City-Smart Guidebooks provide unbeatable recommendations on a city's best lodging, restaurants, museums, parks, entertainment, nightlife, sports and recreation, shopping, and kids' activities. All authors are residents of the city they're writing about, and they provide a refreshingly personal perspective on local life and lore as well as art insider's savvy about out-of-the-way places. Packed with "top ten" lists contributed by local celebrities, sidebars with tips and trivia, profiles of famous residents, and a calendar ...
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City-Smart Guidebooks provide unbeatable recommendations on a city's best lodging, restaurants, museums, parks, entertainment, nightlife, sports and recreation, shopping, and kids' activities. All authors are residents of the city they're writing about, and they provide a refreshingly personal perspective on local life and lore as well as art insider's savvy about out-of-the-way places. Packed with "top ten" lists contributed by local celebrities, sidebars with tips and trivia, profiles of famous residents, and a calendar of events -- plus maps, diagrams, and photographs -- these guides are equally useful for longtime residents and first-time visitors. -- Each guidebook includes valuable coupons redeemable at local restaurants, museums, amusement parks, and more -- A portion of the sales of each book goes to charities in that city Albuquerque is the economic hub of New Mexico -- a bustling convention city with more than 3.5 million visitors every year. Now, in this definitive city-specific guide, Brendan Doherty shows these visitors how to make the most of this beguiling city's "livable climate, beautiful mountains, spiritual history, cultural diversity, urban funkiness, commerce, and skies". He pinpoints the best places to stay, from picturesque bed and breakfasts along the Rio Grande to luxury hotels downtown with unbeatable views of the mountains. He highlights local landmarks, such as the "pueblo-deco" Kimo Theater with its intricate carvings and Hopi masks, as well as the infamous "Chevy on a Stick" and other Americana along historic Route 66. He explains where to find local culinary delights such as blue green chile enchiladas and downhome ribs. He zeroes in on the bestoutside-the-city excursions, from a ride on the world's longest tram in the Sandia Mountains to a walk through Petroglyphs National Monument, with its hundreds of Anasazi rock pictures. And he notes the city's most intriguing annual events, including the Kodak International Balloon Fiesta, which regularly attracts 1.5 million people.
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