloon glow as they light up the night sky. You can now plan to attend the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta and participate in this fantastic event. No matter what event you choose to attend, the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta will make you feel like you're in a dream.

Fans of Raiders of the Lost Ark will find Petroglyph National Monument in Albuquerque a perfect destination. The monument features hundreds of archeological sites and offers visitors the chance to explore 24,000 prehistoric images carved along 17 miles of volcanic rock by the Ancestral Pueblo peoples and early Spanish settlers. You will feel like Indiana Jones after exploring this attraction. Petroglyph National Monument is home to one of the largest petroglyph sites in North America. These designs and symbols were created by Native Americans and Spanish settlers between 400 and 700 years ago. These images are a valuable record of cultural expression and hold profound spiritual significance for contemporary Native Americans and the descendants of early Spanish settlers.