El Zócalo is ready to host your
next Wedding or Business event!
El Zócalo means "the meeting place." The historic 1874 convent was a place people came to meet, learn, exchange ideas. Today, its mission is the same. Read More...
Historic Building, Historic Location
The convent that is now El Zócalo was built on El Camino Real ("the Royal Road") for easy access to the people living, working and traveling by.
Sandoval County's
Historic Convent Event Center
264 S. Camino del Pueblo
Bernalillo, New Mexico 87004
505-867-8687
Sandoval County
Visitors Center
Also housed in El Zócalo is the Sandoval County Visitors Center. Come in and pick up information for your guests, find out about the area yourself, or look around at what our county, state and El Zócalo has to offer.
Let history surround your next event!
More than 135 years ago, nuns walked the halls of this restored convent, helping passersby on El Camino Real and opening their doors to teach Bernalillo's children. Today, the convent has been painstakingly renovated and opened once again to our community.
