Get Up and Go! Discover nature, history, and fun in the Borderland.

A selection of restaurants in El Paso, Ciudad Juárez, and Southern New Mexico, covering all cuisines and prices.

A quick and easy guide to some of GuestLife's favorite places to shop, as well as some essential services, in El Paso, Ciudad Juárez and Southern New Mexico.

Listings of museums, galleries, and performing arts venues in the El Paso area.

Venture into Mexico's largest state for history and adventure. The state capital, Chihuahua City, has plenty to explore, while Copper Canyon offers a journey of unparalleled, natural beauty

Fort Bliss is the largest Air Defense Artillery Training Center in the world, stretching more than 1,119,700 acres into southern New Mexico, occupying a larger area than Rhode Island. It is also home to the world’s largest Joint Tactical Air Operations exercise, “Roving Sands.”

The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) and El Paso Community College (EPCC) are both vital parts of the El Paso community.

Locals know that shopping in the borderland can be an exciting quest with unexpected surprises around every corner. Which direction will you go first?

Firmly grounded in 400 years of history, downtown El Paso is renewing itself with a revitalization program focused on enhancing its charm while creating state-of-the-art venues for shopping and entertainment.

El Paso offers a wealth of history and culture, born more than 400 years ago when the early explorer Don Juan de Oñate crossed the river and dubbed the land El Paso del Norte. Visitors marvel at the city’s heritage, as well as its fine selection of shopping, entertainment, and legendary Mexican food.

Walk seven blocks south from the heart of downtown El Paso and you’re on the bridge that empties into Avenida Juárez, the tourism center of Juárez, and close to the city’s cathedral and main plaza. Nowhere else in the world are two major cities of two different countries so closely connected — or so easy to visit from either side.

Cactus, yucca, and rocky landscape signal your arrival in Southern New Mexico, but this desert also offers lush forests, snowy peaks, flowing rivers, and endless opportunities to backpack, hike, mountain bike, ski, fish, hunt, boat, golf, ride horses, bird watch, or sit on a beach.