Blue Swallow Motel

Top choice in New Mexico


Spend the night in this beautifully restored Route 66 motel listed on the State and National Registers of Historic Places, and feel the decades melt away. The place has a great lobby, friendly owners and vintage, uniquely decorated rooms with little chairs out on the forecourt, plus a James Dean mural, and a classic neon sign boasting '100% refrigerated air conditioning.'


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