Driving into Albuquerque with kids for an extended weekend?

To start, the only place you should be staying is the Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort And Spa (tell them I sent you – no really).

Here is what you do:

• Breakfast – Frontier Restaurant, ABQ
• Morning Plans – Shopping at ABQ Uptown, and stop for essentials at Trader Joe’s
• Lunch – Pappadeaux
• Afternoon Plans – Take the Sandia Crest Tramway to the top of the mountain
• Dinner – Twisters, in Bernalillo

• Breakfast – Bad Ass Coffee, in Bernalillo
• Morning Plans – Drive to Santa Fe, walk the square, tour Loretto Chapel, and Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi
• Lunch – Pantry Restaurant, in Santa Fe
• Afternoon Plans – Nap, sit on the patio at the Tamaya until the sun goes down, or take a late afternoon swim
• Dinner – Buca di Beppo, ABQ

• Breakfast – Buffet at the Tamaya Santa Ana Cafe
• Morning Plans – ABQ Zoo and Aquarium
• Lunch – Frontier Restaurant, ABQ
• Afternoon Plans – Nap, sit on the patio at the Tamaya until the sun goes down
• Dinner – Room service at the Tamaya