Travel Reference
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Festivals & Events
Don Juan de Oñate's First Thanksgiving
(
www.sanelizariohistoricartdistrict.com
)
A reenactment is staged on the last weekend of April, with
festivities at Chamizal National Monument and San Elizario.
CULTURE
Southwestern International PRCA Rodeo
(
www.elprodeo.com
)
Held in September, this long-running tradition has kept broncs a-buckin'
in El Paso since 1929.
RODEO
Amigo Airsho
(
www.amigoairsho.org
)
Flying performers of all sorts gather in Biggs Field for this October
event. Most of the action takes place up in the air, but there's also entertainment down on
the ground.
AIR SHOW
Sun Bowl College Football Classic
( 800-915-2695;
www.sunbowl.org
)
Takes place the last week in December at Sun Bowl Stadi-
um, with many pre-game events held throughout the holiday season.
SPORTS
Sleeping
Almost every hotel in El Paso is a chain, and you have to cross over into New Mexico to
find a bed and breakfast. There are two main clusters of budget motels; one on N Mesa St
around the university and the other on Montana Ave near the airport and Fort Bliss.
Most of the top-end hotels cater to the business world. This makes weekday stays at
these places rather pricey, but most offer good deals Friday through Sunday.
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Downtown
Gardner Hotel/El Paso International Hostel
( 915-532-3661;
www.gardnerhotel.com
; 311 E Franklin Ave; dm $24 s/d $35, with bathroom $60/70; )
El
Paso's oldest continually operating hotel is also the only real downtown bargain. It prob-
HOSTEL
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