Albuquerque Real Estate - Albuquerque Life Style

Albuquerque is a city of contrasts. Nestled between the towering Sandia Mountains and the Rio Grande Valley, the city of Albuquerque is rich with culture and heritage, breathtaking landscape and equipped with vibrant energy that's indispensable to a fast-growing city. Year after year residents flock to the city to enjoy Albuquerque's quality of life and developing business environment. The city continues to grow its infrastructure, enhance its business policies and expand its outlook for current and future business prospects.

University Of New Mexico

Founded in 1889, the University of New Mexico now occupies 600 acres along old Route 66 in the heart of Albuquerque, a city of more than 700,000 people. From the magnificent mesas to the west, past the banks of the historic Rio Grande to the Sandia Mountains to the east, Albuquerque is a blend of culture and cuisine, styles and stories, people, pursuits and panoramas.
UNM offers a unique campus environment with a Pueblo Revival architectural theme that echoes the buildings of the nearby Pueblo Indian villages. The nationally recognized Campus Arboretum offers an outstanding botanical experience in the midst of one of New Mexico's great public open spaces.

Tingley Aquatic Park

This well known weekend destination will involve an enchanting connection between Tingley Aquatic Park and the South Bio Park. A narrow-gauge railroad links these beautiful areas together, and runs along the Bosque and the legendary Rio Grande. Once known as Tingley Beach, this revamped, regional park will encompass wonderful walkways, piers and a quaint shoreline landscape. Pull out the fishing gear and have a go at the stocked fishing hole free of charge or take some bread crumbs and feed the friendly ducks.

Albuquerque Aquarium

The architecturally impressive Albuquerque Aquarium exhibits Gulf of Mexico saltwater species from a variety of habitats, including estuarine, surf zone, shallow waters, coral reefs, open ocean and deep ocean. The highlight of the aquarium is a 285,000 gallon ocean tank where brown, sandtiger, blacktip and nurse sharks swim alongside brilliantly colored reef fish, eels, sea turtles and open ocean species. Walking distance through the aquarium and garden is about 1.6 miles.

The Albuquerque Convention Center

The Albuquerque Convention Center is located in the heart of vibrant downtown Albuquerque . Proudly managed by SMG and nestled between the breath-taking Sandia Mountains and the majestic Rio Grande River, the Albuquerque Convention Center is the premier convention venue in the Southwest.

The Albuquerque Convention Center consists of two complexes under one roof, making it the ideal facility to host meetings, conventions, banquets or concerts.

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Rio Grande Botanic Garden

Located across the plaza from the Albuquerque Aquarium and bordered on the west by the famed Rio Grande and the largest cottonwood gallery forest in the world, the lush and peaceful Rio Grande Botanic Garden represents an oasis in the desert. The Garden currently encompasses 20 developed acres, including a 10,000 square foot glass conservatory housing native and exotic plants from desert and Mediterranean climate zones and a seasonal butterfly conservatory featuring hundreds of free-flying North American butterflies and moths.

Championship Golf Course at UNM

Albuquerque luxury homes This golf course is owned and operated by the University of New Mexico and is ranked one of the Top 25 Public Golf Courses by Golf Digest Magazine. Locally referred to as UNM South Course, it boasts a great 18-holes, a beginner's 3-hole course and a hilltop driving range with an awesome view of the South Valley.

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