Is the drive from Albuquerque to Santa Fe an easy drive? Any driving by cliffs, ravines or sharp turns?

Question

Is the drive from Albuquerque to Santa Fe an easy drive? Any driving by cliffs, ravines or sharp turns?

Answer 1

I have driven it many times and it is just a straight stretch of I-25...no problems at all.

Answer 2

I was wondering the same thing, so I looked it up for you:

SCENIC DRIVE #3: New Mexico/Highway 25 Albuquerque to Santa Fe

While this 63-mile stretch of north-central New Mexico highway hasn't won any official designations I know of, it's a favorite of mine.

That's because in a little more than an hour you've left behind urban Albuquerque, started to climb, and reached Santa Fe.

The scenic high desert landscape of undulating mesas and arroyos, piñon trees and yucca flowers, and the big, big sky is a proper introduction to Santa Fe, which stands at 7,000 feet at the base of the southern Rocky Mountains.

Despite the fact that Highway 25 travels in practically a straight line from Albuquerque to Santa Fe, we once managed to get lost on this route -- and end up at a ski resort somewhere along the way. But the drive was so awesomely beautiful -- with evergreens so tall and pristine snow asparkle in the sun -- no one cared.