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Albuquerque Sights

Colorful Historic Route 66 is Albuquerque's Central Avenue, unifying, as nothing else, the diverse areas of the city—Old Town cradled at the bend of the Rio Grande; the rapidly rejuvenating downtown business, government, and entertainment center to the east; the University of New Mexico farther east, and the Nob Hill strip of restaurants and shops past the university. The railroad tracks and Central Avenue divide the city into quadrants—Southwest, Northwest, Southeast, and Northeast. Although it's generally easy to negotiate the city's gridlike geography, many attractions are a considerable distance apart, making a car a necessity (car-rental rates are quite reasonable here, however). More »