The sombrero-shaped Abraham Chavez Theatre hosts most of El Paso’s major performing organizations – including El Paso Symphony Orchestra, Showtime! El Paso and El Paso Opera – as well as touring concerts and plays.
Abraham Chavez Theatre
El Paso
Lonely Planet's must-see attractions
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This thoroughly enjoyable small-scale museum is housed in a former Greyhound station. Its pride and joy is a 13th-century Byzantine Madonna and Child, but…
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Home to Texas’ oldest continually active congregation, tracing back to 1680, Ysleta Mission was established for Spanish refugees and Tigua people fleeing…
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The largest urban park in the US, at over 24,000 acres, offers a quick escape from the city to the home of ringtail cats, coyotes and countless other…
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El Paso might not seem an obvious location for a Holocaust museum. Created by local survivors, though, this excellent little memorial holds thoughtful and…
First Armored Division & Fort Bliss Museum
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As the largest air-defense training center in the Western world, Fort Bliss consumes much of the desert northeast of El Paso, and trains troops from all…
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Hueco Tanks State Park & Historical Site
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Just over 30 miles northeast of El Paso, toward Guadalupe Mountains National Park, this 860-acre park contains three small granite mountains that are…
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This small but informative museum spotlights the history of the US Border Patrol, which was founded in 1924. This happened three days after Congress…
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The surrounding community of Ysleta del Sur Pueblo is sovereign home to the Tigua tribe and is recognized by many as the oldest town in Texas. Despite…
Nearby El Paso attractions
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This thoroughly enjoyable small-scale museum is housed in a former Greyhound station. Its pride and joy is a 13th-century Byzantine Madonna and Child, but…
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This museum has a shiny new location in the heart of the downtown museum district. It's not particularly big and sometimes there seems to be a lot of…
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El Paso might not seem an obvious location for a Holocaust museum. Created by local survivors, though, this excellent little memorial holds thoughtful and…
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One of Texas' best-kept secrets, this El Paso landmark was built in 1875 for Joseph Magoffin, an early El Paso politician and businessman. With 4ft-thick…
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This park celebrates the cultures of Mexico, the United States and the borderland between them, as well as the settlement of a property dispute between…
6. Cordova International Bridge (Bridge of the Americas)
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These two bridges over the Rio Grange connect El Paso and Ciudad Juarez in Chihuahua, Mexico.
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Home to a large number of endangered animals, including the Asian elephant, Sumatran orangutan, Malayan tiger and the rare Amur leopard. All told, more…
8. First Armored Division & Fort Bliss Museum
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As the largest air-defense training center in the Western world, Fort Bliss consumes much of the desert northeast of El Paso, and trains troops from all…