Visit Albuquerque

The Old Town Visitor Information Center is at 522 Romero Street NW, Suite 1, in a small historic building near Old Town's plaza. The center is open daily 9am to 5pm and provides drop-in services — visitors can pick up brochures, maps, and printed guides; ask questions of the staff; receive recommendations for restaurants, attractions, and activities; and get help with logistics like parking and transit. The center is a useful first stop for travelers arriving in Old Town and orients well for the broader Albuquerque exploration.

The Albuquerque International Sunport Visitor Information Center is located in the airport's main terminal and serves arriving travelers. Hours align generally with major arrival times. The center provides similar drop-in services for travelers arriving by air — brochures, maps, recommendations, and immediate logistics help. For travelers connecting through Albuquerque to other destinations (Santa Fe, Taos, regional national parks), the airport center can also help with broader New Mexico planning.

The organization's main administrative office on Marquette Avenue serves convention business and bulk inquiries; it is not designed as a walk-in visitor center, though questions sent through the website or by phone are routed there. Visit Albuquerque also operates seasonal information stations during the Balloon Fiesta and other major events, providing on-site information services where the visitor concentration is greatest.

Route 66 resources are a particular strength of Visit Albuquerque's offerings. The organization produces detailed materials on driving Central Avenue's Route 66 alignment through the city — a route that runs from the East Mesa down through Nob Hill, downtown, Old Town's edge, and out the West Mesa toward the original western alignment. The materials identify the historic Route 66 motels (the Aztec, the El Vado, the Monterey, the De Anza, and others — some restored, some demolished, some in various states of preservation), the historic restaurants and businesses, the KiMo Theater, and the historic landmarks along the way.

The Route 66 resources extend beyond just the Albuquerque section. The organization provides materials covering the broader New Mexico Route 66 corridor — east from Albuquerque through Moriarty and Tucumcari to the Texas border, and west from Albuquerque through Grants and Gallup to the Arizona border. For travelers driving the full Route 66 trip, these regional resources help connect the Albuquerque section to the broader Mother Road experience.

The 2026 Route 66 Centennial is a major focus of Visit Albuquerque's current programming. The organization is partnering with the New Mexico Tourism Department, the National Park Service Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program, and various local Route 66 organizations to coordinate Centennial-year events, special exhibits, restored businesses, and programming throughout 2026. Visitors interested in Centennial events should check the organization's website and contact visitor centers for current event calendars.

Visit Albuquerque's resources extend across the full range of Albuquerque travel — not just Route 66. Materials cover the Balloon Fiesta in detail (the largest single tourism event the city handles), the broader Albuquerque events calendar, dining and culinary experiences (including the substantial green chile and New Mexican cuisine resources), outdoors and hiking (Sandia Mountains, Petroglyph National Monument, the Rio Grande bosque trails), Native American heritage (the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center and the pueblo visits possible from Albuquerque), and broader regional resources.

The website visitalbuquerque.org is comprehensive and largely well-organized — interactive maps, event calendars, suggested itineraries, accommodation listings, restaurant guides, and topical articles cover most travelers' planning needs. The website is also where the digital versions of the printed guides live. The organization's social media presence (@VisitABQ on most platforms) provides current event information and travel inspiration year-round.

For travelers planning Albuquerque visits, the recommended approach is to use the website for initial trip-planning, then visit one of the physical visitor centers on arrival for current event information, paper maps, and the kind of on-the-ground recommendations that staff can provide better than websites. The combination is more useful than either alone. The free brochures and guides are substantial enough that picking them up at a visitor center is worthwhile even for travelers who have already done online planning.