New Mexico | 4-Day & 3-Night Travel Itinerary

📅 Day 1: ABQ - Breaking Bad Filming Locations 📍 Walter White’s First Meth Lab (B.B. Sightseeing): 35°06'08.9"N 107°08'11.3"W 📍 Twisters Burgers and Burritos (Los Pollos Hermanos): 4275 Isleta Blvd SW, Albuquerque, NM 87105 📍 John B. Robert Dam: Albuquerque, NM 87111 📍 The Dog House: 1216 Central Ave NW, Albuquerque, NM 87102 (Corn dog is a must-try! 👍) 🏨 Accommodation: Comfort Suites Albuquerque Airport 📅 Day 2: ABQ → White Sands National Park 📍 Old Town Albuquerque 📍 White Sands National Park Highly recommend arriving at least 2 hours before sunset to explore and take photos. The Visitor Center closes at 5 PM (no ticket checks after), and the park closes one hour after sunset. 🍽️ Lunch: Sawmill Market (Food court with diverse options) 🍽️ Dinner: Smiley’s Cafe (Chinese-style buffet, similar to Panda Express) 🏠 Accommodation: Airbnb - Foothills Cottage (Highly recommended! The hosts, a sweet elderly couple, decorated the house beautifully in Mexican style and even prepared sand-collecting bottles and handmade snacks 🥹) 📅 Day 3: Alamogordo → Santa Fe 📍 Loretto Chapel 📍 San Miguel Chapel (Oldest church in the U.S. ⛪) 📍 Santa Fe Plaza 🍫 Afternoon Tea: Kakawa Chocolate House (Must-try: Chocolate ice cream brownie 😋) 🍽️ Dinner: Dumpling Tea (Offers noodle soup, dumplings, and soup dumplings) 🏨 Accommodation: Ojo Santa Fe Spa Resort (A quiet hot springs resort with fewer crowds) 📅 Day 4: Santa Fe → Taos → Return Trip 🛣️ 🍽️ Lunch: La Boca (Delicious steak and seafood paella!) *Santa Fe was more charming than expected—a clay-adobe artistic town. Recommend spending 1-2 days exploring.* Arrived in Taos around 5 PM; many shops were already closed, making it feel a bit deserted. 😕 #NewMexico #RoadTrip #OffTheBeatenPath #USTravel #TravelGuide #WhiteSandsNationalPark #SantaFe