How To Spend A Perfect Day In Historic Madrid, New Mexico
Jan.20.2021
The last time we visited family in Albuquerque, we took a day trip. We drove the Turquoise Trail, a National Scenic Byway connecting Albuquerque and Santa Fe, also known as the High Road to Santa Fe, or Highway 14. The trail incorporates hills, valleys, and plateaus, with mountains reaching as high as 10,600 feet at Sandia Crest. Vacationers can enjoy camping, hiking, bird watching, biking, fishing, horseback riding, skiing, and snowboarding, plus golfing, rock climbing, and turquoise mining along the trail.
MAD-rid), located about midway along the 65-mile route, was once a coal-mining town, then a ghost town, and is now a funky artistic community of over 40 shops, galleries, restaurants, museums, and boarding houses. Nestled in a narrow canyon in the Ortiz Mountains, Madrid has evolved into an active mountain community.