#BalloonFiesta2026

The Southeast is calling. Roswell is a long day trip away, or you can hitch up your RV and make a few days of it at Wild Willy’s RV Park. After you had fun at the Balloon Fiesta, we invite you to come down to the southeast of New Mexico and explore the town where […]

We asked locals to share their favorite things to do in their neighborhood during Balloon Fiesta. Here’s Corrales Mayor Fred Hashimoto with his tips for planning your visit to the historic Village of Corrales. Welcome to the Village of Corrales, Balloon Fiesta visitors! Corrales is a rural community bordered on the east by the Rio […]

Turquoise Trail: The very name conjures up images of Southwestern treasure waiting to be unearthed. New Mexico State Road 14 is a 54-mile stretch connecting the Albuquerque area to the Santa Fe area. Known to locals as “the back way” and to tourists worldwide as “The Turquoise Trail,” this picturesque path is a National Scenic […]

Can you even believe it’s Balloon Fiesta time again? We swear it feels like it happensmore than once a year, but maybe that’s just because it covers two weekends and fillsthe sky with a month’s worth of color — and hot air. Thousands descend uponAlbuquerque for the event each year, but over the years Santa […]

Los Ranchos de Albuquerque is a semi-rural village tucked between Old Town and Corrales. It’s one of the oldest settled areas in the Rio Grande valley, and back in the mid-1800s it served as the Bernalillo County seat. It was also the original path of Route 66, pre-1937. Nowadays, it’s a quiet neighborhood lined with […]

Albuquerque is easy, people. It’s a giant grid split into quarters by I-40 (east-west) and I-25 (north-south). The Sandia Mountains are to the east. The airport, the air force base and Isleta Resort and Casino are to the south. The river and the extinct volcanoes (and that hulking Amazon distribution center) are to the west. […]