Shopping

Albuquerque doesn’t have Santa Fe’s exotic treasure troves [1] and tony galleries [2], but it doesn’t have the high prices either.

Old Town [3] and the environs are where you can pick up traditional American Indian jewelry and pottery for very reasonable prices, while Nob Hill [4] is the commercial center of Albuquerque’s counterculture, with body-piercing studios adjacent to comic book shops next to herbal apothecaries.

There are a number of farmers markets throughout the city; one of the largest is downtown at Robinson Park on Central Avenue at 8th Street (7–11 a.m. Sat. June–Oct.), and there’s another good one in Los Ranchos [5] (6718 Rio Grande Blvd. NW, 7–11 a.m. Sat. May–Oct., 10 a.m.–noon every second Sat. Nov.–Apr.). For more info, see www.farmersmarketsnm.org [6].