An affordable Albuquerque motel with renovated guestrooms, a spacious outdoor pool and courtyard (plus a game room for the kids) and a free 24-hour shuttle servicing the Albuquerque Days Inn and the Albuquerque airport. The Albuquerque Days Inn also features a complimentary continental breakfast daily.

From the Hilton's smooth Pueblo-inspired walls, the high desert, rugged mesas, and the Sandia Mountains are all in clear view, just a scant five minutes from downtown. Southwest to the core, the Hilton's interior and guestrooms revolve around Native art and the bright New Mexico aesthetic that best captures that painted blue Albuquerque sky. Local flavor comes across at the hotel's restaurants, the Ranchers Club and Caso Chaco.

Built in 1939 for Conrad Hilton, this "small hotel of historic proportions" stays true to its southwestern legacy with a dramatic Spanish style courtyard lobby where a hand-carved wooden balcony overlooks a tiled fountain. The guestrooms capture the same nostalgia with carved headboards, Pueblo rugs, and painted plaster walls. Add award-winning service and modern touches, and the Posada makes the desert hospitable.

The Plaza Inn overlooks the downtown skyline, rising out of the desert like a glittering mesa, and Albuquerque's wide West Valley from the its birds-eye perch on a hillside. Modern, comfortable, and boasting architectural character, the Plaza is minutes to the airport, downtown, University of New Mexico, and Old Town (the hotel even offers a free shuttle to and fro).

Part of Route 66, leisure travel's main vein through the 1960s, the Silver Moon Lodge embodies the freewheeling feeling of bygone times. An inviting drive-in hotel with a 1950s aesthetic (but more than 65 cable channels), the Silver Moon Lodge is a quick drive to downtown, as well as unique local art houses like the Rattlesnake Museum.

Retro-stylish hotel recently renovated in clean blue tones with many contemporary amenities. Located in the heart of Albuquerque's jumping downtown club and restaurant district and a straight shot down Route 66 to Albuquerque's museums, historic Old Town plaza and aquarium. Large pool and gated parking.