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Rio Grande Botanic Garden: Traveler Reviews

2601 Central Ave. NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104 (West Old Town)
(505) 764-6200
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Ranked #10 of 105 attractions in Albuquerque
Type: Gardens
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Ramstein-Miesenbach, Germany
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“Lovely retreat”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed November 12, 2012

If you love gardens this is a great place to learn about the area. There aren't a lot of bathrooms. The kids especially loved the butterfly exhibit.

Visited August 2012
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Santa Monica, CA
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“Nice botanical garden and autumn colors make it so pretty!”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed October 26, 2012

I love botanical gardens and never miss a chance to visit one. This is a cute, easy to navigate garden with a pond, butterfly enclosure, grassy lawn, and lots of flowers. We did not have time to go through the aquarium, which is included in the admission.

Visited October 2012
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Lubbock, Texas
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“Fun for kids”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed October 25, 2012

We loved the kids garden and it was very soothing to walk around. Don't miss the Aquarium, the ticket include both of them.

Visited October 2012
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“Large Botanic Garden -- Also Zoo and Aquarium with combo ticket”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed October 23, 2012

We bought a combo ticket to the Zoo, Botanic Garden and Auqarium the day we were rained out of the balloon fiesta. Was an excellent day, loved the Polar Bears. The Zoo is quite large, spent more than have the time there. Thre is a train that takes you to the Botanic Garden, but the train we were on derailed and the wheels broke off in the car behind ours. No one was hurt, but we had to drive to the Botanic Gardens from the Zoo.

The Botanic Garden was much larger than I expected. Numerous gardens, lots of walking paths. Be prepard for a long walk. Also had a nice butterfly exhibit at no extra charge. Our visit was cut short because it rained and we needed to scramble back.

Aquarium was the weakest part to the trio. Had some interesting fish and frogs. You will not need too much more than 30 minutes to walk throgh this.

Visited October 2012
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“Excellent”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed October 22, 2012

Fantastic Botanical Garden. An excellent day out for both adults and kids. There was loads to see and if the weather is good it is so relaxing wandering around all the different garden areas.

Visited October 2012
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